# Names

**URL:** <https://hansolo.top/t/names/10660>\
**Category:** Historical Archives\
**Created:** [September 9, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://hansolo.top/t/names/10660 "2004-09-09T14:47:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://hansolo.top/t/names/10660/1 "2004-09-09T14:47:08Z")

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A couple of my ancestresses were "hijas natural" and had "padre no conocido". They had their mother's maiden names. For example, my grandmother's grandmother was Petra Gomez whose madre was Maria del Refugio Gomez but padre was no conocido.

 

My father's father birth record says he was hijo natural of Dorotea Hernandez and then mentions the two male witnesses. On my dad's birth certificate, the abuelos paternos were Pasqual Hernandez and Dorotea Martinez. Then on my dad's BAPTISMAL record, it states the abuelos paternos were Pasqual Hernandez and Dorotea Ramos. Go figure.

 

Marge:)

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> **From:** [alice\_wissing](mailto:alice_wissing@... "alice\_wissing@...") 
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> **To:** [ranchos@yahoogroups.com](mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com "ranchos@yahoogroups.com") 
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> **Sent:** Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:55 PM
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> **Subject:** [ranchos] Names
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> 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.  
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> 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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