[Elfsea] My new name...

[Jane Sitton]

Hmmm... and here all along, I thought my Ritchie
anscestors were Scottish... so you're saying I've got
Spanairds in the woodpile??

Madelina the mutt

--- Charlie Ribron II <landf at airmail.net> wrote:
> Actual if you go to the Morman site I believe they
> can document the name
> Vasquez to the early 1600's to late 1500's. They
> helped me document Ritchey
> has spanish has early has 1066
> Ld Carlos Ritchey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilim Penbras <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elfsea] My new name...
>
>
>
> The "th" would be the Castillian spainish wouldn't
> it?  Which is period?
>
> Wilim
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: Tessa Nieto <eleanor_cleavely at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 13:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >Actually, the "ç" sound is pronounced almost as a
> "Z"
> >sound, only softer. So, instead of being "Cabetha
> de
> >Vaca" you'd be "Cabesza de Vaca" (prounciationally
> >speaking), which is the correct pronunciation.
> >
> >Eleanor Cleavely
> >Somewhat Spanish Speaker
> >
> >--- C E Huse <cehuse at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> Hola!!
> >>
> >> I have had to change my last name. It seems that
> "de
> >> Vasquez" cannot be
> >> documented prior to the early 1700's (yup that
> >> surprised me, too!)
> >>
> >> So... My last name will now be "Maria Cabeça de
> >> Vaca"  The "ç" is pronounced
> >> as a soft "th" sound.
> >>
> >>
> >> Maria


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