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From: (by way of Ed Elizondo <>)
Subject: Re: Nunez de Villavicencio
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:07:44 -0400


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Hi Mary, My other address is Do you have any idea when
these folks came over? The names listed like Suarez (Soares)/ Portuguese,
La Pazza/Italian, Robin/French and Rodriguez/Spanish are obvious ones.
These peoples passed through the Canary Islands at various times for
several reasons. The Portuguese and Spanish were in competition during
early conquests (1440's to 1480's) AND the kingdoms were united for a brief
time in the latter part of the 16th century. A substantial part of present
day Italy was Spanish. A Frenchman (A Normand), Jean de Bethancourt,
claimed the Canary Islands for Enrique III (King of Castille), who made him
Lord of the islands (only Fuerteventura, El Hierro and La Gomera at the
time). Since becoming the overlord he encouraged Nornan farmers to settle
there. The Spanish, along with some of the other groups were there for new
opportunities or to flee persecution such as the conversos. The converso's
names were typically the names of th!
e towns that they came from. Your names that end in es/ez/iz are
typically patronomical (son of), as in Hernandez son of Hernan, Ruiz son of
Ruy. The 'es' is an older Spanish form, currently ez. Which indicates that
those arrived early on. So your Canary/Spanish cousins currently use ez.
Portuguese use 'es' as well. So without a clear trail or another name
attached to those names it'll be tough if not impossible to trace. Some
names are from trades, for example a berger is a shepard (French), molero
a miller (Spanish). Serigne a village in Vendee, Pays de la Loire (the
Loire Valley). Robin is from northern France from Breton, Lorraine to the
Loire (Saint Bonnet des Quarts). Good luck!


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