Oh no. Now I’m gonna have to go back and look them all up again to see if there was a comma or not
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 25, 2019, at 12:53 AM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: > > O Velho, is definitely, the elder. However, Velho is a very old legitimate > surname. So I would agree, if the name is prefaced by a comma, it means the > elder. If there is no comma, it is a surname. Velho as a surname predates the > written church records. The name appears to have fallen out of favour and is > hardly used any more, at least based on what I see in the later 1800-1899 > records. Though I could be wrong. Frei Goncalo Velho Cabral was the > discoverer of the Azores and the first Capitao Donatario of Sao Miguel and > Santa Maria. He was the son of Fernao Velho, who was Knight of Santiago. Ilha > de St Maria has many Velho names. This all from the the first edition of > Rodrigo Rodrigues. > > JR > >> On Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 12:17:32 AM UTC-4, Lizmig wrote: >> I have that also in several of mine. Sometimes even O Velho >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Aug 24, 2019, at 6:58 PM, Ângela Loura <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It depends on the case. Sometimes it was only used to mention the elder >>> person with X name, and sometimes it became a last name just like some >>> nicknames do. >>> >>> 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> escreveu >>> no dia sábado, 24/08/2019 à(s) 23:53: >>>> Good afternoon everyone; I have a question regarding the word/name: Velho. >>>> When you see it after someone’s name without a comma, is it a part of the >>>> name or just it mean, “the elder” or something like that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for your responses, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sam (Mazatlán, MX) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Virus-free. www.avast.com >>>> -- >>>> 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]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/5d61bff2.1c69fb81.dae67.9ed5SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAHSkNFf%2BosPHjJ5s%3D_2GNn_CFquPLxaBaK7aJkhUM04X8i4RsQ%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/cdfad36a-f7c2-4b9a-9d1c-b8db289c4980%40googlegroups.com. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/067AADEF-9B6F-4FD6-8970-FAB143E4F84E%40gmail.com.
