Certainly the Safreno is an anglicized version. The family has heard many stories , but one has an orginal spelling on the surname. I know the NEPS project will standardize it to a Zeferino.
The Joseph Sofrino in Boston states he is from Faial on his childs marriage record, and the Zeferino surname shows up there in Anguistas. The de Mello Sofrino from Bermuda sound like a promising lead. I sounds to me like a Jews or Arabic origin. Eric On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Any chance the name was originally Zeferino? > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > ============================================= > Get ready for NFL Fantasy Football and join me in the newly created Azores > Genealogist League. Still looking for more participants. > Write me here for more info: [email protected] > ============================================= > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Safreno surname on Graciosa > From: "luiznoia ." <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, August 20, 2014 10:48 am > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > > 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.
