Dear John,
I have several lines that are ending (so far) in Ajuda da Bretanha. I seem to be in deep in both the Santo António além Capelas and Ajuda da Bretanha freguesias. I’m willing to share what I have. To answer the question in your post, I am not sure if I am a Miranda or not. I have not yet seen this surname in my tree, but since I now have so many lines headed into Bretanha, and Bretanha is not so populated, perhaps we are in the same tree? Let’s see… Below is a list of couples at the top of my tree so far, who I believe were married in *BRETANHA*. Each couple listed is at the top of each branch. *António Martins and Barbara Teixeira* - marriage about 1664 *André de Teves and Leonor de Sousa* - marriage about 1670 *Manoel Vasconcellos and Barbara de Medeiros* - marriage about 1715 *Pedro da Ponte and Barbara Cabral *- marriage about 1795 *José Carvalho de Mello and Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus* - marriage about 1795 (I believe that José Carvalho de Mello is a natural of the island of Santa Maria, and I know that Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus is a natural of Santo António. I THINK that their marriage may have taken place in Bretanha). I am also 80% sure that the parents of Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus are António de Oliveira and Thereza Botelho. Since I cannot find José and Anna Maria’s marriage record, I cannot prove that yet. I believe António de Oliveira is also documented as António de Viveiros Oliveira, and Theresa Botelho is also documented as Theresa Soares Botelho. If that is the case, then I estimate the top of their branches to be: António de Oliveira and Maria Martins, marriage est. ca 1705, and António de Viveiros Falcão and Theresa da Costa, marriage est. ca 1705. *Manoel de Souza Faria and Anna de Medeiros* - marriage about 1725 - Since António Sousa Faria is their son, and in his marriage record it says that he was a natural of Bretanha, I am guessing that Manoel de Sousa Faria and Anna de Medeiros were married in Bretanha too. Some of the lines that I have in Santo António go back further if you have an interest there too. Kind Regards, Lisa On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 2:09:08 PM UTC-6, John Raposo wrote: > > Dear fellow List Members: > > As some of you know I have been researching the Miranda family of the > Parish of Bretanha in S. Miguel for many years. There are five main > branches, one of which is the Cordeiro de Miranda family. That particular > branch is very well represented in the Azorean Diaspora that settled in > Massachusetts and in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. My cousin Licínio Nunes de > Miranda of Fortaleza has created a page on Facebook, *Familia Cordeiro de > Miranda*, and would welcome the participation of any Cordeiro de > Mirandas, particularly any descendants of Francisco Cordeiro de Miranda and > his wife Mariana Augusta da Estrela. > Regards, > > John Miranda Raposo > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/0a3f81f9-c75e-4091-816b-770817c71c96%40googlegroups.com.
