Hi Doug, "Amarante", per se, gives a woman the premium "Dona"? Why is that?...
I can't find the marriage of Joao and Josefa Rosa (Azevedo Bettencourt) :( But if I stumble upon Pico or Terceira, I will let you know. Thank you. Cheers, Rod Terça-feira, 30 de Abril de 2013 22:31:50 UTC, Doug Holmes escreveu: > > Rod, > > Amarante is often associated with ladies using the "dona" title. > Look on the CCA website for the manuscript for Genealogias da ilha de S. > Jorge and you will find other older generations of Amarante. > > You still have at least 50-100 years of records you can search on your own > and hopefully you can find a link to the original settlers before the > records run out. > > If it turns out along the way that you find a Pico or Terceira branch, I'd > be interested. > I do a lot of research for other people and myself in the Sao Jorge > records and I often find people from Pico/Terceira. With Pico being only > across the channel, it is to be expected, of course. > > Boa sorte, > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for AMARANTE, MACHADO, AZEVEDO, > BETTENCOURT, SILVEIRA, in Velas, S. Jorge > From: TheAussieRod <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Tue, April 30, 2013 2:30 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Hi, I am tracing my ancestry, and I got somwhere near 1800s. > The surnames are very common in Velas, and the title "Dona" for the > laddies suggest they were somehow important, so maybe I can fit them into > some existent geneology. > > These are the names and aproximate dates: > > D. Josefa Victoria de Azevedo Bettencourt de Amarante - born 3 Dec 1847; > married. 22 Aug 1882 (yes, she married old...) > > Her parents were: > António de Azevedo Bettencourt de Amarante (born 18 Jan 1808, married > 22 Aug 1842) > D. Laureana Leocadia Bettencourt de Amarante (born 28 May 1811) > > Her grandparents were: > > From her father side: > João de Azevedo Machado Bettencourt (died before 1842) > Isabel Vicencia da Silveira > > From her mother side: > João de Azevedo Bettencourt > Josefa Rosa de Azevedo Bettencourt (died before 1842) > > I would very much appreciate any help. > Cheers, > Rod > -- > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
