My husband has an ancestor called Manoel seis dados = Manuel six fingers. So now I know why one of my children was born with an extra thumb. Shirley in CA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dano" <dpai...@gmail.com>
To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:49 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: First, middle names for Azorean people As a person with 14 ancestors named Manoel de Paiva I would also like an answer to that question, Denis. Seriously, Azoreans did try to deal with that question. One way was to use Maria, Manoel (or, whatever) as a middle name, as you mentioned. Another way was, believe it or not, to use a different surname, or, add another surname. Unfortunately, whatever they chose to do still ended up confusing people...However, I believe that the old timers didn't spend much time worrying about other peoples' confusion, they simply gave their children the names they preferred - after all, rather than worry about whether a child's name would confuse people, a considerably more important concern was to make sure they survived... -- 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."
