Lou, I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following for the name PACHECO. I hope this information helps you in your genealogy research.
Eugenia ============== Pacheco - Has a Armorial It is a masculine name Pacheco, Pachequo, Paxeco: Information is from: Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso, Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10 In 1498 King Joao of Portugal sent out the famous captain explorer and scientist Duarte Pacheco Pereira, to investigate the lands in the west. Duarte's account (written in 1505 but published only in 1892) indicates that he may have reached the So American coast. He speaks of a vast continent extending from 70 NL to 28 SL. Information is from the book: William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972, page 390 In 21 Apr. 1500 the Portuguese commander Pedro Cabral sailing to India with 13 caravels and accompanied by such distinguished catains as Dias and Duarte Pacheco, landed in Brazil, coming from Cape Verde Islands. The party stayed only about 10 days, but took official possession of the country which Cabral named Tierra de Vera Cruz. The idea of Cabral having been the first to discover Brazil, like the idea that his landing there was accidental, has now been given up by some scholars, but the question remains open. Information is from the book: William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972, page 390 Azambujal is a Family name of a Azores Family. The name derivation: Pacheco. Information is from: James H. Guill, PhD. AZORES ISLANDS A HISTORY, printed in AMERICAN PORTUGUESE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall 1995, page 50 Pacheco, change to Azambuial. Family name. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 181, 223. Pacheco - 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 27. Pacheco - 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 269. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
