Caton surname origin

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I have found the Caton name as an anglicazation of Caetano. It is sometimes used as a first name, and spelled Katon. It is fairly common around Santa Cruz das Flores. Its origin is the same as Gaetano from Italian, and Gitano from Spanish and French , meaning Gipsy. It could mean of Gipsy origin or more likely started as an alcunha ( nickname) , due to someones appearance, and became a surname.

 

Eric Edgar

[nancy jean baptiste]

I love this kind of information!
Nancy

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From: ea...@comcast.net
To: Azo...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Caton surname origin
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:25:00 +0000

I have found the Caton name as an anglicazation of Caetano. It is sometimes used as a first name, and spelled Katon. It is fairly common around Santa Cruz das Flores. Its origin is the same as Gaetano from Italian, and Gitano from Spanish and French , meaning Gipsy. It could mean of Gipsy origin or more likely started as an alcunha ( nickname) , due to someones appearance, and became a surname.

 

Eric Edgar

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[choc...@comcast.net]

As a CATON descendant, this information is a "treasure-trove" of
information to me! Thank you so much.... One of my family oral
tradition stories is that our Caton's were actually Perreria's in the
Azores, but changed their name to the more 'english' sounding Caton
when they came to the states - but I have not found any proof of that
yet.

Also no documentation yet of which one of the Azores Islands my Caton
ancestors originated from,(so your information of Santa Cruz das
Flores is at least one lead to pursue, and much appreciated)

However here is what I know of my Caton's- should this ring a bell
with any of my fellow azorean genealogy google group friends:

Manuel R. Caton, born May 1863, immigrated @ 1880 to Provincetown,
MA,
Married 11 June 1883 in Provincetown to Ida Silva, exact death date or
burial site unknown
Family story is that he was lost at sea before 1920.

Manuel R. Caton & Ida Silva Caton's eldest son was born in 1886,
William "Willie" Caton was my great grandfather
Also an ocean fisherman as was Manuel R. Caton. William Caton married
Maria Cabral in 1904.
Maria Cabral immigrated from the Azores about 1900. Maria supposedly
died in the flu epidemic of 1917-18.
All their 5 children were dispersed between relatives and orphanages
to raise - My grandfather went to St. Mary's Home in New Bedford.

Sincere Health and Hopeful Holiday Wishes to all,
Lynn Pritchett

[Cliff Nye]

Lynn
By any chance do you have the name of "Machado" in your family. Here's why I ask. I have access to indices for the microfilm for Nossa Senhora da Conceição parish church in Santa Cruz das Flores, my family parish. I did some research on the names you listed. I did not find anyone with the name of Caton or anything similar. However, the name Pereira(one r at the end)
Is very common to the parish. On several entries, there is a Manuel Machado listed in baptisms as a father along with his wife Margarida Fernandes.
However, better yet, there is a listing for a Manuel "Caetano" Pereira with Anna Rosa as Grandparents in many baptismos and then as brides parents. They show him remarrying to a second wife Rita de Jesus in 1855. I’m wondering if these may be the parents or Grandparents of your Manuel.
This is one baptism in which they are listed:

 B Furtado, Manuel Jacintho Isabel Maria GP 1863 3 4   Paternal Grandparents of child
B Furtado, Manuel Jacintho Maria Rosa P 1863 3 4  parents of child
 B Furtado, Maria  C 1863 3 4   Child in Baptism
B Pereira, Manuel Caetano Anna Rosa GP 1863 3 4  Maternal Grandparents to child

On 12/12/07 1:40 PM, "choc...@comcast.net" <choc...@comcast.net> wrote:
Re: Manuel and Margarida, they were married in 1863. However, I have not found a child by the name of Manuel Perreira born in 1863.There is one Manuel Pereira born in 1854 however. I also checked under the last name of Caetano but didn’t find anything matcing.

Now, do any of the above name ring a bell for you. The name “Caetano” could easily be anglicized to ‘Caton”. If anything does match up to anything you have, let me know and I can do some further research for you.
Best of luck
God Bless one and all

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[JR]

I wouldn't go to far with that representation. Caetano as a first name
goes back a few hundred years before one can find any "gypsy"
connection, if at all. It would be like finding the first few Rodrigos
who are responsible for the patronimic Rodrigues, or Fernao or
Fernando and then the first Fernandes, etc. We are more likely to find
a slave ancestor than a "gypsy." From my experience, it is just
another respectable first name, less common, but common enough.

JR

[Eugenia Paine Rapasky]

I check my database of Portuguese names and came up with this information for CATON

 

Caton -

  Caton - Anglicized (English).  Caetano - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Cluncil of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 271.

 

I hope it helps.

 

Eugenia

JR <jro...@rogers.com> wrote:

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JR

 

Point taken. My info came through Spanish genealogy sites. Here is what some other sites say about Caetano:

 

Caetano - Last name origin & meaning:

Portuguese: from the personal name Caietano, bestowed in honor of the Italian Saint Gaetano (1480–1547) (see Gaetano).

 

Italian: from the personal name Gaietano, medieval Latin Caietanus, originally a Latin ethnic name denoting someone from Caieta in Latium. According to legend the place was named after the elderly nurse of Aeneas, who died there after fleeing with him from the ruins of Troy. The name persisted among early Christians and was popular in the Middle Ages. The religious reformer St. Gaetano (1480–1547) was born in Vicenza, a member of a Venetian noble family. He is not to be confused with his contemporary Cardinal Gaetano, an active opponent of Martin Luther.

 

Cajetan - a male given name originating from Latin. Meaning: coming from Caieta. Caieta, now known as Gaeta is a town in Italy.

 

 

 

Eric 

[Marcio Borba]

Could Caton be Caetano portuguese form?

 

Marcio

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