My guess is that sometimes the family was so poor, they would use the
godparent's name if the godparent owned a tree in someone else's plot of land.
I think if I were in the same situation I would want to give my child the best
chance to own that tree some time in the future.
Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com
--- On Fri, 4/10/09, "E" Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: "E" Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com>
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Last Names
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 4:41 PM
Jessica,
They got the names from anyone they wanted....mother, father,
grandmother, grandfather, saint, uncle, aunt. Best not to try and
figure this one out.
Elaine
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