Remigio is not common at all, but it just so happens I have: Remigio de Torres cc Barbara Pacheco 10 Apr 1763, Nordeste, Sao Jorge. This could be the line you are looking for since it occurs before 1800. Two pages: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1755-1768/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1755-1768_item1/P60.html
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1755-1768/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1755-1768_item1/P61.html JR On Monday, November 17, 2014 1:53:46 AM UTC-5, IslandRoutes wrote: > > I have a confusing problem. I've written before about my line Pacheco de > Resendes. In 1799, they had a son, Remigio Pacheco. Remigio's descendents > went by Pacheco Remigio, Remigio Pacheco, Pacheco, and Romiza (after 1900 > in the US). The family is in Maia, Ribeira Grande, and there are no > Pacheco Remigio's in Maia that do not connect to Remigio b. in 1799. I > don't even think I saw the first name Remigio given to anyone else. > > This year I've been contacted by a researcher in Canada. She also has the > Pacheco Remigio surname but her line is in Brasil. However, her great > grandmother, who used that surname, move to Maia, RG, sometime around > 1900. That woman and her father both used Pacheco Remigio according to > this researcher. > > Her tree is online at ancestry. The more I review it, the more I feel > that there can be no connection to my Remigio b. 1799. Her line is in > Brasil before 1800. And, the line seems to be Pacheco way back. Only the > two later ancestors seem to have used the Pacheco Remigio surname. > > There are some possibilities. It's a coincidence, the Pacheco Remigio > doesn't come from the paternal line, they were named after a relative who > was a Pacheco Remigio (maybe godparents). Someone else in the Pacheco de > Rezendes line, perhaps Remigio's sibling, used that surname too. There is > an error in her research and her line wasn't in Brasil as long as she > thinks it was. I don't know what else might be the case. > > So, my question is how popular is the name Remigio for Azoreans and > Brasilians? Is it possible we have a coincidence going on? > > Thanks for any thoughts on this. > -- 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.
