Nowadays you'll see Ágata as a first name, and Águeda as a last name. Águeda <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist%C3%B3ria_de_%C3%81gueda> is also a city in Aveiro.
2016-07-05 15:37 GMT+01:00 'Joao S. Lopes' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com>: > Yes, Agada, Agueda and Aguida are the same name, equivalent of English > Agatha, and all obsolete, current form in Portuguese is Agata (sometimes > Agatha). > > > Em Terça-feira, 5 de Julho de 2016 11:35, Marie Borba Volbeda < > ma...@volbeda.com> escreveu: > > > Nancy Jean: > > In 1922 my great aunt Marianna Borba married Jermano Silveira Agueda who > was born 16 Apr 1887 in Topo, Sao Jorge. I believe they were married in > California as they both immigrated prior to this date . I have his > ancestry for several more generations back, perhaps you are related to his > ancestors? > > Marie > > On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 7:08:51 AM UTC-7, Marie Borba Volbeda wrote: > > I have seen these names as both a first and last name, and are sometimes > spelled both ways for the same person in different records. Are Agada and > Agueda different spellings of the American version of Agatha or is Agueda > a different name entirely? > > Thanks, > > Marie Borba Volbeda > > Researching: Topo, Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge: Borba, Silveira Carvalho, > Brasil > > -- > 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 https://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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
