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Leona surname

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Leona surname

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 12:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Leona Hernandez Neely
Does anyone have information a link or something besides houseofnames.com and the like, that can give me legitimate information about the surname Leona? My 3x great grandmother is Frances Leona (ABT 1823-1896) on all of her legal documents but Frances Hernandez on her children's death certificates. In Alabama, on the 1855 census, she was considered a free woman of color, so I don't think she and my ggg-grandfather Jack Neely were ever able to legally marry. She never carried the Neely name on any document I have found as of yet. Was this surname actually Spanish or Italian, or did it originate in some other country?

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