Looking for family last name Pagan?

Question

I thought I'd give it a try at trying to find some family on my fathers side. My name is Jesus Pagan, I know I have a couple of brothers and sisters on my fathers side. His name is Ricardo Pagan, currently living in Puerto Rico I think. Any ideas? He runs a child factory lol.. Some family is in New York, some in Puerto Rico, Chicago or somewhere in Illinois, I don't know too much else.

I have a cousin named Johnny Pagan and he lives in Florida, I believe homestead, his father, my fathers brother, is Nestor Pagan. I don't know the second last names as they do count in PR, but my family also coincides with the Mejias family. I have a sister living in Puerto Rico which I couldn't find in searches, her name is Yaritza Pagan, and I have a couple brothers with the name Richard or Ricardo and Pagan also.

Answer 1

try some genealogy websites, they good with stuff like that, some are free, and others you have to pay i believe...but good luck
http://www.ancestry.com
http://www.genealogy.com/
http://www.familysearch.org
http://www.rootsweb.com
http://www.cyndislist.com

Answer 2

Hey. Do you have Any more info? Something your Mom can tell you. Do you have an idea of what town in PR he lives in? Also do you know his full last name? In PR they go by the fathers last name followed by the mothers last name. Or even his age or birth place.. Here are some PR white page listings, however you will need to search seperately through each town (if you dont know his town) & that will take some time.

http://www.411.com/white-pages/PR

http://www.yellow.com/white.html

http://www.whitepages.com/
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Here are some listing I found on the below website. You can try calling each person. Hope this helps you :)

http://www.superpagespr.com/superpagesprwp/websearchservletwp?toplevel=true%E2%8C%A9=EN

Pagan , Ricardo
Guayanilla, PR
787-835-2676

Pagan Bota, Ricardo
Peñuelas, PR
787-836-4220

Pagan Cruz, Ricardo
Lajas, PR
787-899-8902

Pagan Hernandez, Ricardo
Santurce, PR
787-726-3371

Pagan Leon, Ricardo
Juana Diaz, PR
787-837-8698

Pagan Rolon, Ricardo
Levittown, PR
787-261-2556

Pagan Santiago, Ricardo
Toa Alta, PR
787-870-3868

Pagan, Ricardo L
Caguas, PR
[phone]

Pagan Berrios, Ricardo
Guayama, PR
[phone]

Pagan Negron, Ricardo
Bayamon, PR
[phone]

Pagan Fortis, Ricardo J
Pueblo Viejo, PR
[phone]

I feel bad putting peoples Info on the internet that is why I did not add the street address. Some of them had it, you can find it on the superpagespr & the 411 sites I listed.
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Well I found 1 Yaritza Pagan in PR:

Pagan Velazquez, Yaritza
Patillas, PR
787-839-0100

You can try calling this number also. I know it might seem wierd but you will just need to call these numbers & ask if they are your long lost father or sister. Just let the person know you are calling people with this name b/c you are searching for your family, they will understand. Do u know spanish? Otherwise you can hire someone but it might be pretty expensive. Best of Luck!
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& if you think your father might go by Richard than here are a few more to try:

Pagan , Richard
Pueblo Viejo, PR
787-749-0359

Pagan Abreu, Richard
Humacao, PR
787-285-0801

Pagan Martell, Richard
Hato Rey, PR
787-754-1882

Pagan Rolon, Richard
Humacao, PR
787-850-2717

Pagan , Ricky
Ciales, PR
787-917-9665

I am not sure what you meant by your family coinciding with the Mejias family. But I found some people in PR with the last names 'Pagan Mejias' & 'Mejias Pagan'. Let me know if you need any of them.
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OMG LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!! I hope that is them!! Maybe they can tell you more about your Dad! Please let me know how everything works out! Sorry the phone number is not available, but u can write a letter.

Johnny & Nestor A Pagan
15982 SW 304th Ter
Homestead, FL 33033

Answer 3

I saw these 2 listings on www.ancestry.com:
RICARDO PAGAN
born: 25 Feb. 1920
died: 13 May 2005 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
His SSN (listed on the website) was issued in New York before 1951.

RICARDO A. VEGA PAGAN
b. 4 Dec. 1934
d. 19 June 2001 in San German, Puerto Rico
SSN (listed on website) issued in Puerto Rico in 1955

Hope this helps a little.

Answer 4

This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name,
Pagan
Spanish (Pagán): Castilianized spelling of Catalan Pagà, from the Late Latin personal name Paganus, which originally meant ‘dweller in an outlying village’ (see Paine).
Spanish: in some cases it may be a topographic name from Catalan pagà ‘heath’, from Latin pagus ‘district’, ‘outlying village’.
Northern English and Scottish: probably from the Latin medieval personal name Paganus, the vernacular form of which was Paine (see Paine).
hope this helps.