My husband has BETTENCOURT in his ancestry, from Sao Jorge island.
Shirley
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From: John Raposo
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
Indeed it is. The Bettencourts went to the Azores via the Canary
Islands and then Madeira. They are among my ancestors.
John Miranda Raposo
--- On Sun, 2/20/11, jane collins <godspeedj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: jane collins <godspeedj...@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:38 PM
Bettencourt is a French name. Both of my grandparents were from
the Azores.
Jane
--- On Sat, 2/19/11, Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 6:52 PM
Could it still be possible that people who settled in that
area near Lisbon could have been from France? I know that Portugal was settlers
from all different countries when it became established.
Linda
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[mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of emac...@aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:22 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
Vila Franca is an old city near Lisbon. Vila Franca de Xira.
According to -Nossa Senhora da Vida- 3rd Visconde de Botelho, that Vila Franca
do Campo was named by Goncalo Vaz Botelho, one of the early colonizers in Sao
Miguel. It is thought that he was born in the region of Vila Franca de Xira,
close to Lisbon where his family had good estates (seigniories). Many of us
are descendants of Goncalo Vaz Botelho.
Eloise
In a message dated 2/18/2011 5:19:19 P.M. Pacific Standard
Time, patli...@verizon.net writes:
Vila
Franca were people from France.
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