Thank you, Doug.
Gaspar Gonçalves, widower, and Isabel Nunes married on 4 march 1601, in Sé, Angra. The marriage record doesn´t mention the name of his first wife, say only that Isabel Nunes is from the island of Faial and doesn´t mention her parents either. Manoel Em quinta-feira, 29 de agosto de 2013 18h42min42s UTC-3, Doug da Rocha Holmes escreveu: > > Hi Manoel, > > I have not run across any of these Terceira ancestors of yours. > > I have paid close attention to the Ferraz name and have noticed it is > mostly found in the north side of Terceira, in the concelho da Praia da > Vitória. Of course, it is also found here and there in the other freguesias > of the Angra concelho, but they usually come from the north side. > > So far, it seems there is no hint as to the origin of your Ferraz from > either parent (Nunes or Gonçalves) and since these are pretty remote > ancestors, just on the edge of the records running out, you might never > learn that. > > But I am happy to give you some clues. There is one family in Angra with > Gonçalves that also used Chaves and had a son using the Ferraz name. But > that family seems to be Rocha Ferraz earlier on, so Gonçalves is just a > coincidence. That might mean there is a link to Rocha with your Ferraz > ancestor. > > Another family using Ferraz has a mother named Gonçalves. > > Yet another Ferraz name combination that is found is Nunes Ferraz. And so > maybe in your case, Nunes is the source of your Ferraz. By the way, I also > find a Nunes Ferraz in Madeira, but it could be simply a coincidence. You > could check the ARM database and see if that has an leads for you. > > I have many named Ferraz in the 1500s, but the two oldest by that surname > in my database at this moment came from Praia da Vitória and Lajes, > Terceira and born about 1525 each. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy]_Re:_Gonçalves_ancestors_-_Tercei ra > From: mances <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Thu, August 29, 2013 1:24 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > Cc: Isabella Baltar <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > Hi Doug and Isabella, > > I have an ancestor, Manuel Ferrraz, from Angra, Terceira, in the mid 1600s. > He was son of Manuel Ferraz, b. 23 nov 1604, Sé, Angra, Terceira, and > Bárbara Fialho, b. Sé?, Angra?, married on 5 oct 1625, Sé, Angra. > Paternal grandson of Gaspar Gonçalves and Isabel Nunes. > Maternal grandson of João Luiz and Beatriz Tomé > > Manuel Ferraz married in Capelas, ilha de São Miguel, to Maria da Costa de > Arruda on 5 jan 1667. This is a very interesting line; among the Maria’s > ancestors five of them are on the book by RR: > Nuno Gonçalves Homem (chapter 326) > Pedro Vaz Marinheiro (chap. 76) > Bartolomeu Rodrigues de Santa Clara (chap. 152) > Simão de Viveiros (chap. 149) > Gonçalo Vaz Botelho, o Grande (chap. 1) > > Manoel César Furtado > > > -- 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.
