Hola primos,
In doing my research I sometimes see names with the title "Don" or "Doña". Most of the times it's just their names with no titles.
Is their a significance to using Don or Doña during this time period.
Here is an example:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-3XYS-5?i=612
Manjarrez, or Manjarrés, is the family name. There are plenty of both examples with the above link.
I have also seen a "N" used for last names for Indians...sometimes for black people. Any significance to using this as well?
Any thoughts will be helpful.
Thanks,
Andelmo
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People can make this subject intricate as they want. During colonial times Don and Doña were strictly reserved for those in the public eye. I say this because you will notice as you research, ecclesiastical individuals use it, government officials, landowners and nobility. These were not only Spanish, but could be a cacique or any native that also held similar status or position. It's closest equivalent in English would be Lord/Lady. However, in the Spanish-speaking world it did not always denote nobility, although it certainly could.
There was once instance, I read a child in my Villaseñor line baptized as Don and he was five days old. I had never seen anything like it!
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Thank you, primo.
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