Lionel died this morning - his son, Steve On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:57 AM, nancy jean baptiste < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Fernando, > > > Interesting about your Simas family being shipbuilders. I wonder if that > skill was brought from the Azores. I have strong DNA links to Simas family > members in Santo Amaro, "Terra dos Barco's", shipbuilding village on Pico. > There are many Simas in Santo Amaro. > > > Perhap's if you've DNA tested you could see if you match any of the Santo > Amaro people. > > > Kind regards, > > Nancy Jean Baptista > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of > Fernando Horn Batista <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:28:38 PM > *To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Simao in the Azores > > Good afternoon, John, unfortunately I do not have all these details. What > I do know is that the "Simas" family came from the Azores around the 18th > century to the coast of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The elders of the family > said that the real name would be "Simons", there is a whole suspicion that > they were Jews. The last name we can get in our tree is "Jose Luis Simas" > who was married to "Maria Roza de Jesus". These were the parents of Amaro > José de Simas. > > The family was Shipbuilders and had and still has many customs of new > Christians. Thank you very much, any information you have will be extremely > useful. > > Em segunda-feira, 3 de julho de 2017 18:59:29 UTC-3, John Raposo escreveu: >> >> Do you have more specifics? Which island, parish, what time frame? etc. I >> have done some extensive research on the Simas family (as has Doug Holmes >> da Rocha). The patriarch is Domingos de Simas (probably a Spanish hidalgo; >> we know he claimed to be an armiger). One of his sone went to Terceira and >> thos Simas spread out to the other islands. Simas, Simao, Simon??? Those >> names could be easily corrruped in transcription. Let me know if I can >> help. >> >> John Miranda Raposo >> >> >> On Monday, July 3, 2017 4:38 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Repost for Fernando Horn Batista, fehorn at gmail.com >> >> My great-great-grandfather was "Amaro José de Simas", but ... he was >> married to a Lady named "Maria Norberta da Conceição"(Surname equal to that >> of Rosa Joaquina Emilia Da Conceicao). They also come from the Azores and >> also say that the family came from England to the Azores because of >> religious persecution, which in fact the surname would be Simons (In >> English) and was translated on arrival in Azores. My great-uncle said that >> the family name was "Simão" (in Portuguese) and that they translated it >> wrong. As I'm a history teacher and seeing all the coincidences linked to >> the name, I perceive a GREAT chance of the family having Jewish origin and >> this would explain some changes of name, as the case of "Mendez" (Jewish >> name). I hope to be able to exchange information with everyone who wants. >> Thank you so much! See you >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
