I did some digging, Herb, will send you a private email. You do indeed have some Soeiro ancestors. Sorry but I don't have recollection of your Brandao ancestors. I lost all my files in big crash years ago. Not my ancestry files, but all the emails and other assorted files. So sorry if I don't remember.
JR On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:23:14 AM UTC-4, Herb wrote: > > JR I remember from my earliest days on this site that we share common > Cabral ancestors. Did you notice on the record Pam sent that the father's > name appears to be Soeiro, instead of Soares. I know that sometimes > Portuguese people do this with names, such as when for a female the name > Brandao becomes Brandoa or Rapozo becomes Rapoza. You don't see it too > much for males though. > > Anyway for this particular line, Pedor Cabral had a son named Jose, who > married a Barbara Pimentel. They had a son named Manuel Medeiros ( where > Medeiros name came from I have no idea). He was the father of my gg > grandmother Emia Amalia da Conceicao Medeiros who married Joao Jacinto > Brandao b.12 Aug 1855. > > Herb > > >> >> On Monday, March 17, 2014 5:38:20 AM UTC-4, JR wrote: >>> >>> Actually Herb, the names Pimentel, Cabral and sometimes with Soares, >>> appear quite often in Nordeste. You will see that our ancestors used the >>> names interchangeably. Not good one way, as it confuses people, but on the >>> other hand, great because it expands your name base and and gives clues as >>> to whom your ancestors are, when records are missing. So I think the record >>> Pam gave you is correct. This Cabral line may be the same as mine. Not sure >>> yet. >>> >>> JR >>> >>> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:50:21 PM UTC-4, Herb wrote: >>>> >>>> Pam I saw this marriage too and sort of dismissed it because the name >>>> was Soares. It's possible she used Pimentel too like you say. I will check >>>> that angle especially if nothing else turns up. Thanks a lot. Herb >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > -- 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.
