In support of John Rapozo's comments, family lore has it that my great grandfather was a "big shot" in Lagoa, Sao Miguel and in fact many records have "Barao" after his name. His father was a fisherman and there are no "Donas" or "Baraos" anywhere in the earlier records. I suspect he took the title to enhance his standing. For some reason he made a sudden departure out of town taking his family with him. Later birth records for more children have him working in a vineyard with no mention of Barao. David Perry
On Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 12:39:37 PM UTC-8, Reposo De Costa wrote: > We are researching our ancestors Manuel Reposo/Reposa DeCosta from the > Azore Islands who migrated to the Hawaiian Islands. Head of household was > Manuel, wife's name was Maria. Our grandmother Maria Raposa/Raposa Decosta > was born in around 1898 in Hawaii. Our grandmother had a family crest > which indicated that my uncle was a Duke, my grandmother died and we could > not find the papers/crest. We are wondering what royal family are we > related to. The family crest was passed down to our Uncle, who then was > called a Duke. Any information on this would be much appreciated. Thank > you. > > Christine > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
