They basically could pick any name they choosed. Father, mothers grandparents or whichever.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Joseph Costa <jwcosta0...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Pam. I suppose it's possible that he is one of my great > grandfathers, Matheus da Costa, which is how the name appears on the > marriage record of his son Joam da Costa. Was it common for a boy to take > a surname given by his mother? Matheus' wife was Josefa Pacheco (in some > records it's Pachequa or Pacheca). She was born in 1714. I'm trying to > find their marriage record so that I can verify the names of Matheus' > parents. > > Matheus' death record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780_item1/P152.html > > Josefa's birth record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718_item1/P70.html > > Josefa's death record is here: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806_item1/P84.html > > Their son, Joao's (Joam's) marriage record: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812_item1/P185.html > > > On Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:23:48 AM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: > >> Marcos Ferreira and Barbara da Costa >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Joseph Costa <jwcos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all. I need some help deciphering the names on this birth record >>> from 1705. It's the "Mathias" in the middle of the left hand page. Can >>> anyone make out the names of the parents? >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >>> VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710_item1/P158.html >>> >>> -- >>> For 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." >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >> >> -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
