I grew up with a family named Cave and have knows several others since. The
name Cuevas is common in Mexico. I was once told that the family name is
pluralized as Los Cuevas while caves are pluralized as Las Cuevas.
--Ediger
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Preston Forsythe
I think it is standard usage in Spanish that last names are
always masculine and plural when referring to the family as a whole,
irrespective of the gender the name/word may have otherwise. That's
probably a holdover from the dominance of males in family lineage.
Mark
At 09:09 AM
Hi Preston,
In answer to your question: Is the last name, Cave, common?
I did a quick check on Ancestry.com and saw that there were 1,566,853 entries
for the name Cave. That, of course, doesn't mean that many individuals by the
name Cave, but includes every place that the name is mentioned
but
found out later that it was the name of people who lived there. The wall, or
at least the letters, have since been removed.
_
From: Louise Power [mailto:power_lou...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 11:31 AM
To: Preston Forsythe; texas cavers
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Article
I have often heard the name Cuevas
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Preston Forsythe pns_...@bellsouth.netwrote:
Yes, by Damien Cave, headline in today's NYT, about life in Laredo today,
and mention of I-35 to Duluth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/us/deep-ties-tested-on-
