John Vasconcelos:
Are you related to John Vasconcelos that grew up in Sunnyvale, CA in the early to mid 70’s? I went to school with john and would like to say hello. Thanks! Tony From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vasconcelos Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Flores Genealogy/Pimentel Cindy, I may have a lead for you. My 4G grandparents, Ursula Pimentel born Santa Cruz Flores, married to Pedro de Freitas, born Mosteiro, Flores, married 17 June 1734 in Santa Cruz Flores. Ursula died 08 Aug 1775, Caldeira, Flores. They had a lot of Freitas de Pimentel descendants (who usually went by "Pimentel"), many of whom I grew up with in the Fresno California area. One of their descendants is my 5th cousin Dr. David Pimentel, Professor emeritus of Cornell University who several years ago ran (and lost) on the "outsider" ticket for some high office in the Sierra Club. He, I believe was born in the New Bedford area. Unfortunately, I haven't ever met him. Regards, John Vasconcelos On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Cindy D - Searching Sylvia-Pimentel-Martin <[email protected]> wrote: Although I have not been able to find acutal documentation over there to prove it, my Pimentel side is from Flores, so pour me a glass and count me in!!! I know zero about Flores other than my mother has told me that her grandmother said it has a lot of flowers. Got a lucky break and found a marriage record in New Bedford....and it confirmed family lore that my great-grandma Maggie Pimentel (Margarida Ursela Pimentel) was indeed, from Flores. Also got her parents' names on that record. Double Score. I thought my great-grandfather was Sylvia or Silva, but no, marriage record has Da Silva....which explains why I couldn't find much of anything for the past 3 years. Doh! Made a giant pot of cacciola and had the family in to celebrate! My family tree was written by first generation American Sylvias and a big mistake was made in hand copying (before copy machines) and listed Frank Pimentel and Annie Martin as Maggie's parents which did not agree with that New Bedford marriage record at all so it's been sitting on the back-burner for at least a year. After digging through some family papers and carefully reading all the little pencil notes on the original note paper, turns out, Frank is Maggie's brother, not father. So now it all makes sense and I can put everyone where they belong. Sheesh! Cindy D Sylvia, Pimentel, and new and improved, Da Silva, De Jesus and a Martin in-law On Jun 6, 11:32�pm, John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> wrote: > I've become envious of the "Ponta Garca Gang" and the "Cabral Travassos > Country Club" and their good fortune in finding cousins. �So I hereby > establish the "Flores Genealogy and Drinking Society". �We Flores people are > not so fortunate as our more easterly "cousins". Flores was subject to the > plunderings of Pirates and Privateers which took a toll on our ancestors and > their institutions. According to historical accounts, Flores was attacked by > Privateers in the mid 1600's who burned every church on the Island. As a > result most records before the late 1600's were lost. Even the records on > neighboring Corvo go back earlier, to the early 1600's, as I recall. > > The earliest documented marriage that I have discovered among my ancestors > was that of Manoel Pimentel to Isabel de Freitas, Nov 26, 1692, Santa Cruz, > Flores who were my 4G Grandparents (He had been married previously, in the > 1680's as I recall). His parents were Domingos Nunes and Marianna Fraga, > date and place of birth unknown although it was probably Santa Cruz, Flores. > I would venture a guess that Marianna was related to Diogo das Chagas, whose > mother was also a Fraga. Her parents were Domingos Fernandez and Catarina de > Freitas. > > How about it, any cousins out there with these same ancestors? > John Vasconcelos -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:azores%[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." -- 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. 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