Hi John and Eric,
Since there is interest in this, here are some more details.
Manuel Furtado da Burra's wife was Maria de São José, already deceased by 25 Sep 1815 when her daughter married.
I have the feeling that as time progresses, I might find one or both of them having died in Terceira.
Yea, it's unlikely their descendants would move back to Lomba and then link to others from Lomba today, but it did happen here and there.
I think I have a few from Santa Cruz, Flores like that. And I have many from Faial like that. Also from Graciosa and São Jorge like that.
Come to think of it, also many from São Miguel who did that.
I do know of at least one descendant born in Terceira in 1856.
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] BURRA from Lomba, Flores
From: John Vasconcelos <gfsjo...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 1:14 pm
To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com>
John VasconcelosMy father was from Lomba and my research there has been very frustrating on my paternal grandmother's line. I've only been able to go back 5 generations since all records before the mid 1800's for Lomba are lost. A cousin who still lives there recalls stories of a church fire.
Doug's find offer's a possible (although unlikely in most cases) way for Flores researchers to extend their family trees.On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 12:28 PM, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote:Doug,I've searched all my Flores resources without finding a Burra record. This includes the three Pimentel Gomes books:Casais de Flores e CorvoFamilias da Ilha das Flores Parte 1 Lajes,Ilha da Flores -da redescoberta a actualidadeMy dozen different family projects for Flores also drew a blank.There is a Berra family originally from Pico that arrived in the mid 1700s settled around Lajes and Fazenda, but It doesn't seem a good fit as it's Rodrigues Berra in most recordsI think this is the best match belowFrom Lajes marriage records:António Furtado Borrião [f.º de Domingos Coelho Borrião e de IsabelFurtado] c. 1767.02.24 c. Luzia Furtado [f.ª de Manuel Furtado e deMaria Rodrigues].Eric EdgarOn Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:22 AM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote:--I just found a marriage of a lady named Páscoa who was born in Lomba in 1787 and then noticed the Lomba records are lost or destroyed for that century.What stuck me is the name of her father, Manuel Furtado da Burra, a name I have never seen before.Maybe some of you Flores researchers have Burra ancestry and perhaps a Lomba connection.I see Burra means a female donkey, so this is certainly an "alcunha" (nickname), I would say.
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