Eric-- In the book, Portuguese Bermudians, An Early History & Reference Guide 1849--1949 by Patricia M. Mudd, there is a family of Soffrino. The first reference is, " 1890 the Board of Immigration held six meetings at which time they approved applications for 10 workers from the Azores...Within the year of 1891, the requests for Portuguese "workers tripled to 31 person.
"Several new Portuguese names appeared in the Paget Parish Vestry Minutes of January, 1892. Alterations and transfers were made in the Assessment of Real & Personal property belonging to Antonio Cabral, Manuel Cabral, Manuel Barrios, Manuel Cordeiro, John De Silva, Manuel Iima and MANUEL SOFFRINA." Page 213 of Beremuda Registry of B,M,D- a Female Sofrino born to Manuel De Mello Sofrino & Leotina Jesus Medunda. Page 215 Christina De Mello Soffrino to Manuel De Mello Sofrino & Leotina Jesus (St. Paul's Church), Page 217 Male Sofrino toManuel De Mello Sofrino & Leotina Jesus Madunda (Bermuda Registry of B,M,D. This could possibly be the family you are tracing or maybe relatives. Rosemarie Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Pico On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:48 AM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for the origin of this family on Graciosa. > > Manuel Souza Safreno ( or Manuel Silva Safreno) arrived 1893 or 1895 > married Mary Regello around 1905. They lived in Contra Costa and Alameda > counties. > > This name has come up before in the group. as a Zafreno and as a draft > card for a Safreno Melo Frates in Oakland > > I feel this may be an alcunha. I know from Spanish that " sofrenar" is a > verb : to restrain, repress, reprimand or curb. so yo ( eu) sofreno > > > There is a large family in Boston Massachucetts descending from Joseph > Sofrine a lobsterman b. 1848 Faial arriving 1878 and > > Manuel Sofrine b 1863 Mass. > > A 1922 Diario de Noticias article shows a M Sofrine in an East Boston > social group. Some trees show that family from Terceira > > Those people found on the 1900 census Boston do not match with the: > > *8 July 1895 ship list for the Trindad that arrived in New York from > Hamilton, Bermuda. * > > Manuel Sofrina 48 yrs > > Mrs Manuel Sofrina 40 yrs > > Mary 6yrs > > Manuel 3yrs > > Almena 1 yr, > > That family hasn't been found again census records. > > I've looked though all the fregusias baptism records from Graciosa around > the 17 May 1876 birthdate shown without success. > > The family visited Santa Cruz , Graciosa back in the 80s and were shown a > tavern that this Manuel Sofreno's mother was said to own. > > Eric Edgar. > > -- > 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.
