Hey Pam, I took a peak at the Madeira archives and, there is a few. see link
http://www.arquivo-madeira.org/pesquisa/baptismo/index.php?filho=&pai=bicho&mae=&paroquia=&data=&livro= Margaret On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I already have his baptism and the village where he was born.and have his > family back a few generations so far no Luis doesn't mean there isn't since > I have not done the line that branches off from Madeira. I do believe that > is where the Bisho is coming from. > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Dano <dpai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Antone Louis Medeiros apparently thought of the name Louis as a surname, >> why else would he have dropped Medeiros and started using Louis? Apart >> from that, I was merely suggesting earlier, the possibility that Louis >> could have been an anglicized version of the Portuguese surname Luiz or >> Luis - the surname Luiz or Luis dates back for centuries, both in S. >> Miguel, and, on the continent. On the other hand, "Louis" is not commonly >> found as either a given name, or a surname, in the Portuguese cultur - it >> has more of an association with French speaking jurisdictions, and, the US. >> Therefore, a plausible explanation for that is that it was added upon >> immigration, or by choice. Many Portuguese surnames were anglicized when >> our ancestors arrived in this country, and, especially so, when they >> arrived in Hawaii. One example is that of my wife's father, and, his >> brother - both children of the same parents. Her father's surname upon >> arrival was Bento Daniel (which was the proper family surname), while her >> uncle's surname only became "Sousa," when he arrived in the US - despite >> the fact that the surname "Sousa" never existed in the history of that >> family. One only needs to look at Passenger records to understand that >> circumstance happened frequently, both, for the reasons that (1), most of >> our ancestors were unable to speak, read, or write English, and (2), >> because immigration officials usually didn't understand, or speak, >> Portuguese, and, so, used whatever name seemed appropriate at the time. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. > > > -- Margaret M Vicente -- -- 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.
