Hello Raymond, .My Pereira ancestors are from Ribeira Grande, but what you wrote doesn't sound familiar...unless, there is another Aaron Pereira on this list.
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 9:44:50 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Raymond, raymondsheaoffice at gmail.com > > > *Hello Aaron [Pereira],* > > *I recently have begun receiving emails from the Azores page. I am > researching a branch of the Pereiras that settled in the Azores early on > (15th-16th C.) in S. Miguel. My grandparents came from Maia as did many of > my ancestrors. I was wondering if your ancestors are part of that branch in > S. Miguel or from another island. I have a lot of info on my Pereira > branch, mostly from church records. My Maternal (Portuguese) grandparents > were: Jose Raposo Ramalho PEREIRA B. 07 Mar 1876 in Maia; d. 19 Jun 1917 > Newport, RI. Church was in Maia, Cocncelho da Ribeira Grande, Diocese of > Angra. Family lore is that when he supervised the gardens of the Vanderbilt > estate in Newport. Mrs. V. had trouble with Jose Pereira and re-named him > "Joe Russell." His brother Augusto who ended up in CA worked with him and > became "Gus Russell." This complicates the records with different names in > the states and the centuries long line in Portugal. My grandmother was > Margarida Joaquina Andrade Almeida from the same area. Does any of this > compute with what you have found? * > > *Thanks for any hints,* > > *Raymond * > -- 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.
