it is actually a correct spelling believe it or not...lol...its just not a very common one. i am wondering if it is a regional thing...spelling a certain way depending on location or something like that...so far not sure though.....lol.
On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 8:28:35 AM UTC-7, Luciana Pio Raposo wrote: > > Hi Jennifer, > You might try looking for Correia as a surname . Your surname seems to > come from an error in spelling when your family arrived in the US or maybe > before, leaving Azores. I`ve never heard of Corriea in Portuguese but we > have lots of Correia (with the i ) and Corrêa (without it). > Hope it helps. > > > > Em quarta-feira, 30 de março de 2016 00:40:28 UTC-3, Jennifer w. escreveu: >> >> would anyone out there happen to have any information on the corriea >> family from sao miguel?? my great grandmother was born there and i have >> been unable to find information on their family prior to coming to the us. >> any help and or direction would be greatly appreciated, i have been at a >> stand still for a while now and i am beginning to lose hope...lol. here is >> the vitals on my family that i have so far, some of the birth years are >> estimates but they are very close. thank you very much for any information >> you might have that can point me in the right direction. >> >> joao corriea >> maria p. corriea >> >> their children: >> manuel corriea b. 1895 >> maria r.corriea b. 1904 >> georgina corriea (my great grandmother)...b.1906 >> joao corriea b 1909 >> >> according to georginas death records her mothers maiden name is benza, >> however, on the ship manifest when they left portugal, it states they were >> living with a mother in law, not sure who's it was, but the name is not >> benza, in fact i am having a hard time even making the name out...maybe >> someone can help with that...lol. ill attatch it here just in case someone >> might recognize it. it looks like alholinia, but im not sure and i have >> never seen that name before. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
