I also have a Lewis grandfather. He was born in Vila do Topo, Sao Jorges, Azore Islands<http://places.ancestry.com/index.aspx?tid=21697015&pid=1120770902&eid=12514172015>in 1891 and came to the US in 1901 with his widowed mother and one older brother and a younger sister. The information I was given by a cousin is that the "Portuguese" surname was originally Luiz, but I can't find any records to back that up.
My dad's side of the family was EASY! (Mostly English with a smattering of German, Irish and Scottish.) My mom's (the Portuguese side) not so much. Good luck. Lorinda Baker Sevenans On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote: > or Luis > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Kathleen Clark <katclark...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> So here is my roadblock. My Grandfather's name on the 1940 Census is >> Louis R Lewis.Is it it unlikely that Louis is his real first name? I am new >> to the Portuguese naming conventions, and new to family tree research. The >> R is for Raposo and he was born in the Azores around 1908. He had several >> brothers in the Oakland, CA area. Ted Lewis and Frank Lewis are names that >> my mother has mentioned. Other than that I am at a total dead end. >> Thanks everyone for any help you can give. >> Kathleen Clark >> Researching: Lewis, George, Madeiros, Warren >> >> On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:10:51 AM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >>> Hi Betty, >>> >>> Lewis is Louis in Portuguese. >>> >>> Every time I've gone to the Azores, I had to have a passport to enter >>> the country. So did everyone else in the line. Some with Portuguese >>> passports who needed to show it to come back home. >>> >>> 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." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
