The Central Group (Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Gracioso) received a lot of Flemish colonists. On my first trip to the Azores in 1973, I spent a few days on Faial and Pico before going onto Flores, and was surprised at seeing so many blondes and redheads. Even Flores where my parents were born had it's share of blondes and redheads. My mothers second cousin, Whaling captain Antonio Corvello, was said to have flaming redhair. John Vasconcelos
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Joan Jurancich <[email protected]> wrote: > Not actually surprising to me. My great-aunt told me that her father > (from Faial) was blue-eyed, fair skinned, and with strawberry blonde hair. > He was a farmer and used to get very red-skinned after working in the > California sun. > > > > --- > Joan Jurancich > > On 01/17/2015 11:15 AM, mnk wrote: > > Interesting that they list him as blue eyed, light skin, and blonde beard! > Mnk > > -- > 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.
