Here is another example of an infant Maria with an extended name / religious name:
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896_item1/P138.html passports, Angra, number 375, Aug. 17, 1893, Maria do Livramento, 11 months old On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 1:23:14 PM UTC-7, JR wrote: > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1837-1840/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1837-1840_item1/P14.html > > > > I am posting this as matter of interest in the name Maria. I have seen > examples of first names being posted but this is a first for me. "Maria do > Espirito Santo, filha de Francisco de Almeida..." > > > > Now if only all baptisms were like this, especially for Maria! Some of you > probably know that people are in fact baptised with more than one name, but > in practice, at least in the past, only one name was recorded, with > exceptions, as you can see here. > > > > JR > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
