Re: [ranchos] Z versus S

[Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>]

Marg, does that mean our DNA should be very close?  

Just kidding.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...> wrote:

> Erlinda, my great-grandfather's first wife was Ma.
> Eleuteria Tov/bar 
> from Jerez.  Her brothers and sisters were born in
> both Tepetongo and 
> Tla--don't remember how to spell this town.  Her
> parents were Mauricio 
> Tovar and Ma. Petra Escobedo.  My great-grandfather
> had about 4 kids 
> with her before she died and he married my
> great-grandmother, who was 
> the age of his eldest daughter or a little older.
> 
> And yes, Davila is the same as de Avila.  I read
> something about it 
> this past week but don't ask me where, 'cos I dunno.
>  The surname 
> Correa is Portuguese, I believe.  Marge:)
> On Dec 21, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long
> wrote:
> 
> > I found in the records from Tamazula Jalisco back
> in the late 1600's
> >  the scribe spelled Juan as Joan on many records..
> that's a Portuguese
> >  spelling. In Jerez I noticed my Tovar ancestor is
> spelled Thobar,
> >  Thovar, Tobar and Tovar... all the same family. I
> would think that's a
> >  Spanish pronunciation and spelling. Since our
> ancestors never saw the
> >  records and sometimes were not even the person
> giving the information
> >  it's amazing that so many are traceable and
> correct! In Jerez I find
> >  the surname Correa, in Tamazula it's Coria, I'm
> wondering if it's the
> >  same family name? Is Davila the same as De Avila?
> The ancestors must
> >  get a chuckle from our searches and questions.
> >  Linda in Everett
> >
> >
> >
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