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My great grandmother's name was Buena Vista Knight. Aside from her husband's name, that is all I know about her as of yet. They lived in West Virginia around the end of the 1800's. Has anyone ever heard this Spanish phrase used as a name (Buena Vista)? So far I have no evidence of Spanish blood in my lines.
Any help would be great!
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Any help would be great!
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While the 1990 U.S. Federal Census ranked the name "Buena" as #4,177, that doesn't mean that there couldn't have been a number of children also given the middle name of "Vista" to go with it. The Census, however, doesn't give accompanying middle names.
A 'net search revealed that "Buena Vista" (meaning "Good View" or "Beautiful View" is more commonly applied to places -- and even a Spanish Social Club -- than to people.
Seeing as how you have no evidence of Spanish ancestry in your family, I'd say that your great-grandmother's mother probably picked that name up from a pretty-sounding placename that she'd heard, and decided to name her baby that.
-- Nanaea
A 'net search revealed that "Buena Vista" (meaning "Good View" or "Beautiful View" is more commonly applied to places -- and even a Spanish Social Club -- than to people.
Seeing as how you have no evidence of Spanish ancestry in your family, I'd say that your great-grandmother's mother probably picked that name up from a pretty-sounding placename that she'd heard, and decided to name her baby that.
-- Nanaea
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