My father had a sister who married a Bettencourt. It is obviously a common
name as I am acquainted with at least five different Bettencourt families.
Al
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From: drvh...@cs.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 1:46 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
a
Aguiar can be traced from Azores from Portugal, from Sprain back to
FranceaLoretta
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From: jane collins <godspeedj...@yahoo.com>
To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Feb 20, 2011 10:38 am
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
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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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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