Por rmcneal103 |

I have come across an interesting situation with one branch of my family the baptism record and marriage record show my 2nd great grandmother as Maria Matilde Medel (born 1833 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico) with her parents as Ygnacio Medel and Maria Pabla De Los Dolores Almaguer and her husband as Bernardo Reynoso.

When I was checking the baptism records of their children some of the actual records have Matilde's and her father's and grandfather's last name as Lampon.

Three questions, has anyone else come across situations like this and why would they use different last names in records and the third question does anyone have any information on the Lampon family in Los Altos area?

Thanks for any and all information.

rmcneal,

I have a similar situation with my Paternal Grandmother's line. Her last name is "Ceja" from Las Zarquillas, Villamar, Michoacan. Rumors/family stories say her family's orignal last name was "Zamora" and that they changed it to "Ceja" during La Cristeada war or Mexican revolution because they were being persecuted by the goverment, but I have discovered that they (my ancestors) have been alternating Ceja & Zamora for some generations before the Mexican revolution. Some of my ancestors were baptized "Ceja" and marry as "Zamora" and vice-versa. I've found many documents altenating these 2 last names during the 1800's. I honestly have no idea why they did it, hope to one day find out.

Saludos,
Roberto Hdez

Hola Roberto,

I am just going to get started on the Ceja name. One of my aunts Teresa
Mendoza married Alfredo Ceja in Guadalajara where they presently reside.
His father was Roman Ceja Godinez married to Soledad Diaz. This is just
the beginning I have for this family.
-Esther Jordan Lopez

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:12 AM, wrote:

> rmcneal,
>
> I have a similar situation with my Paternal Grandamother's line. Her last
> name is "Ceja" from Las Zarquillas, Villamar, Michoacan. Rumors/family
> stories say her family's orignal last name was "Zamora" and that they
> changed it to "Ceja" during La Cristeada war or Mexican revolution because
> they were being persecuted by the goverment, but I have discovered that
> they (my ancestors) have been alternating Ceja & Zamora for some
> generations before the Mexican revolution. Some of my ancestors were
> baptized "Ceja" and marry as "Zamora" and vice-versa. I've found many
> documents altenating these 2 last names during the 1800's. I honestly have
> no idea why they did it, hope to one day find out.
>
> Saludos,
> Roberto Hdez

Hi Esther,

I have not placed all the pieces together on my "Ceja" line, becuase I have been busy/focused on my direct paternal line, the Hernandez from Ayo el chico & La Barca, Jalisco. But I can almost "bet" that your research on the "Ceja" line, will take you to the Villamar, Jiquilpan, Guaracha, Zamora & Sahuayo Michoacan Archives. I'm not sure if that's where early Ceja families first establised, but there sure is a lot of "Cejas" in that region of Michoacan (Region Cienega/Near Chapala lake). Hope we can make some connections, though I don't have much info on this line yet.

Saludos,
Roberto Hdez

My wifes family also interchanged de la Santa Cruz and lomelin. I found out that it was because an ancestor was born out of wedlock so he used his mothers surname de la Santa Cruz but her grandchildren used both surnames and the siblings branches off with some family members choosing one or the other surname. These lomelin and Santa cruz were from Sam Juan de Los Lagos and Sam Miguel el alto Jalisco
Rick A Ricci

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On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Esther Jordan wrote:

> ROHernandez@safrdig.com> wrote:

Rmcneal,

Yes - I have come across situations like this and it can be very
frustrating. The further back you go the more variations you will find with
surnames. It is not uncommon for siblings to use different surnames,
sometimes it is simple like using the mother's surname instead of the
fathers, but other times they use the name of a grandparent so it looks like
the name came out of nowhere.

-Angelina-

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