This is slightly off the subject, but all these Pingao ancestors are ringing a bell with me. Does anyone know whether the name Pingao is an actual surname or an alcunha?
I remember long ago my mother telling me about our family's alcunha. My maternal grandmother's family, the Frias family, had the nickname "Malassada." According to my mother, the other side of the family, by which I think she meant my maternal grandfather's family, the Vieira family, had a nickname that sounded exactly like Pingao, but which my mother said meant "squash." Years later, after I acquired a very elementary reading knowledge of Portuguese, I tried to find this name that supposedly meant "squash," but all I could find was "abobrinha" as the Portuguese equivalent. To me, "pingao" sounds as if it means a very large drop of something, the opposite of "pinginho." I suppose some squashes do resemble very large drops of water. Does anyone know the origin off this name? Thanks, Nancy 2012/2/21 JR <jro...@rogers.com> > I think this is what you are looking for: > > > Ancestors of Grandfather Medeiros Pingao > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. Madeup Medeiros Pingao He was the son of 2. Jose de Medeiros > Pingao and 3. Maria Emilia da Conceicao. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. Jose de Medeiros Pingao, born Abt. 1855 in Ponta Garca- NS da > Piedade. He was the son of Jacinto Jose de Medeiros Pingao and Ana > Jacinta. He married 3. Maria Emilia da Conceicao 21 Aug 1876 in Ponta > Garca- NS da Piedade. > 3. Maria Emilia da Conceicao, born Abt. 1856 in Ponta Garca- NS da > Piedade. She was the daughter of Joaquim da Costa Carneiro and Maria > Rita or Emilia da Conceicao. > > JR > > > > On Feb 20, 8:27 pm, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mary K, > > > > Whoops, did not refer back to the map. > > > > Freguesias west to east: Sao Miguel Arcanjo in Vila Franca, Ribeira das > > Tainhas, Ponta Garca, then Ribeira Quente and Furnas (they are kind of on > > top of each other, adjacent to Ponta Garca on the east). > > > > Cheri Mello > > Listowner, Azores-Gen > > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, > > Achada > > -- > 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."
