The Roque name comes from Roque Rodrigues cc Rosa Jacinta, in Rosto do Cao, 24-10-1810. Presumably, Roque was named after the parish Saint.
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-C-1797-1814/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-C-1797-1814_item1/P146.html On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 8:07:09 PM UTC-4, Jose Medeiros wrote: > > Sandy, > > When the Rodrigues added the Roque to the family name? > > JM > > On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:57:12 PM UTC-4, Sandy M wrote: >> >> I too have him in my tree he was my 1st cousin 3x removed. I have traced >> the Rodrigues Roque back to when they were just Rodrigues, I had to take a >> break from researching and stopped on Gaspar Rodrigues abt 1650. My tree is >> on Ancestry, and I have doen my DNA with Family Tree. >> >> Sandy >> >> On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 12:09:24 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >>> Repost for Melissa, melissa.azevedo at mail.mcgill.ca; Posting to a >>> thread over 30 days old; Addressed to "Karen" - don't know which Karen on >>> this list. >>> >>> I've just started my family tree and have an Antonio Rodrigues Roque as >>> a great-great-grandfather (he's my dad's great-grandfather, so I guess you >>> two would be distant cousins). I'm looking for info about him and I was >>> wondering if you had a record that said he was born in 1865 (or is it an >>> estimate?). He was married to an ''Amelia'' right? My great-grand-father >>> would be his son, Antonio Rodrigues Medeiros. >>> >>> -- 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.
