Hello Jan and Alicia ,ok which school of thought is correct ? Is Benavides Jewish or Arabic Surname. I don't know why I tend to go with the Arabic thought due to the way it spells out.Prima Alicia in the conference did Maria Benavides line have any thing to do with the Benavides Line that settled in orthern Mexico and Texas if so how ? Tu primo Ronnie pariente acasi todos de Los Altos> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:22:40 -0700> From: janjaeckle@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Alteño Surnames> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org> > My language instructor said that Benavides was originally Jewish, from Ben-David; then the Spanish 'ez' appeared when the name carrier came to Spain during the period of moorish control of Spain before Jews were ordered out of Spain in 1492. > > Alicia Carrillo wrote:> ----- Original Message ----> From: Ronald Reynoso > To: research@nuestrosranchos.org> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:32:04 AM> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Alteño Surnames> Hola Primo ,I have alot of Lomellini,Lomelin and Lomeli and they all are the same . Carlos Lomellini was from Genoa,Italy and married Maria Benavides en Nochistlan,en 1609.> > I know this is not about Lomelin but about Benavides. One of the presenters at the Conference in Saltillo was Benavides......he spoke in great detail about his family's history in Northern Mexico, he proceeded to tell us that this surname's origins are Arabic from Medieval times, see below, so not only does this marriage have Italian origins but Arabic/Spanish origins.> > Don't you just love it........we are all mutts!!> > Last NameBenavidesSpanish: patronymic from the common medieval personal name Ben> Avid, of Arabic origin, from ibn ?Abd ‘son of the servant(of God)’ see Benavidez.> > > > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Nuestros Ranchos Research Mailing List> > To post, send email to:> research(at)nuestrosranchos.org> > To change your subscription, log on to:> http://www.nuestrosranchos.org> > > > ---------------------------------> Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Nuestros Ranchos Research Mailing List> > To post, send email to:> research(at)nuestrosranchos.org> > To change your subscription, log on to:> http://www.nuestrosranchos.org