So sorry to read this.... condolences to the family. Susan Vargas Murphy
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:22 AM, Lionel Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
