NEGOCI – For this last nickname I do not have a very clear photo; however it shows my 8th great-grandfather, Antoni Magraner Mayol, with the nickname “negoci”.
Antoni was baptized in 1660 in Sóller, Mallorca and married his wife Joana Estada Ribas in 1693 also in Sóller. I am not sure when exactly Antoni died but it seems to have been after 1700 since Joana died in March 1700 in Sóller, Mallorca and was listed as “muller (wife) of Antoni Magraner als. negoci”, which would mean that he was still alive when she died. Joana died likely very young – just seven years after her marriage to Antoni; before her death they had at least three boys: Antoni Llorens, Bartomeu, and Gabriel (this last son was my 7th great-grandfather).
Antoni went on to marry two more times – the second time shortly after in 1701 to Maria Alberti Vicens in Fornalutx, Mallorca. She would also pass away and Antoni Magraner married a third time in 1712 to Joana Maria Alcover Bauçà in Sóller, Mallorca.
Negoci, seems to have been used for a person related to “commercial or administrative matters”. It is possible that Antoni was in charge of family matters or simply he had a business-like personality that made him a go-getter.