Sonia, In my family that arrived in R. I. before 1900 the name change was first evident in the 1900 U. S. Census. My mother's grandparents were - maternal - Pedro da Silva or Silveira, and, paternal, Luis or Luiz das Neves. Up to 1900 they continued to use those names. In the 1900 U. S. Census, the Pedros became "Peters", and the Luis da Neves became "Lewis". That change was also reflected in the given names as well as the surnames. The birth records of Lewis's born up to 1899 used the Luis das Neves name and Portuguese given names (Jose, Antonio and Margarida); my mother who was born in 1903, the first born after 1900, was given an Anglo given name and the new surname, Leonora Lewis. My grandmother, Maria (b. 1976) and her sister, Rosa, (b. 1877) used the Portuguese, Pedro da Silva. The first time the name Peters was used was in the 1900 Census when they were all listed with the name Peters and their given names were all Anglicised (Mary, Rose, Joseph, Frank and Anna).
Regards, Jack On Feb 13, 10:42 am, Sonia Pacheco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys! > > I'm continuing to pursue the research that I started in Lisbon in September > 2011 and come to you guys with yet another question! > For those of you whose families had a significant change in surname (i.e. > Castanho became Brown; Pereira became Perry etc), have you been able to > pinpoint *when* and *where* this happened? > > Thanks in advance, > > Sonia > > Sónia Pacheco > Librarian Archivist > Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives > Claire T. Carney Library > University of Massachusetts Dartmouth > 285 Old Westport Road > N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 > Tel. 508-999-8695 > Fax 508-999-8424 > Email [email protected] > Web site:http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/Archives.html -- 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."
