¿Abadía ..o Badía? Documento de 1743 de Almunia de San Juan
Post in Spanish. The post comments how a last name from a foreign person could have been changed as it got more familiar to the rest of the people of a little town. My ancestor was a taylor who settled down in Almunia de San Juan in Huesca, Spain. His last name could have been Badia but a family of landlords in this little town wore the surname Abadia. A small change could have been suggested resulting that the next generation took the surname Abadia instead . More information in www.docsandroots.com The process is explained in Spanish as follows: En esta entrada me baso en los datos que me facilitó telefónicamente en febrero de este año el párroco de Almunia de San Juan y los que he recabado en los archivos notariales de Monzón del siglo XVIII En las fotos Aljibe Abadia en Almunia de San Juan, construido según los arqueólogos quizás en la época musulmana, para otros pudo ser en...