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Alicia,
I was thinking that in some communities long ago certain names were very
common to that community, both given names and surnames. It may be that
people lived so long and so isolated in one place that food, names,
practices, accents, etc. became almost unique to the area. I had such
trouble finding my mother's Provencio and Medina families in the Juarez-El
Paso Valley and Mesilla Valley of Southern New Mexico because so many people had
those names there and used the same given names over and over. My
great-great grandfather was Jose Provencio and his second or third wife was my
great-great grandmother Jesus Medina. I recently found I was on the wrong
track in finding them because at the same period in time in the same area there
was another couple with the same names! One of those Jesus Medinas (not
mine) married another Provencio when her Jose Provencio died. These people
were known as "manitos" (the priests had told them they were Hermanitos), and
their nasally speech was unique, an ancient 16th century Spanish, where they
dropped the first and last parts of words as in 'equia for acequia, and 'manito
for hermanito, and colorao for colorado, and they had beliefs and practices
unique to them. Due to more mobility nowadays, that is all gone.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ---
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 8:22
PM
Subject: [ranchos] Given Names
Another common coincidence is when a man or woman lost a spouse they
would re-marry and the second spouse would have the same given name as the
first spouse.
When my parents divorced my dad married an Esperanza and my mom's
name is Esperanza, when my Padrino in Ensenada lost his first wife Berta, he
married again to another Berta and I have found several cases in my research
of widows or widowers who re-married and married someone with the same given
name as their first spouse.
Could this be coincidence?
Alicia Carrillo
San Jose, Ca
Alberto Duarte
<albertodua@...> wrote:
Maybe.
But even now, many young people met in church
and eventually get married
that have different names.
I believe many marriages were arranged by the
parents
during the time of our grandparents.
Alberto Duarte
Prieto
Santa Maria, California
--- Emilie Garcia
<auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:
> Angie,
>
> People used to be named according to the Calendar of
>
Saints, no? My mother always spoke about her "saint
> day" and
other people's. Everyone's saint day
> seemed to be a big deal
then (my mother was born in
> 1902) and parties were held, sort of
like birthday
> parties, only you celebrated the day that saint
was
> on some calendar. She was Luisa and guys named
Luis
> celebrated their saint day at the same time. she
>
didn't marry a Luis though. Could it be that young
> people met
at church on their saint day, got
> acquainted and visited each other
later?
>
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:56
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> Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: Godina Family
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>
> Angie:
>
> Re:
Similiar names, you are not alone.
>
> What about
fathers naming theirs sons after
> themselves? I've four :
Juan Gonzalez de
> Hermosillo!
>
>
1gnzlz@...<mailto:1gnzlz@...>
>
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> To the
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> Off topic...is it just my family or
has anyone
> else noticed that
> people
tended to marry people with similar
> names, ie Gregorio married
> Gregoria. I have lots of Antonio's
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