Liz, although people of various nationalities can be found in Portugal and its dominions - as with other countries; having said that, *no, "DuPont" is not a Portuguese surname. *The Portuguese equivalent of DuPont is "da Ponte." I have to agree with John, in that, if a person of Portuguese extraction is using the surname "Pine" then he is most likely to have anglicized the surname "Pinheiro," which literally translates to "Pine." Beyond that, both Cheri and I share a few Portuguese ancestors who had "Pine" *added* to their traditional "Mello" surname. Their numbers however, would few and far between.
On Monday, July 28, 2014 10:36:47 PM UTC-4, Lizmig wrote: > > Hi John > Yes I did look under that first. Now today I came across another > possibility. DuPont??? Is that a Portuguese name > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 7:02 PM, John Vasconcelos <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Another possibility might be Pinheiro (which means "pine tree" in > Portuguese). When I grew up in Fresno there was a local undertaker Art Pine > who did a lot of business with the Portuguese community and his real last > name was "Pinheiro" > John Vasconcelos > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Elizabeth Migliori <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> So I've been searching for my daughters grandmother under the wrong >> name. But I need help now with the correct name. >> I was just told that it was not Pine but Pont. That's all I was told. >> They had no idea how to spell it. So would it be Pont or Ponte? Any >> suggestions at all. >> >> Liz >> >> -- >> 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:>. >> 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:>. > 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.
