I can provide some information on the Vital name in Lagoa. Many Vital folks were at one time do Rego Baldaia way back in the 16th and 17th centuries. Most of them became simply do Rego in the 1700s but there soon became so many in Lagoa (mostly Rosario parish) that many added a second name to the do Rego name, I'm guessing to distinguish one do Rego clan from another. After all, with every first son having the name Manoel, there would be dozens of Manoel do Regos in town at any given time. Some of the second names added were Coelho (my ancestors), Vital, Borges and others less common. It's unclear to me where these second names came from since Coelho means rabbit in Portuguese. Subsequent generations took one name or the other upon emigration. For instance, in my family I have cousins using the name Rego and others using the name Coelho. Hope this is useful. David
On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:03:26 PM UTC-7, Tenderwah wrote: > If there is anyone out there who recognizes the last name. My great > grandfathers first name was Manual and he would have traveled with his > sons, and worked at a sugar cane plantation. My grandfather Manual Jr. > ,when he left Hawaii went on to Fall River/ New Bedford where he met my > grandmother Mary Medieras, and eventually moved to Oakland California > around 1915. What I am trying to do is find links to the Azores in whatever > ways there are. -- 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.
