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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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]> >> 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]. >>> >>> 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. >> >> -- > 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.
