Dear John,
I have several lines that are ending (so far) in Ajuda da Bretanha. I seem to be in deep in both the Santo António além Capelas and Ajuda da Bretanha freguesias. I’m willing to share what I have. To answer the question in your post, I am not sure if I am a Miranda or not. I have not yet seen this surname in my tree, but since I now have so many lines headed into Bretanha, and Bretanha is not so populated, perhaps we are in the same tree? Let’s see… Below is a list of couples at the top of my tree so far, who I believe were married in *BRETANHA*. Each couple listed is at the top of each branch. *António Martins and Barbara Teixeira* - marriage about 1664 *André de Teves and Leonor de Sousa* - marriage about 1670 *Manoel Vasconcellos and Barbara de Medeiros* - marriage about 1715 *Pedro da Ponte and Barbara Cabral *- marriage about 1795 *José Carvalho de Mello and Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus* - marriage about 1795 (I believe that José Carvalho de Mello is a natural of the island of Santa Maria, and I know that Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus is a natural of Santo António. I THINK that their marriage may have taken place in Bretanha). I am also 80% sure that the parents of Anna Maria / Anna de Jesus are António de Oliveira and Thereza Botelho. Since I cannot find José and Anna Maria’s marriage record, I cannot prove that yet. I believe António de Oliveira is also documented as António de Viveiros Oliveira, and Theresa Botelho is also documented as Theresa Soares Botelho. If that is the case, then I estimate the top of their branches to be: António de Oliveira and Maria Martins, marriage est. ca 1705, and António de Viveiros Falcão and Theresa da Costa, marriage est. ca 1705. *Manoel de Souza Faria and Anna de Medeiros* - marriage about 1725 - Since António Sousa Faria is their son, and in his marriage record it says that he was a natural of Bretanha, I am guessing that Manoel de Sousa Faria and Anna de Medeiros were married in Bretanha too. Some of the lines that I have in Santo António go back further if you have an interest there too. Kind Regards, Lisa On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 2:09:08 PM UTC-6, John Raposo wrote: > > Dear fellow List Members: > > As some of you know I have been researching the Miranda family of the > Parish of Bretanha in S. Miguel for many years. There are five main > branches, one of which is the Cordeiro de Miranda family. That particular > branch is very well represented in the Azorean Diaspora that settled in > Massachusetts and in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. My cousin Licínio Nunes de > Miranda of Fortaleza has created a page on Facebook, *Familia Cordeiro de > Miranda*, and would welcome the participation of any Cordeiro de > Mirandas, particularly any descendants of Francisco Cordeiro de Miranda and > his wife Mariana Augusta da Estrela. > Regards, > > John Miranda Raposo > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/0a3f81f9-c75e-4091-816b-770817c71c96%40googlegroups.com.
