Apparently found on Faial. I've seen it in Madeira and Brazilian records, Australian shiplists from Portugal and Spain, and in California. It is a form of Abraham. It is seen as a given name in some Portuguese and Jewish families. Most search engines confuse it with Abreu. examples:
QUANDO AS ILHAS SE TORNAVAM DEMASIADO PEQUENAS as dificuldades empresariais de Abraão Bensaúde na ilha de S. Miguel (1818 a 1868) Ainda que Abraão Bensaúde se tivesse sempre dedicado à actividade mercantil, desde o seu desembarque na ilha de S. Miguel, uma das mais antigas referências aos negócios de Abraão Bensaúde remonta a 1827, sendo relativa a uma "escritura de ajuste de contas e obrigação de divida e transacção" da quantia de 700 £ (sob o câmbio de 4$880 rs) com um comerciante hebraico radicado em Ponta Delgada. Data: 29-01-1955 Paróquia / Conservatória: C.R.C. Porto Moniz MARIDO: Manuel Abrão Ramos UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 NAME: Private Edward B Abrao DEPARTURE: New York, New York, United States ARRIVAL: 28 Aug 1918 - Liverpool, England Jose Rosa Abrao DOD 3 Jul 1950 Portuguese Union of California NAME: Mary Abrao SPOUSE: John Abrao BIRTH: abt 1919 - Azores RESIDENCE: 1935 - Azores RESIDENCE: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Eric On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:13 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > I never heard of the name ABRAO. Is it found anywhere in the Azores? > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Need help with Fayal family > From: "luiznoia ." <noblankt...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, February 24, 2014 3:26 pm > To: Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com> > > Doug, > > I thought of that, as my wife's Abreu family has numerous spellings on > records, but the Ancestry trees I found confirmed the Abrao spelling. The > trees are fairly extensive but poorly cited. > > Eric > > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
