In a message dated 2/20/2009 2:46:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
noblankt...@gmail.com writes:
> Among Portuguese nobility, the title Dom was accorded by royal grant, and
> passed on in most cases through the male line. Strictly speaking, only
> females
> born of a nobleman bearing the title Dom
DOMINGUES, Manuel - (September 25, 1939 - February 18, 2009) Died at his
home on Brock Avenue. Mass 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Helen's Church to Prospect
Cemetery. Viewing 2 - 4 and 6 - 9 p.m. today at the RYAN & ODETTE FUNERAL
HOME, 1498 Dundas St. W., at Dufferin, Toronto. Visitors parking - enter
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I think there was an "old" meaning for Dona (that's where the nobility comes
in) and there is also a "new" meaning for the title.
According to the 1967, The New Appleton Dictionary of the English & Poertuguese
Languages: "dona, f. lady (also cap.); proprietress, owner, title of respect
prefi
Thank you for all of your responsesthe "dona" title that I see so much in
Sao Jorge appears more in certain family groups, Avila, Bettencourt,
Norohna(especially) and I'm sure others as well.
I've seen in Pico young people, not related to a woman I know, call her Dona
Maria...she's a famil
On Feb 20, 2009, at 9:42 AM, nancy jean baptiste wrote:
> Thank you for all of your responsesthe "dona" title that I see
> so much in Sao Jorge appears more in certain family groups, Avila,
> Bettencourt, Norohna(especially) and I'm sure others as well.
I just looked up my Sao Jorge Bett
David,
Unfortunately, if you think the the originals were in that condition, then
you won't find anything more legible.
The Genealogy Society of Utah (GSU, today called Family Search) went there
in the 1980s and filmed and an error occured (a skipped page, out of focus,
etc), this was noted and t
Hi Mary,
This afternoon I noticed "Dona" (I'm looking in Topo Baptisms) 1870's, 1873 has
quite a few "dona", with the name Silveira de Bettencourt, with the Azevedo
name and interesting to me one with the Bettencourt e Castro namethe Castro
was from Picodoesn't say where...could he be
Hi Eric,
Very interesting links.thank you for sending them. I always appreciate your
historical information.
Best regards,
Nancy
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:10:42 -0800
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: titles
From: noblankt...@gmail.com
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Among Portuguese nobi
Some of you may have seen this video before but if you haven't I am sure you
will enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASiMWTV9pqU
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I believe the Portuguese spelling is Inacio. But, the priest weren't always
Portuguese.
Eric
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:21 PM, nancy jean baptiste <
fishsongf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mary,
> This afternoon I noticed "Dona" (I'm looking in Topo Baptisms) 1870's, 1873
> has quite a few "dona",
I have a death record of an ancestor, and it lists his mother as from
the Azores, with her name as Harriet. Is there a Portuguese equivalent
to Harriet?
Charlene
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Hi David-
It was with great interest that I read your e-mail. I have many ancestors from
both Nossa Senhora da Luz and São Mateus. The only Neto is Clara Neto married
to Francisco Correia. They're parents of Mateus José de Quadros. I don't have
dates of birth or death for any of these peop
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