Wow Eric! I can't thank you enough for finding this information for me!
This is very, very helpful, and might have taken me years to find. Louis
Jr. left the family in 1941 and nobody ever knew what happened to him, so I
thought there was no way I'd find his parents. Thanks again, Kathleen
On
My mother's family surname is Luiz. That was her grandfather's middle name.
He dropped the Noia when he came from Flores to California. Her father used
Lewis for a time to sound more American.
IT wasn't used by any of the family in Flores, or seen on his baptism
record, so I'll assume it was a
I also have a Lewis grandfather. He was born in Vila do Topo, Sao Jorges,
Azore
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1891 and came to the US in 1901 with his widowed mother and one older
brother and a younger sister. The information I was given
I have in my file a Emily Lewis who married Joe Santos and moved to Santa
Clara, CA In Hawaii she used Luis/Luiz but in California Lewis. Someone is
researching this couple but I have not been able to get a response from
them.
My dad's side of the family was EASY! (Mostly English with a
Lorinda,
I have the surname Luis in my line from Sao Jorge also. Only they are from
Ribeira Seca, parish of San Tiago. You may want to check there. My grandfather
was Jose Texeira Luis.
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On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Lorinda Sevenans lseven...@gmail.com wrote:
I also
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] LEWIS as a surname from Portugal
From: Karen kmh4...@aol.com
Date: Fri, February 22, 2013 2:27 pm
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Lorinda,I have the surname Luis in my line from Sao Jorge also. Only the
Re Oakland: Just curious whether anyone here knows if the owners of the
Louis Stores (a few grocery stores in Oakland and Berkeley in the mid-20th
century) -- as well as Vern's Market at 50th Street and Telegraph Avenue in
Oakland (allegedly run by a son) -- were owned by Portuguese-Americans.
So here is my roadblock. My Grandfather's name on the 1940 Census is Louis
R Lewis.Is it it unlikely that Louis is his real first name? I am new to
the Portuguese naming conventions, and new to family tree research. The R
is for Raposo and he was born in the Azores around 1908. He had several
or Luis
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Kathleen Clark katclark...@gmail.comwrote:
So here is my roadblock. My Grandfather's name on the 1940 Census is Louis
R Lewis.Is it it unlikely that Louis is his real first name? I am new to
the Portuguese naming conventions, and new to family tree
My grandfather was born in Vila do Topa, Sao Jorges and immigrated to
California at age 10 with his widowed mother and two younger siblings. He
was Joseph Souza Lewis. His birth certificate lists his father's name as ?
Luiz (no first name). That's as far as I've gone so far in that line. His
Oops, that should be his DEATH certificate, not birth certificate.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Lorinda Sevenans lseven...@gmail.comwrote:
My grandfather was born in Vila do Topa, Sao Jorges and immigrated to
California at age 10 with his widowed mother and two younger siblings. He
was
Hello,
The other day I was doing a look-up in census records for another
researcher. They were looking for a William LEWIS in Bristol County,
Massachusetts.It could have been anywhere in the 1880 to 1920
timeframe. I was surprised when I saw in the 1900 census that
there were 10 Joseph
Hi Betty,
Lewis is Louis in Portuguese.
Every time I've gone to the Azores, I had to have a passport to enter the
country. So did everyone else in the line. Some with Portuguese passports
who needed to show it to come back home.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca,
Betty, I have a number of Lewis cousins that are from the Azores. The name was
changed from Luiz.
Jay Fraga
Massachusetts
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On Jan 25, 2012, at 4:45 AM, bbffrrpp bbffr...@comcast.net wrote:
Hello,
The other day I was doing a look-up in census records for another
To add to what Jay said, I agree the name was changed from Luiz, It seems
that first names were adopted as family names. An example I found very
common is people with the last name Jose when they came to this country it
may have been changed to Joseph. In records I have come across a man named
Hi Betty,
My grandfather, Francisco Jose Luiz from Faial, came to this country in the
1800's and by the 1900 census had changed his name to Frank J. Lewis.
Lewis has been the family name since. However, the tombstone on the family
plot in Sacrament, Ca. is inscribed Luiz.
Mary Ann
In
: [AZORES-Genealogy] LEWIS as a surname from Portugal
To add to what Jay said, I agree the name was changed from Luiz, It seems
that first names were adopted as family names. An example I found very
common is people with the last name Jose when they came to this country it
may have been changed
Betty,
As Jason, Richard, and John said, it's Luiz. Not Lewis. Don't ask me
where my brain was.
Cheri
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada
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And sometimes LUIS.
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Betty,
As Jason, Richard, and John said, it's Luiz. Not Lewis. Don't ask me
where my brain was.
Cheri
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
My family used Luiz as a surname. My mom's grandfather came form Flores as
Manuel Luiz Noia. He had a cousin in California with the same name, and
other Manuel Noias in town, so he filed his citzenship papers without the
Noia.
My grandfather used the Lewis spelling at times in the 30s and 40s.
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