Hi Doug,
When I canget NEPS to work for me in Madelena I'll spend some time looking in
the surrounding villages and Sao Roque for "Valente"
You mentioned naming exposto's and I noticed in the Sao Jorge records that
while some exposto's were given the usual names many more of them were give
unusual names or "virtuous" names.
Happy New Year,Nancy
From: p...@dholmes.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:11:29 -0700
On the subject of Valente, I had one from Terceira in the late 1890s, so I
traced it back and found something a little unusual.
Children and grandchildren used Valente, but the father/grandfather had the
first name Valentim. He was an exposto, thus the less common name Valentim.
It seemed obvious Valentim changed to Valente, but to be sure, I wanted to
check his wife.That's when I found his wife is a relative to me. And she was
not the source of Valente.
I doubt all named Valente came from Valentim, but at least this one line did.
What is far more likely is it's an "alcunha" because it is defined as
"courageous, intrepid, valiant person, daredevil, darer" in my dictionary.Those
are prime words to be a good alcunha if I ever saw one.
Finally, I looked for the meaning of the name Valentim or Valentine and it's
Latin meaning strong, healthy.So I guess Valente is simply a variation and a
logical choice.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, December 30, 2012 1:44 pm
To: azores group <azores@googlegroups.com>
Thank you, Lionel and Rosemarie. That's a good idea to check the NEPS site
for the name. I'm looking for a needle in a haystack.....a family from
Bandeiras who left who knows when and only a vague memory to the neighbors who
live there now. I had hoped that the CCA records might give an occupation and
that might be a clue to the structure since it's different from the usual casa
of old.
Nancy
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:39:12 -0800
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
From: lionelholme...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Nancy Jean Baptiste:
>From my files of obituaries in the Sacramento CA area I have these Vicentes:
Charles Valente=Victoria Ponte
George Valente=Antonia Tarvis
George Valente=Madeline________
_______Valente=Josephine Fonseca
Lionel Rocha Holmes
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:15 PM, rcapodc <rcap...@redshift.com> wrote:
Nancy, I would suggest that you try the NEPS site and check out each
village for Valente. That will at least give you an idea of which village if
any has the surname. At least you can search Pico in English instead of trying
to read the Portuguese documents on the CCA site. www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt
Rosemarie From: p...@dholmes.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 11:54
AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from
Pico Nancy, Yes, to answer you in my last message, I was noticing Valent
in Piedade, Pico, but when you said Bandeiras, that was what caught my
attention. Is the Valente you found from Bandeiras?
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, December 30, 2012 12:46 pm
To: azores group <azores@googlegroups.com>
Hi Doug, Yes, I looked at the CCA site and began going through the
available records looking for the name "Valente". I'm not looking for anyone in
particular but I'm not familiar with that surname. Is it common and have you
seen it in any Pico records? Any insight appreciated! Nancy
From: p...@dholmes.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:21:45 -0700
Bad news, Nancy. Bandeiras records are lost before about 1850. I have many
ancestors from Bandeiras.
Who did you find from there?
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Valente from Pico
From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, December 30, 2012 12:01 pm
To: azores group <azores@googlegroups.com>
Greetings to all, This is a shot in the dark. I'm hoping that someone who
researches Pico may have seen the surname "Valente". I'm not familiar with this
as a common surname and wonder if anyone else is familiar with the "Valente"
name. I'm especially interested in the Valente family from from Bandeiras.
Any insight would be appreciated. Best regards, Nancy Jean Baptista --
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