Jose Gil Botelho is my 4x great grandfather, my whole family on both sides are from Porto Formoso
On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 2:20:41 PM UTC-5, IslandRoutes wrote: > > I am working with a DNA match and I'm perplexed. Her great grandparents > were Jacintho Botelho Feleja and Maria da Gloria Leocadio (aka Leocadio da > Ponte, Pacheco Leocadio). I'm very familiar with the Leocadio as I connect > with them on the Mello Castanho side and know one of the descendants. > > The Botelho Feleja are giving me fits. I can't get passed Jacintho > Botelho Feleja to who his possible ancestors might be. I have found a > smattering of Botelho Feleja's in Maia starting in the 1890s. Before that, > nothing. Jacintho was probably born around 1905-1910. There is a link to > Braga and Castanho, so those might be my connections. > > Is it an alcunha or were the Botelho Feleja's from somewhere else? The > records are not conclusive. > > I found Alexandrinha, bp 20 Nov 1904, to Jose Botelho Fleja and Julia > Assumpcao Farrinha. The record says he was from Porto Formoso and she from > Maia. He was son of Manoel Botelho Fleja and Rosa de Braga. > > Daughter, Angelina was bp. 13 Apr 1900, to Jose Botelho Feleja and Julia > d'Assumpcao. He from Porto Formoso and she from Maia. He is listed here > as son of Manoel Botelho and Rosa de Braga and she daughter of Manoel > d'Araujo and Rosa Assumpcao (she may also be a Braga) > > Then, I find Antonio, bp 27 Jan 1900, son of Francisco Raposo Filena and > Maria Julia Castanho. It says they were from Maia. Maria Julia's parents > were Antonio Botelho Folleja and Maria Castanho. > > Antonio & Maria's daughter was Francisca da Conceicao, also said to be > born in Maia. She married Jose Carvalho, one son, Jose, b. 11 Jan 1900. > Francisca's parents are listed as Antonio Botelho Felisha and Maria > Castanha. > > There was a marriage between a Antonio Feleja, filho naturel of Maria da > Conceicao of Porto Formoso to Melania da Souza, dau of Antonio Pacheco and > Maria Julia, 4 Feb 1901, Maia. > > I feel like Manoel Botelho Feleja who married Maria Castanho and Manoel > Botelho Feleja who married Rosa de Braga are related, but I don't know how. > > I did on search on the archivo website for Feleja and found an Inventario > for Maria da Gloria Leocadio as recipient and then it says Tribunal Camarca > de Ribeira Grande, Jacintho Botelho Feleja. The file is dated 5 Mar 1945 > to 16 Mar 1845. These are my match's ancestors. > > If anyone is researching this family, perhaps you have the missing bit of > information I am looking for that pieces it all together. As they are > connected to Braga maybe JR or someone else has them in their info. > > Thanks! > -- 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.
