[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
The Bennett surname may have evolved from an alcunha(nickname). My wife's Madeiran family has a relative everyone called " benetta" because he always wore a distinctive kind of hat that was called a benetta. This became his name and no one remembers his real name. Eric Edgar On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM, mnk wrote: > > How about the surname Bento? Sounds abit like Bennett. > Anyway, just another possiblitiy. > Maria Natalia > > On May 18, 4:12 pm, nancy jean baptiste > wrote: >> Hi Robyn, >> >> I went to the link you sent and found an ancestors namenot sure if it's >> really him though and the page has no title so I'm not sure what this is >> that I'm looking at. Is it naturalization records for Ventura, Ca.? I'm not >> sure that my Joseph Enos was ever there.but the name is right and the >> dates are close >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nancy >> >> >> >> >> >> > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:16:00 +1000 >> > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story >> > From: robyn...@gmail.com >> > To: Azores@googlegroups.com >> >> > I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married >> > resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not >> > anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. >> >> > But then again , have you seen this site? >> >> >http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm >> >> > It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett >> > of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have >> > anglicised at least their first names. >> >> > Cheers >> >> > Robyn >> >> _ >> Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your >> friends.http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM...- >> Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
We are playing a song this year with the name "Sao Bento" in the title. I asked "Saint who?" The native speakers told me Benedict, as in the Pope's name. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
How about the surname Bento? Sounds abit like Bennett. Anyway, just another possiblitiy. Maria Natalia On May 18, 4:12 pm, nancy jean baptiste wrote: > Hi Robyn, > > I went to the link you sent and found an ancestors namenot sure if it's > really him though and the page has no title so I'm not sure what this is that > I'm looking at. Is it naturalization records for Ventura, Ca.? I'm not sure > that my Joseph Enos was ever there.but the name is right and the dates > are close > > Thanks, > > Nancy > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:16:00 +1000 > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story > > From: robyn...@gmail.com > > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married > > resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not > > anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. > > > But then again , have you seen this site? > > >http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm > > > It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett > > of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have > > anglicised at least their first names. > > > Cheers > > > Robyn > > _ > Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your > friends.http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM...- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
Hi Robyn, I went to the link you sent and found an ancestors namenot sure if it's really him though and the page has no title so I'm not sure what this is that I'm looking at. Is it naturalization records for Ventura, Ca.? I'm not sure that my Joseph Enos was ever there.but the name is right and the dates are close Thanks, Nancy > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:16:00 +1000 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story > From: robyn...@gmail.com > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married > resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not > anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. > > But then again , have you seen this site? > > http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm > > It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett > of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have > anglicised at least their first names. > > Cheers > > Robyn _ Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your friends. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_WhatsNew1_052009 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
Mary, It is possible the surname BENNETT is apart of BETTENCOURT. Need to show the surname from father BETTENCOURT to son BENNETT. I hope the following information helps with your research. Eugenia I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings on BETTENCOURT and found the following: Bettencourt - The name has a Armorial. Bettencourt - Change to Perdomo. Family name, origin, France. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 225. History of the Bettencourt Family: In the battle of Agincourt, the English side lost about 100 men; the French lsot at least 7,000. Among the numerous French dead lay nearly the entire family of Bettencourt. The home, estate and manor of the Bethencourt family, in Picardy, France, in the region of Caux, not far from the site of the battle of Agincourt. The Family served as councillors to the King, bailiff of Amiens (Arms), and held other positions. Jean de Bethencourt (1360-1425), accompanied by two of his nephews, Henri and Maciot, and entered the service of Enrique III of Castille. Basing his claims on a papal grant of the Canary Islands to a Castillian Prince, Luiz de la Cerda, King Enrique had commissioned Bethencourt to conquer the inhabited islands and to govern them in the name of Castille. By 1402 Jean de Bethencourt, controlled the Canary Islands. He brought French families with him. He died at Grainville la Teinturière, France. Henry of Portugal, purchased the island of Lançarote from Maciot Bethencourt. Henry of Portugal, gave Maciot Bethencourt, property on the island of Madeira. Macoit Bethencourt, moved to Madeira, where he found the Portuguese Bettencourt lineage. Some of the Bettencourt family settle in the Azores. Henri Bethencourt, came to the Azores as the Avila Bettencourt family. Some of the family uses the name Avila. Archipelago of Madeira, Heads of Families: 1420-1450 shows the following Bettencourts: Gaspar de Bettencourt Henrique de Bettencourt Maciót de Bettencourt Bettencourt - Carlos Bettencourt Leça Faria, Director of the Mulemba Observatory near Luanda, Angola. Director Faria, was the first to detect the existence on orbit of the world's first man-made satellite, Sputnik I. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 34-35, 113-116, 134. Bettencourt (Bettencut) - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
In a message dated 5/2/2009 11:44:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chandler...@yahoo.com writes: > What does 'made his mark' by some of the names mean? Interesting... > Guida It means he was unable to write his name and made an X --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
According to "Portuguese Immigrants" by Carlos Almeida, Bennett was Bonito or Bernardo. Or that is what he found in his research. "Made his mark" means the person signed with an X. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
It usually meant that the person couldn't write. Many people couldn't write much but could manage their own name. Manuel could sign his own name but John couldn't. Manuel was the witness for John and also for 4 others. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
What does 'made his mark' by some of the names mean? Interesting... Guida --- On Sat, 5/2/09, Robyn Horan wrote: From: Robyn Horan Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story To: Azores@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 9:16 PM I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. But then again , have you seen this site? http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have anglicised at least their first names. Cheers Robyn Cheers Robyn On 03/05/2009, nancy jean baptiste wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > What a great find your search has revealedI think your Bettencourt is a > good bet! > > Nancy > > > > From: geneal...@hununu.org > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bennett surname--and interesting story > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:16:04 -0700 > > Anyone have a guess about what Portuguese name the surname Bennett might > have come from? Bettencourt perhaps? > > > Here's the story of today's discovery: > > > > I just found a missing cousin who is buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery in > Pescadero California (on the coast south of Half Moon Bay). Her mother and > aunt were sisters of my great grandmother. I knew what happened to all the > cousins except Rosa--I did not know who she had married or where she went > and despaired of ever finding out! > > > I found her parent's graves in the cemetery today, and alongside, in the > family plot, was "Rose Bennett". The birth year was correct, so I figured > this must be the missing Rosa. When I checked the census records I found > Rosa and Manuel Bennett living right next door to her parents in Pescadero > in 1930! I had looked at the record many times, since another sister was > actually living with the parents at the time and there she was, right under > my nose. Rosa's husband, Manuel Bennett, was born in California but his > parents are listed as from the Azores. There were other Bennetts from the > Azores in Pescadero at the time, too. > > > Anyway, I thought this tale might give hope to those who have lost the > trail. I don't know why I didn't check this cemetery before--I guess I > wasn't certain that the family had remained in the area. > > > Mary Bordi > > > _ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
Sorry, that was meant to be English men - not Englishment :-) On 03/05/2009, Robyn Horan wrote: > I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married > resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not > anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. > > But then again , have you seen this site? > > http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm > > It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett > of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have > anglicised at least their first names. > > Cheers > > Robyn > > Cheers > > Robyn > > On 03/05/2009, nancy jean baptiste wrote: >> >> Hi Mary, >> >> What a great find your search has revealedI think your Bettencourt is >> a >> good bet! >> >> Nancy >> >> >> >> From: geneal...@hununu.org >> To: azores@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bennett surname--and interesting story >> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:16:04 -0700 >> >> Anyone have a guess about what Portuguese name the surname Bennett might >> have come from? Bettencourt perhaps? >> >> >> Here's the story of today's discovery: >> >> >> >> I just found a missing cousin who is buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery in >> Pescadero California (on the coast south of Half Moon Bay). Her mother >> and >> aunt were sisters of my great grandmother. I knew what happened to all >> the >> cousins except Rosa--I did not know who she had married or where she went >> and despaired of ever finding out! >> >> >> I found her parent's graves in the cemetery today, and alongside, in the >> family plot, was "Rose Bennett". The birth year was correct, so I figured >> this must be the missing Rosa. When I checked the census records I found >> Rosa and Manuel Bennett living right next door to her parents in >> Pescadero >> in 1930! I had looked at the record many times, since another sister was >> actually living with the parents at the time and there she was, right >> under >> my nose. Rosa's husband, Manuel Bennett, was born in California but his >> parents are listed as from the Azores. There were other Bennetts from the >> Azores in Pescadero at the time, too. >> >> >> Anyway, I thought this tale might give hope to those who have lost the >> trail. I don't know why I didn't check this cemetery before--I guess I >> wasn't certain that the family had remained in the area. >> >> >> Mary Bordi >> >> >> _ >> Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. >> http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 >> >> >> > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
I was interested in this because I have Azorean ancestors who married resident Englishment . Their English names were genuine and not anglicised. That may be a possibility as well. But then again , have you seen this site? http://www.venturacogensoc.org/NR245.htm It mentions naturalization records for John Bennett and Manuel Bennett of Portugal dated August 1892 - a lot of the Portuguese have anglicised at least their first names. Cheers Robyn Cheers Robyn On 03/05/2009, nancy jean baptiste wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > What a great find your search has revealedI think your Bettencourt is a > good bet! > > Nancy > > > > From: geneal...@hununu.org > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bennett surname--and interesting story > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:16:04 -0700 > > Anyone have a guess about what Portuguese name the surname Bennett might > have come from? Bettencourt perhaps? > > > Here's the story of today's discovery: > > > > I just found a missing cousin who is buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery in > Pescadero California (on the coast south of Half Moon Bay). Her mother and > aunt were sisters of my great grandmother. I knew what happened to all the > cousins except Rosa--I did not know who she had married or where she went > and despaired of ever finding out! > > > I found her parent's graves in the cemetery today, and alongside, in the > family plot, was "Rose Bennett". The birth year was correct, so I figured > this must be the missing Rosa. When I checked the census records I found > Rosa and Manuel Bennett living right next door to her parents in Pescadero > in 1930! I had looked at the record many times, since another sister was > actually living with the parents at the time and there she was, right under > my nose. Rosa's husband, Manuel Bennett, was born in California but his > parents are listed as from the Azores. There were other Bennetts from the > Azores in Pescadero at the time, too. > > > Anyway, I thought this tale might give hope to those who have lost the > trail. I don't know why I didn't check this cemetery before--I guess I > wasn't certain that the family had remained in the area. > > > Mary Bordi > > > _ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
Hi Mary, What a great find your search has revealedI think your Bettencourt is a good bet! Nancy From: geneal...@hununu.org To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bennett surname--and interesting story Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:16:04 -0700 Anyone have a guess about what Portuguese name the surname Bennett might have come from? Bettencourt perhaps? Here's the story of today's discovery: I just found a missing cousin who is buried in St. Anthony's Cemetery in Pescadero California (on the coast south of Half Moon Bay). Her mother and aunt were sisters of my great grandmother. I knew what happened to all the cousins except Rosa--I did not know who she had married or where she went and despaired of ever finding out! I found her parent's graves in the cemetery today, and alongside, in the family plot, was "Rose Bennett". The birth year was correct, so I figured this must be the missing Rosa. When I checked the census records I found Rosa and Manuel Bennett living right next door to her parents in Pescadero in 1930! I had looked at the record many times, since another sister was actually living with the parents at the time and there she was, right under my nose. Rosa's husband, Manuel Bennett, was born in California but his parents are listed as from the Azores. There were other Bennetts from the Azores in Pescadero at the time, too. Anyway, I thought this tale might give hope to those who have lost the trail. I don't know why I didn't check this cemetery before--I guess I wasn't certain that the family had remained in the area. Mary Bordi _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
