Hi,
I'm looking for the origins of the Alago surname.
My family is from barrio Caniaco in Utuado, Puerto Rico.
It's a rare surname and I believe that originally the last name was Albarrán Y Lago but somehow it ended up on the 1920 census as Alago.
My great grandfathers name was Jesus Albarrán Y Lago and his wife was Juana Vélez Y Ayala De Albarrán.
They appear on the 1910 census but Jesus disappears before 1920 and I have no death records or oral history to go on as to what happened to him or an explanation of why the surname was changed.
I believe his mother was Ana Lago Y Mendez abt 1830, and his siblings are:
Natividad Albarrán Y Alago 1869
Rosa Albarrán Y Alago 1872
Carmelo Albarrán Y Alago 1888
Jesus Albarrán´s children with Juana Vélez Y Ayala were:
Eduardo Alago Y Vélez 1902
Ramona Alago Y Vélez 1909 (died in infancy?)
Juan Alago Y Vélez 1910
Juan Alago Y Vélez
Wife: Monserrate Gonzalez Y Andujar
Children: Arcelia "Chin" Alago Y Gonzalez 1936
Juan Esteban Alago Y Gonzalez 1938
Confesor Heriberto Alago Y Gonzalez 1940
Anibal Alago Y Gonzalez 1942
Efrain Alago Y Gonzalez 1943
Margarita Olga "Goly" Alago Y Gonzalez
Carmen Betzaida "LaLa" Alago Y Gonzalez
Iris Marylin Alago Y Gonzalez
Natividad Alago Y Gonzalez (died in infancy)
Please let me know if you have any information.
Thanks, Maria