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Hello:
I was reading your entry and wondering
if there was a connection. My grandmother maiden name was Cervantes Castrejon
and was raised in Manzanillo, Colima. Her fathers name was Pedro Cervantes. I
also have Ramirez in the family tree from my fathers side "Iglesias" from
Guachinango, Jalisco and my mother side "Ramirez" is from Coahuila (we
think).
Please let me know.
Thanks!
Janet
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sgapodaca
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:06
AM
Subject: [ranchos] Re: Names
Hello. During my research, I once found a record of an
illegitimate
child just by chance. I was checking the baptisms in
Atotonilco el
bajo/santa clara, Jalisco of children with the last name
Cervantes.
Most of them were not related to me, but I found a girl whose
last
name was Cervantes. she was the illegitimate daughter of a woman with
the last name Hernandez and of my greatgrandfather's brother Bacilio
Apodaca. However, she was not named neither Apodaca or Hernandez.
Why?
Because in the record it showed that this child was not claimed
by the
father, but by the paternal grandmother, Guadalupe Cervantes.
So, in this
case, the child inherited the paternal's grandmother's
maiden surname.
I believe there's not a standard about naming illegitimate children,
since my second great grandfather Evaristo Ramirez kept the last name
of his father, even though he was a natural child.
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ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "alice_wissing" <alice_wissing@y...>
wrote:
> While looking at the International Genealogical Index I
came across
> an ancestor possibly having a child with a woman other
than his
wife
> during the late 1700's. The child carried the
father's last name
> only (no mother's name attached at the end)and
only the mother's
> first name was listed. I was under the
impression an illegitimate
> child never used his father's last name,
so this confused me.
>
> I've ordered a copy of the entry from
the History Center, but it
> will take weeks for me to receive
it. In the meantime, does anyone
> know if there were strict
standards regarding an illegitimate
> child's use of a father's last
name? And also, why would only a
> first name be listed for
a mother? I see this all the time while
> perusing the IGI.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alicia
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