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, <[email protected]> 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 ." <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, February 24, 2014 3:26 pm > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > > 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 [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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
