Given my previous post, I decided to do a bit of research re the "Moors", note the following excerpts that stand out, taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors:
- The Moors called their Iberian territory Al-Andalus, an area comprising Gibraltar, much of what is now Spain and Portugal, and part of France. There was also a Moorish presence in present-day southern Italy after they occupied Mazara in 827[1]
- Earlier, the Classical Romans interacted with (and later conquered) parts of Mauretania, a state that covered northern portions of modern Morocco and much of north western and central Algeria during the classical period. The people of the region were noted in Classical literature as the Mauri.
In the first excerpt, its the place name Mazara, that stands out. What it reminds me of, is my mothers maiden name, "Mazerolle", since they have close to the same prefix. Mazerolle is an Acadian name (my ancestors were part of the first wave of settlers to emigrate to Canada from France). So perhaps this is where the name comes from?! Note this next excerpt from Mazara's wiki page:
- Mazara was founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC, with the name of Mazar (the Rock).
First of all, if you take Mazara del Vallo and combine the name to shorten, you get the contraction, "Mazarallo"... which sounds very much like my mothers maiden name, Mazerolle.
As you can see, we have more inner twin connections.
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