I see the name Maiato. This name has its origins and appears in Ribeira Grande in larger numbers than elsewhere. There is also a branch in Rabo de Peixe. Moreira also appears frequently in Ribeira Grande.
JR On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 12:35:41 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Sherry, storytellerhi at gmail.com > > > Hi Azores researchers, > > > > My mother’s father was about 50% Portuguese and his father came from Sao > Miguel, Azores. I posted before he was Joao Moreira who changed his name to > John Morin born 1868. He lived in RI and Massachusetts while married to > Josephine Levitre. He is related to a Joao Bento Moreira born about > 1900.(pure guess) My closest and only second cousin match is Joao Bento and > is definitely his ggrandfather. So this is where I am searching now after > getting nowhere. He also lived in Montreal, Canada and was married to Maria > Da Paixo Martins. He had these children Olimpio Moreira b 1934 d in Ponta > Delgado 2007,and Josephina Moreira Mederios born 1929, Gennoveva Maiato, > Silvina de Jesus martins Silva all from the matches tree. There may have > been different mothers. The match reports Joao Bento Moreira was from Sao > Miguel Arcanjo, Azores. > > > > Thanks for taking a look at my long shot. The rest of my matches are > fourth cousins and this match is not willing to put us in touch with other > family for testing at this time. > > Thank you, > > Sherry > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/1ab940b9-747b-409b-a919-ff252c1ab4ba%40googlegroups.com.
