Well, Ezaltina was my mother's middle name and she was born on Sao Miguel in the 1920's. (my grandparents did have very creative names for their girls.) Supposedly my grandfather had seen my mother's name, Ligia in a book he read, not sure where he came up with Ezaltina or what the origin of the name is. Maria Natalia .
On Sep 10, 7:38 am, Jesse Pacheco <pacheco.jess...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knows what the name "Ezaltina" > means, and how far it dates back. I'm really just curious. > > Just in case, I'm not 100% sure this is actually a Portuguese name. I > recently found a previously unknown child who died at one month of my > great great grandparents, Manuel J Medeiros Quarenta and Filomena Gloria > Rego. The baby was Ezaltina. The baby was born in 1909 after the parents > had been in America for three years, so maybe they heard the name over > here? I searched the group and only found one mention of an Ezaltina > born on one of the islands. > > Ironically, she was the first and only (so far) girl they had not named > Maria. > > I was wondering, if anyone is familiar with this name, is it usually a > stand alone, or does it follow Maria i.e. Maria Ezaltina. Obviously, > anything is possible, but I just found it funny that this family with > their eight daughters named Maria would change their minds. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
