John, I am still researching on Terceira,currently late 1600's. Hopefullly my luck will hold out for a while longer,Although some of the records are in terrible shape.
Tony On Sunday, February 2, 2014 2:53:23 PM UTC-8, John Vasconcelos wrote: > > Tony, > I have also been unable to connect my Corvello line back to Santa Maria > because, essentially all of Flores Vital records before about the mid > 1600's are lost because, as the story goes, in the mid-1600s, privateer's > or pirates attacked Flores and burned every church on the Island. However, > there is a branch of the Corvello family on Flores which arrived on Flores > after the late 1600's, who apparently can trace their ancestry back to > Santa Maria. > John Vasconcelos > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Anthony Soares > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> This Antonio Curvello would be my 6th Great Grandfather,this is the first >> spelling with the u that I have found all others have been Corvello/Corvelo >> as you stated. The Soares surname was not added till my 1st Great >> Grandfather in the mid 1800's. As JR mentioned in an earlier post a very >> good researcher on Terceira was not able to make the Corvello jump to Santa >> Maria.Maybe there is a connection to this Antonio Catalao,if there is hope >> I can find it. Thank you for the added information. >> >> Muito Obrigado >> >> Tony Soares >> >> >> On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:16:56 AM UTC-8, John Vasconcelos wrote: >> >>> My maternal Grandmother was a Corvello/Corvelo (BTW, on Flores this is >>> the spelling used) so at one point I contacted James Guill to ask if he had >>> any more information on the family. He said that he had gone to the >>> archives (Torre do Tombo, I suppose) and had seen the original contract >>> between Prince Henry and Antonio Catalao (Corvello) and that it said that >>> Antonio would go from Catalonia to Santa Maria to supervise the >>> establishment of the sugar cane industry and the building of processing >>> mills. >>> John Vasconcelos >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe Guill also stated that the Curvelos came from Santa Maria >>>> island. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>>> Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- 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.
