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> Nancy,
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> Do you hav
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My maternal grandmother, Carolina Alves
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> My maternal grandmother, Carolina Alves Vieira, alcunha Ch
Medeiros. All of Lages.
Kind regards,
Nancy Jean
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Valine Dauer
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My maternal grandmother, Carolina Al
My maternal grandmother, Carolina Alves Vieira, alcunha Charola. I do not
know if this is from her father or mother. Lived Lajes do Pico, Pico
island.
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Cheri Mello wrote:
> Anthony M,
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> Yes, search for the surname, the alcunha, with and without the de/da/do/d'
Anthony M,
Yes, search for the surname, the alcunha, with and without the de/da/do/d'
stuff.
Cheri Mello
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Based on what you and others have written I'm understanding that some
families may have used their alcunha on some official Portuguese documents
and while immigrating, but dropped the alcunha once they finally arrived in
the states. That being said, I should also being looking for the family
al
I have Pingao in my line: Medeiros Pingao. They used Pingao on the ship
passenger list from Sao Miguel to Hawaii, but they dropped it when they
moved to California and just used Medeiros.
Mary Kent
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> Antonio, my Couto line, from
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>From what I know, they are from Ribeirinhas.
On Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:56:26 PM UTC-7, Hermano C. Pires wrote:
Anthony
What vilage are your Parreiras from?
Hermano
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> Nancy,
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> Interesting that you also have the alcunha Bonito in your family, who
> knows could be a connection. I am convinced that Pico received settlers
> from Sa
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From: A Faria <antoniof1...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, September 20, 2014 1:21 pm
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John,I knew an old fellow in Al
Anthony
What vilage are your Parreiras from?
Hermano
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:12:11 -0700
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Nicknames
Nancy,
Interesting that you also have the alcunha Bonito in your family, who knows
could be a
There are some Lindinhas in Lagoa, Sao Miguel
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It is most certain that "Lindinha"
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From: A Faria <antoniof1...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, September 20, 2014 1:26 pm
To: azores@googlegroups.com
If memory serves me the second settler to Pico was Jordao Car
t; Yes, I also have this name - Feio.
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John,
I knew an old fellow in Almagreira, Lajes do Pico with the alcunha of
Canhoto everyone referred to him by that behind his back but they never
dared saying it to his face he would throw a fit! For some reason certain
alcunha's only apply to certain people but others are passed on because h
Yes, I also have this name - Feio.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico & Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Doug,
I can see how you got a blank look considering how common those surnames are
sounds like you had a great time. My wife has an ancestor from Ribeiras named
Maria dos Serafins born about 1740 that moved to Lajes and married a Jose
Antonio.
Antonio
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It is most certain that "Lindinha" is a nickname.
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De: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] Em nome de Kirsten
Enviada: sábado, 20 de Setembro de 2014 06:19
Para: azores@googlegroups.com
Assunto: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Nicknames
… FEIO (Feyo) is also a very old family name!
De: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] Em nome de Nancy
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Para: azores@googlegroups.com
Assunto: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Nicknames
Antonio, my Couto line
Eric,
Adding to what you said about the Canhoto alcunha on Flores, I once helped
a fellow (now deceased) with a "Canhoto" in his family tree. He was born in
the US and I helped him research his Flores family tree. Somehow he didn't
quite get it because he always said that among other families, he w
Doug,
I can see how you got a blank look considering how common those surnames
are sounds like you had a great time. My wife has an ancestor from Ribeiras
named Maria dos Serafins born about 1740 that moved to Lajes and married a
Jose Antonio.
Antonio
On Friday, September 19, 2014 8:55:03 PM
Nancy,
Interesting that you also have the alcunha Bonito in your family, who knows
could be a connection. I am convinced that Pico received settlers from Sao
Miguel not during the initial settlement process but probably 100-150 years
later when they began developing their vineyards. One of the
I wonder if this explains my "Lindinha" which I am told is not a proper
name.my. Great Great Grandmother was Lucinda Augusta Moniz, but per her
death cert. her father was Mr. Lindinha. Has anyone heard of this as a nickname?
Kirsten
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Antonio,We have "cebola branca" (white onion) referring to their head of hair from Angra.I found it interesting what you wrote about the Lajes do Pico families.On my first trip to find cousins in Piedade, Pico, I asked around for anyone using the "Leal da Rosa" surname combo and got that blank look
Antonio, my Couto line, from Arrifes and Sao Roque, Sao Miguel, has Bonito
for an alcunha, and I've seen it in church records and on passenger lists.
I've seen other families with the alcunha Feio, so I guess my family was
lucky. My maternal grandmother's Frias family from Lagoa, Sao Miguel, has
I have Viola as an alcunha. Family stories differ slightly. He either
made the 6 string guitar (viola) or he played it. Or who knows, maybe
both!
My ancestors are generally NOT recorded with the alcunha. Only on his death
record it appears. His daughter, not my direct ancestor, went back and
f
I've been working on a Pimentel family from Flores. For a few generations
the were Pimentel Belo. Belo = beautiful.
Then the next generation is Pimentel Canhoto. Canhoto means left-handed,
but also, like the French word gauche, also clumsy, coarse, awkward.
Eric Edgar
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:
Hi Anthony,
I can't speak for every place in the Azores but I can speak to you about
the use of alcunhas in Lajes do Pico. My father frequently talks about
people from the old country he lived there until his early 30's and
usually refers them by their alcunha seldom by their surname most
fa
They were used pretty much like we use nicknames today; find a word that
describes someone, and, attach it. Perhaps a woman named Maria was very
adept at growing flowers - she particularly loved the scent of carnations,
she became Maria das Cravos; or, a man named Joao liked working in the
Oran
Thank you for the clarification Dano. I'm assuming the 'alcunhas' would
have some type of significance to the family, but is there a certain rhyme
or reason for how it's chosen? Can the alcunhas be something other than a
surname? I'm not familiar with this custom, so it is a little strange to me
Although, there are multiple reasons for using "alcunhas," or nicknames,
they are often used to identify members of a certain family that may have a
very common name surname in a particular area. As for the examples you say
that you've come across, they appear to be corruptions of legitimate
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