I have many Luis ancestors. I think some are from Pico, but I know many are from Terceira, such as my Gonçalves Luís line. I have always considered it simply a first name used as a surname.
Here is my line:
Manuel Gonçalves Luís, son of Jacinto Gonçalves, the son of Luís Gonçalves.
So in this case, you can see it comes from a give name. There are no further Luís ancestors.
Another line is not nearly so clear:
Manuel Luís, son of Manuel Luís, son of another Manuel Luís
Another line:
João Ferreira Luís, grandson of Francisco Luís, son of Maria Luís, daughter of another Maria Luís, daughter of another Francisco Luís, which brings me back to about 1598.
Yea, as for conversion to English, it is normal to be Lewis. There is a Lewis park in the Pocket area in Sacramento, named after a Luís family.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] LEWIS as a surname from Portugal
From: Karen <kmh4...@aol.com>
Date: Fri, February 22, 2013 2:27 pm
To: "azores@googlegroups.com" <azores@googlegroups.com>
Lorinda,I have the surname Luis in my line from Sao Jorge also. Only they are from Ribeira Seca, parish of San Tiago. You may want to check there. My grandfather was Jose Texeira Luis.
Sent from my iPhoneI also have a Lewis grandfather. He was born in Vila do Topo, Sao Jorges, Azore Islands 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 SevenansOn Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote:or LuisOn 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 ClarkResearching: 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
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