The name of these ancestors is Frias, which was corrupted and became Farias. The same has happened to this name in almost every village I have researched where the name exists, circa the period 1800 or after. Both Faria and Frias were altered in this way. They sometimes became Farias and sometimes stayed that way. Back in the time of the mainland Portugal List, someone explained the culprit for the variations is the difficulty in pronouncing the r's in certain names.
This same Ferias (just a spelling variant) that Joe cited was married as Manuel de Frias and this line goes all the way back to Povoacao. See below. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FURNAS-C-1842-1858/SMG-PV-FURNAS-C-1842-1858_item1/P87.html Manuel de Frias casou com Antonia de Jesus There are large concentrations of Faria and Frias in, Rabo de Peixe, Maia, Furnas, Povoacao, Ribeira Grande, and some in Ponta Garca, Vila Franca, Lagoa and other places. JR On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6:31:24 PM UTC-5, jemendonca642 wrote: > > Vacation has an accent on the "e" férias. "Ferias" is the way it is > spelled in some of the records. For example: > Left page, top, 4th line down > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FURNAS-B-1860-1869/SMG-PV-FURNAS-B-1860-1869_item1/P161.html > > I've also seen it spelled "Frias". > > I think it is a different surname from "Faria" but I'm not 100% sure > either. > > I just want to normalize the spelling of the name in my database. > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 5:55 PM Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I think it's Frias. The Guill book has Frias. He doesn't have Ferias. >> Doesn't that word mean vacation? >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:47 PM GENEVA COOK-GERVAIS <gene...@comcast.net >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> My distant family from Sao Miguel used the spelling De Faria , Faria and >>> Farias. Don't know if that is the same family or not....…. >>> >>> On December 20, 2018 at 5:26 PM Joseph Mendonca <jemend...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> I am discovering ancestors with the surname of Ferias and sometimes I >>> see it spelled Frias. Can anyone tell me what the normalized modern >>> spelling of this name is? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> -- >>> Joseph Mendonca >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > -- > Joseph Mendonca > -- 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.
