In many cases King it's derived from Joaquim (pronounced Zhoa-king). In the Sacramento area there was even a man who called himself King King.
--- On Sun, 4/19/09, morinmi <[email protected]> wrote: > From: morinmi <[email protected]> > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Surname King > To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 11:59 AM > Have found the surname "King" being used for many > Portuguese and was > wondering if this is a name they may have started using > when they > first arrived until they decided on which surname they were > going to > use? It doesn't sound like a Portuguese surname to me > so was hoping > someone had an explanation. > > Thank you, > Michelle > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
