It was Joao Brum Santos Macedo, which is the name shown as father on my grandfather's birth record. The change was to Joao Brum. The Santos was not used by his ancestors but was for at least 2 of his children. Now I'm wondering if that note is on all his children's records. Always something more to do!
On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 7:33:29 AM UTC-8, nancy jean baptiste wrote: > Judy, > > Just curious what his name was and what they changed it to? > > Thanks, > Nancy Jean > ------------------------------ > *From:* 'joao ventura' via Azores Genealogy <azo...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>> > *Sent:* Friday, December 28, 2018 9:03 PM > *To:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Name Change > > This is the first time I have seen this. It is possible that the priest > made a mistake when writing that record and changed the father's name. > Later he needed to mend this and went to Court. > > An example: my paternal grandmother is Emília Cândida Gaspar. On my > father's birth record his mother is listed as Maria da Conceição, who > actually is his paternal grandmother. If this would be an issue, we would > need to mend his birth record. > > João > > On Saturday, December 29, 2018, 1:58:52 AM GMT-1, Judy Thompson < > judy...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > On my grandfather's birth record there is a margin note that states that > his father's name was changed "according to the sentence of the Court of > Lajes, Pico Island, on 4 December 1943." > Since his father died in 1921, any clue as to why they would have changed > his name 22 years later? > > Judy T. > > -- > 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 azores+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.