Hi Mary, What a great find your search has revealed....I think your Bettencourt is a good bet!
Nancy From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bennett surname--and interesting story Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:16:04 -0700 Anyone have a guess about what Portuguese name the surname Bennett might have come from? Bettencourt perhaps? Here's the story of today's discovery: I just found a missing cousin who is buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery in Pescadero California (on the coast south of Half Moon Bay). Her mother and aunt were sisters of my great grandmother. I knew what happened to all the cousins except Rosa--I did not know who she had married or where she went and despaired of ever finding out! I found her parent's graves in the cemetery today, and alongside, in the family plot, was "Rose Bennett". The birth year was correct, so I figured this must be the missing Rosa. When I checked the census records I found Rosa and Manuel Bennett living right next door to her parents in Pescadero in 1930! I had looked at the record many times, since another sister was actually living with the parents at the time and there she was, right under my nose. Rosa's husband, Manuel Bennett, was born in California but his parents are listed as from the Azores. There were other Bennetts from the Azores in Pescadero at the time, too. Anyway, I thought this tale might give hope to those who have lost the trail. I don't know why I didn't check this cemetery before--I guess I wasn't certain that the family had remained in the area. Mary Bordi _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
