Yay, nice when DNA and the paper trail mesh together! On Dec 21, 2018 1:46 PM, "Joseph Mendonca" <jemendonca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you JR. This Manuel de Frias is also known by the alcunha "Sineiro" > in some of the records and his wife Antonia also bears an alcunha of > "Lasquinha". I think it means "a little bit or piece". This "Sineiro", > the bell ringer, also shows up in some of my other branches. My > 2g-grandmother was Maria de Jesus Mendonca (Sineiro) and a 1st cousin to > this Manuel de Frias. She was born in Furnas but her father was from > Povoacao, Manuel de Sousa Mendonca. She married Joao do Amaral Gago. > There's no lack of alcunhas in my family branches! > > Thanks for the link to that marriage record. You saved me some time as I > was just about to go looking for it. > This branch finally connects me to a DNA match I've been talking to for a > little over a year and a half. > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3:26 PM JR <jmro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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> 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> 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> >>>>> 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. >>>>> 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. >>>>> 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. >>>> 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. >> > > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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