Apparently, most of you descend from Azoreans who emmigrated to the US between 1850 and 1920. I'm a stranger in the nest here, because my people came to Brazil in the early 1800s. They did not actually emmigrate, because Brazil was part of Portugal at the time.
José Antonio Raposo surely left brothers and sisters in Ponta Delgada, who may well be the ancestors of many of you. I'll be glad if a connection is found. In Rio, he chose to live close to the church where the most typical Azorean cult was upheld, that of the Divine Holy Ghost. As to spelling, Raposo and Rapozo are the same thing. And until perhaps mid 1800, some Raposo women were called Raposa, which is just the feminin of Raposo (the fox). By the way, Linda, my mother was Arruda. Arruda is a plant, the rue, a magic plant. We, Arrudas, are kind of magic... If any of you ever come to Rio, please, let me know. Marcos. On 13 fev, 19:03, Iris Bilodeau <[email protected]> wrote: > Lisa, > I have Cabral, Botelho, and deCosta in my ancestry from Sao Miguel. > > I looked up Joao Raposa in "Portuguese Immigrants to Hawaii". Found 5 Joao > Raposo's and 5 Joao Rapozo's. Are you able to give me his wife's name, then > I can narrow it down. > Iris > > --- On Sat, 2/13/10, lisa lema <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: lisa lema <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reposo 13Messages in 5 Topics > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10:56 AM > > Hello. > I am interested in learning more about this line of ancestry, the Raposo. Was > there a different way that your ancestors spelled that last name? my paternal > Grandmother's Grandfather was Joao Rapoza, but I found that somewhere along > the way the spelling has been changed to Raposo, Raposa, Repoza, Repozo, > Reposa. > I know that my Ggg grandfather, Joao, immigrated to Hawaii from the Azores. > Any information on the Raposo last name would be appreciated. > In this particular ancestrial lineage I have the following surnames: > Arruda, Cabral, Costa, > DeCosta,DeLima,Pereira,Botelho,Crua,Andrade,Carvalho,Dos Rosario,Mederios, > etc. > > Any help on researching this line would be much appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Lisa L > > > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > My dear friend and possibly cousin (never made the connection), Elizabeth > McDonald had sent me a couple of years ago her family time line. I'm not sure > if she is on this group any longer, but she goes back to Jose Raposo m. > Francisca Ignacia Pereira (daughter of Jose-Jacintho Pereira and Maria > Augusta) from Maia, Sao Miguel abt. 1847. Two children brought down 17 > grandchildren. Son, Joao Raposo-Pereira m. Francisca-Julia da Ponte Ramalho > and daughter, Rosa-Ignacia da Conceicao m. Manoel Raposo- Pereira (kept it in > the family). Maybe there is a connection coming down to those Raposo's. > > Linda Borges (Furtado) Furtado > > Marcos and John, > > I came across a Thome Rapozo "marriage" date 11-July-1736. The record says > he is a widower of Maria do Nascimento and that he's marrying Victoria de > Mello. > > I'm attaching the jpg for you to take a look. > > > > > -- > > -- > 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 > athttp://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." -- 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."
