Greetings, I looked up BRAZ and VALLADAO and found them in my database of Portuguese Names and Their Meanings. Hope if is useful to you.
Eugenia Braz - Braz - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 26. Braz - 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. Braz - is both a given name (first name) and a surname. Used as a surname as to honor ancestor. Information is from: Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3. Bras - masculine, Portuguese form of Blaise. Variant: Braz. Information is from: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995, page 47. Valladao - Valladao - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 28. Valadao (Valladao) - 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 270. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Oct 19, 6:32 pm, "Family History" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You members of the list have been so helpful that I thought I would pose > this question to you. On the attached record the grooms name shows as "Braz > Valladao". My question is, in the United States, my family dropped the > Valladao and went by Braz. It was said that the Braz was adopted from > another family, while the family name was always noted to be Valladao on the > Islands, not Braz. > Is Braz a surname or a given name in the Azores? > > Is there anyone else researching these names? > > Thanks > > Charlene > > BrazValladao.jpg > 63KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
