Nowadays you'll see Ágata as a first name, and Águeda as a last name. Águeda <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist%C3%B3ria_de_%C3%81gueda> is also a city in Aveiro.
2016-07-05 15:37 GMT+01:00 'Joao S. Lopes' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]>: > Yes, Agada, Agueda and Aguida are the same name, equivalent of English > Agatha, and all obsolete, current form in Portuguese is Agata (sometimes > Agatha). > > > Em Terça-feira, 5 de Julho de 2016 11:35, Marie Borba Volbeda < > [email protected]> escreveu: > > > Nancy Jean: > > In 1922 my great aunt Marianna Borba married Jermano Silveira Agueda who > was born 16 Apr 1887 in Topo, Sao Jorge. I believe they were married in > California as they both immigrated prior to this date . I have his > ancestry for several more generations back, perhaps you are related to his > ancestors? > > Marie > > On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 7:08:51 AM UTC-7, Marie Borba Volbeda wrote: > > I have seen these names as both a first and last name, and are sometimes > spelled both ways for the same person in different records. Are Agada and > Agueda different spellings of the American version of Agatha or is Agueda > a different name entirely? > > Thanks, > > Marie Borba Volbeda > > Researching: Topo, Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge: Borba, Silveira Carvalho, > Brasil > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
