Angela, thank for the information but would you please make your outgoing
mail font a little larger! Many of us have eye problems and having the font
soooooo small is very hard on the eyes!
Thanks so much,

Rosemarie
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Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores,
Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily


On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:50 PM Ângela Loura <[email protected]> wrote:

> Some small changes:
>
> “A second name of devotion may be regarded as a last name if it came from
> previous generations and / or was repeatedly used in the same family in
> subsequent generations. However, these second main/first names of devotion
> often were not last names and, especially in the case of women, were even
> the most often abandoned or exchanged throughout life. Hence a hypothetical
> Maria, daughter of Miguel Lobo and Ana do Rosário, would appear in her
> marriage like Maria do Sacramento and without any last name; in her death
> as Maria Loba; and at the baptism of a grandson - when she was already
> deceased - like Maria do Rosário. If there are documental gaps, these
> changes make us doubt that we are before the same individual. "
> - QUEIROZ, Francisco, MOSCATEL, Cristina, «DISCOVER YOUR ORIGINS -
> Genealogy and Family History Manual», 2016, Esfera dos Livros , page 207.
>
>
> A sexta, 22 de mar de 2019, 03:18, JesseAndDeborah Mendonca <
> [email protected]> escreveu:
>
>> Angela, I had to get that translated.  :)
>>
>> “A second name of devotion may be regarded as a nickname if it came from
>> previous generations and / or was repeatedly used in the same family in
>> subsequent generations. However, these second proper names of devotion
>> often were not nicknames and, especially in the case of women, were even
>> the most often abandoned or exchanged throughout life. Hence a hypothetical
>> Maria, daughter of Miguel Lobo and Ana of the Rosary, to be able to appear
>> in its marriage like Maria of the Sacrament and without any nickname; in
>> his death as Maria Loba; and at the baptism of a grandson - when she was
>> already deceased - like Maria do Rosário. If there are documentary gaps,
>> these changes make us doubt that we are before the same individual. "
>> - QUEIROZ, Francisco, MOSCATEL, Cristina, «DISCOVER THEIR ORIGINS -
>> Genealogy and Family History Manual», 2016, Sphere of Books, page 207.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:03 PM Ângela Loura <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> « Um segundo nome de devoção podemos considerá-lo como apelido se este
>>> provinha das gerações anteriores e/ou foi repetidamente usado na mesma
>>> família em gerações seguintes. Porém, estes segundos nomes próprios de
>>> devoção muitas vezes não constituíam apelidos e, *sobretudo no caso das
>>> mulheres, até eram dos que mais vezes se abandonavam ou trocavam, ao longo
>>> da vida. Daí uma hipotética Maria, filha de Miguel Lobo e de Ana do
>>> Rosário, poder surgir no seu casamento como Maria do Sacramento e sem
>>> qualquer apelido; no seu óbito como Maria Loba; e no baptismo de um neto -
>>> quando ela já era falecida - como Maria do Rosário.* Caso haja lacunas
>>> documentais, estas alterações fazem mesmo duvidar que estejamos perante o
>>> mesmo indivíduo.»
>>> - QUEIROZ, Francisco, MOSCATEL, Cristina, «DESCUBRA AS SUAS ORIGENS -
>>> Manual de Genealogia e História da Família», 2016, Esfera dos Livros,
>>> página 207.
>>>
>>> This book has been my Genealogy Bible for the last 3 years, and a true
>>> life saver when it comes to overcome brickwalls in my researches.
>>>
>>> Ângela Loura <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quarta, 20/03/2019
>>> à(s) 14:36:
>>>
>>>> I don't think the main name of the person (female) changes. The only
>>>> changes I found so far is in the religious name (usually the second name
>>>> added to the main name). For example, Maria das Dores turning into Maria da
>>>> Assunção. I don't know why they would change it, but since it usually
>>>> didn't even appear in the baptism record (only Maria), maybe there's
>>>> (option 1:) no real meaning/importance given to the name - the worst
>>>> religious names I've seen so far are the ones given to expostos without a
>>>> previous name -, or (option 2:) there was a more complex importance we
>>>> still haven't figured out.
>>>> I will check the "Descubra as suas origens" manual when I get home to
>>>> see if the authors refer anything about this.
>>>>
>>>> A quarta, 20 de mar de 2019, 14:26, nancy jean baptiste <
>>>> [email protected]> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> In some ways the same names is helpful to link to families. The Sao
>>>>> Jorge index makes it so easy to skim for "Silveira de Lemos" or variation
>>>>> thereof and  "de Jesus" women or in my mom's line "Bernarda"......but, in
>>>>> other cases it's horribly confusing....ie: my great grand father from
>>>>> Candelaria took the surname Cardoso while his brother took 
>>>>> Silva.......why?
>>>>> Who know's?
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy the puzzle!
>>>>> Nancy Jean
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf
>>>>> of Leonor Bertoni <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:00 PM
>>>>> *To:* Azores Genealogy
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Names (Santa Maria)
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam, what I have been finding a lot of is sons taking on their
>>>>> father's first name as their last name. For example Nicolau do Rego's son
>>>>> will be João do Rego Nicolau.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 21:58, 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Rick.  I get it now.  All these same names are driving me
>>>>> nutso.  Add to that the marrying of cousins and it sure does get crazy!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From: *Richard Francis Pimentel <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:32 PM
>>>>> *To: *[email protected]
>>>>> *Subject: *RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Names (Santa Maria)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Not exactly.  If the Bride was Maria and the MIL was Francisca Rosa.
>>>>> The bride might take the name Maria Rosa or Maria Francisca. I cannot
>>>>> recall if I have seen the bride change her baptismal name.  *
>>>>>
>>>>> *Rick*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy <
>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:32 PM
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Names (Santa Maria)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick; Do you mean that a bride of one name say, Ana Francisca would
>>>>> marry and change her name to her mother-in-laws say Jacintha Maria?  Talk
>>>>> about making our job of tracing our ancestors harder!  Not to mention, 
>>>>> talk
>>>>> about a “kiss up”! LOL!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mary, Yes, it sure does make it harder to know what is what.  I’m
>>>>> trying to fill in the different branches of my tree and didn’t really 
>>>>> count
>>>>> on tracking down all the marriages and obits, etc.  Was hoping to do it
>>>>> just through births/baptisms.  Oh well, I never really expected to finish
>>>>> my tree!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks guys,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From: *Richard Francis Pimentel <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:04 PM
>>>>> *To: *[email protected]
>>>>> *Subject: *RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Names (Santa Maria)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sam, Yes I have noticed that. I kind of think the bride sometimes
>>>>> took her mother in law’s name as a means to be accepted into the family
>>>>> better. *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Rick*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Richard Francis Pimentel*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Epping, NH*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy <
>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:46 PM
>>>>> *To:* genealogy <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Names (Santa Maria)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all;  Has anyone else noticed how very, very often the names of
>>>>> the bride and or of the mother’s in law are exactly the same?  i.e.
>>>>> Bernardina Jacintha, Anna Filomena, etc.  Record after record, though not
>>>>> all of them of course, have the bride and her mother with exactly the same
>>>>> name and sometimes all three women in the record have the same name.  It
>>>>> just makes me worry that the priest has been “tippling” the vino…    I 
>>>>> know
>>>>> certain names were very common but; it seems to be more than that….
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering…
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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