Hi, Yes it is possible especially after the French invasion in 1807. The Portuguese progression up the chart are 1st Homo Sapiens in the North, Iberians in the South (believed to be peoples from North Aftrica), Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Morish. And then, after the age of Discovery (Infant Don Henrique, the Navigator), 60 years of Spanish Dominion, followed by the French invasion :
"France and Spain signed the Treaty of Fountainebleau, which gave Napoleon the right to invade Portugal through Spain. They agreed that after the invasion, Portugal would be divided between France and Spain. The French occupied the country in 1807, and the Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil. About 50,000 French and Spanish troops roved the countryside arresting, killing, plundering and raping as they pleased. In 1808 Portugal got help from the British, their oldest allies." If you would like to know more about Portugal and its peoples, please click on the link below. http://www.golisbon.com/culture/history.html <http://www.golisbon.com/culture/history.html>Best, Margaret Vicente On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:14 PM, <emac...@aol.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > I don't think the French settled in Vila Franca Xira.. A grant of land > about 1147 near Lisbon was given to Guilherme Shire of England, a crusader. > His name became Xira, a Portuguese corruption of Shire. He gave it the name > Vila Franca de Xira. He had been one of the crusaders on his way to the > Holy Land for the second crusade. The ship made a stop in Lisbon, and never > left. King Afonso Henriques, with the help of those crusaders, English, > French, and Germans,. drove the Moors from Lisbon in 1147. The King, > grateful for this help, gave land to the crusaders who wished to remain in > Portugal. > > Today Vila Franca de Xira is a large city on the Tagus river. So as the > story goes, is is possible that one of Guilherme's descendants, Goncalo Vaz > Botelho, founded Vila Franca on Sao Miguel, the first capitol of that > island. Vila Franca was destroyed by a terrible earthquake and flood of > water and mud in 1522 And as a result, Ponta Delgada became the capitol > of Sao Miguel. > > . > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [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. > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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."
