Curious about this name Jose Gil Abad Monijio? on baptism in 1778 on Rancho De Los Maderas

listing someone with no surname then finding them listed with 2 or 3 different surnames later on is not unusual either but certainly complicates proving they are all the same person! It's usually in the children or grandchildren that you find the proof you need to merge then into one person.
Linda in Olympia
On Friday, May 16, 2014 10:21 PM, Daniel Alejandro Méndez de Torres y Camino wrote:

I believe it is "morisco" not monijo. This was a caste in colonial Mexico given to people of mixed ancestry, usually native, black, and español. Castes became complex as to people's mixture. You'll also notice the mother has no surname, which in many instances may refer to indio, but not always.

Saludos,
Daniel Méndez de Torres C.

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> On May 16, 2014, at 5:16 PM, zacatecano020@hotmail.com wrote:
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> As I was browsing the baptism records and in the year 1778, I came across this name that is odd and born in Rancho De Los Maderas in 1778:
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> Jose Gil Abad Monijio
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> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=16bc86d&s=8#.U3anZdJdWO0
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> Can someone help me out and tell me what kind of name is that?
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