help with first name on birth record

[dmt1955]

http://s24.postimg.org/ghkvumls5/1877_G ... rth_33.jpg

i would appreciate any thoughts on child's first name -- Glenarda Maria Soccorsa ????

thanks,
donna

[erudita74]

Donna
I think the name is Gherarda Maria Soccorso
Erudita

[dmt1955]

thanks erudita. interesting name.....

donna

[erudita74]

thanks erudita. interesting name.....

donna

Interesting indeed and Soccorso is actually a surname but appears as the third of her first names, so I find that strange. Even though the parents were married, it is not one of their surnames either.
Erudita

[dmt1955]

San Potito Ultra is where my father's cousin paternal family is from. the town is very small - about 30 births per year. I have seen many families use this Soccorso. as i track the nazzaro family, i will pay particular attention to it's use.

do you have any thoughts about why it might be used if, in fact, it is a surname other than recognizing a relative with that last name?
donna

[PippoM]

Hello,
la "Madonna del Soccorso" ("Our Lady of the Rescue") is the patron of San Potito Ultra, so that's why so many families gave such name to their babies.
See here (in Italian):

http://www.contradaradicozzo.it/

[dmt1955]

pippo
thanks so much for the explanation and link. i enjoyed going through the website.

donna