I kinda figured that it wasn't. Guess I'll just keep on lookin'. Thank you
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Dano <dpai...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <gfsj...@gmail.com> 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 <lizm...@gmail.com> >> 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 azores+un...@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+un...@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. > -- 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.
