On Friday, April 23, 2010 at 3:59:24 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > (This needs its own thread/topic) > > Repost for Anne Fazendeiro, afazendeiro at comcast.net > > I have Pereira whom I have been researching to no avail. I have a feeling > he might have been Jewish since they had a Menorah in their possession > which, I believe, might have belonged to my grandfather's family. At the > time they lived in Sao Miguel, they were probably over 30% Jewish people > and 5 synagogues. So his chances of being Jewish are very likely, as are > many other Portuguese families. > > Anne Fazendeiro > > He was born in Sao Miguel. He lived there until he was in his forty's and > immigrated to American with 3 of his unmarried children. He was never > particularly religious as was my grandmother, who was Catholic. You > question the 30% Jewish people, but why were there 5 synagogues for such a > small population? Jewish people left Europe to avoid being killed and > adopted Portuguese names, Pereira being one of the more popular ones. My > grandmother, who was the most dominate one, would not have bought a > Menorah, but would have kept it for my grandfather's sake. I appreciate a > n y input you may have. > > Anne Fazendeiro > > This is an add on to a previous email to you. The Jewish association with > my grandfather has me quite curious. Do you have any particular avenues > that I could research. > > Anne Fazendeiro > > -- > 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."
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