The name Ema (Emma) is a proper name, and as a rule, proper names are
not subject to language translation - that is not to say that a person
may not take an alias.
The most common name for Portuguese women is Maria. Common practice
would have a female child baptized Maria, and given a second
), Enos (San Miguel),
Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown)
Immigrated to: Merced, CA
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:34:39 -0800
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: American counter name to Azorian
From: katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Wow, Debbie!!! My great-uncle
Agree that more often Maria is the first name, but the woman is called
by her middle name. Occasionally, though, Maria is given as the
second name when it sounds more pleasant in that order, e.g., Ana
Maria, Rosa Maria (both personal acquaintances in the Azores).
Katharine.
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My g. grandma's name was Minnie, which was nickname for Filomena
On Jan 30, 9:29 am, Judi Phillips jude2...@msn.com wrote:
I had aunts named Ermalinda and Erminia (or Herminia). I haven't seen any
Ema or Emma in the films.
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:51:35 -0800
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy]
Thanks for the name possiblities, Judii, it is appreciaed.
I am trying to tie 3 different Machados women to my great-grandmother
who was a Machado from Pico.
Your infor may really get something going, finally, on that line.
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At 10:18 AM 1/30/2012, you wrote:
My g. grandma's name was Minnie, which was nickname for Filomena
That's interesting. My grandmother's name was Minnie. According to
the family tree my great-aunt gave me, the name Minnie was used
several times in earlier generations.
Joan Jurancich
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