My ‘favorite’ name change is this: my husband’s grandfather was Jose Pedro Leite. HIS father, grandfather and many if not all of his uncles were “ ---- Pedro Leite’s”. Well, one of his uncles was Joao Pedro Leite. Came to America, became John Peter Leite. As he went back and forth to the Azores several times, I can track him in the ship records. Suddenly he is John Leite Peters, and all of his posterity to this day bear the Peters surname.
I confirmed it was him because of information in the ship records: wife’s name, address in Providence, etc. Plus, my husband’s grandfather had once said he had cousins named Peters, a puzzling statement at the time. Eileen Leite Still having fun doing Azorean family history. From: David Perry [mailto:djperr...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:47 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] name changes in america We all rue the name changes in the Azores but the tradition carried on in this country as well. We're all familiar with the more common changes such as Pereira to Perry. However one of my lines went from Medeiros to Medas to Meetis all in the span of fifty years or so. Another changed from Manuel Rego to something entirely different because he didn't want to be confused with his cousin, another Manuel Rego in the same town. Brick walls are everywhere. David -- 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 <mailto: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.
