No, Alberto, our ancestor's names were not unusual in their time and place,
but a name like Gorgonia [Garcia], my father's mother, sounds so awful to us
now, especially those of us raised here in the US. Refugio sounds ugly
also, but Gorgonia! Heavens, wasn't she the lady in mythology that had
snakes for hair? and anyone unfortunate enough to catch a glimpse of her would
turn to stone? No wonder I can't find any record of her birth.
Emilie Garcia'
Port Orchard, WA ---
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:50
PM
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: Odd names
WAS
Hey, there is nothing wrong with our old
Spanish
names. My great-----grandaunt's name was Maria
Guadalupe
Leogarda De La Cruz Pena Morales, 1797,
Valle De Allende, Chihuahua,Mexico.
They were long but beautiful.
Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa
Maria, California
--- Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>
wrote:
> Marge and Emilie,
>
> Alicia must be a very new name because in all my
>
research I have not once found this name either in
> my ancestors or any
other records. I guess we are
> modern women hence the new variant of a
name. I
> guess that's also why I am not saintly, no
> precedents
in my namesake.
>
> Alicia, a saint
in waiting or in the
> making............hope is everlasting, (sigh,
sigh).
>
> Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...>
wrote:
> That's what I thought, too, Em! BTW, my
middle
> name is Alicia...my
> folks said it was after a family
friend but I don't
> remember ever
> meeting her. My first name
is after my Scots
> mother's sister but in
> Spanish. I've since
discovered that my aunt was
> named after her
> grandmother, who
was named after her own
> grandmother. Had I known that
> I would
have named one of my own daughters a variant
> of it. Marge, who
> is Shinju in Japanese.:)
>
> On Dec 21, 2005, at 5:19
AM, Emilie Garcia wrote:
>
> > Well, Alicia, I have a sister,
my only sibling,
> who is named Alicia
> > Emma. I will
have to tell her she should have a
> saint's name since
> >
she has a pagan name. Our parents had saint's
> names:Â
Luisa and
> > Guadalupe. I wonder where they got the
name
> Alicia. There is no one
> > in the family with
that name. I know that I was
> named after my
> >
mother's mother, Emilia. My middle name is
> Christina---can't
get any
> > saintlier than that. I was born almost on
>
Easter, maybe that is why
> > the name Christina.Â
> > Â
> > Marge, most of the names you mention sound like
> they
came from the
> > classic Greek or Roman---pagan?
> > Â
> > Emilie Garcia
> > Port Orchard, WA ---
> >>
----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Alicia Carrillo
>
>> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December
20, 2005 8:15 PM
> >> Subject: [ranchos] Re: Odd names WAS
>
>>
> >> Marge,
> >> Â
> >> My dad
was named Restituto and he went to court
> to legally change his
> >> name to Jose. Many people called him ''Tuto'' for
>
short but he hated
> >> it.
> >> Â
> >>
 And yes I am glad my mom named me Alicia and
> not Juana because Juana
> >> was my saint day and that's the name the priest
> told
my mother she
> >> should name me. He told her Alicia was a
pagan
> name and it had to be
> >> a saint's name. Three
cheers for mom who stuck to
> her guns.
> >> Â
>
>> Alicia Avelar de Carrillo
> >> San Jose, Ca
>
>>
> >> Margarita Vallazza wrote:
> >>>
Aren't you glad to not be named Reducindo or
> Reducinda? One of
my
> >>> ancestors is named Narciso, another Prudencio,
>
another Petronilo, and
> >>> another Zenobio...what
names!!!! Marge:)
> >>>
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