Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada"

2015-11-19 Thread Ângela Loura
*De:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *Em nome > de *Steve > *Enviada:* 18 de novembro de 2015 13:41 > *Para:* Azores Genealogy > *Assunto:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada" > > > > Thanks for that explanation, Tomas. > > In o

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada"

2015-11-19 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Pacheco da Silva Azores (S. Miguel, Graciosa, Faial); Mainland (Alentejo) (http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel?lang=en) De: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] Em nome de Steve Enviada: 18 de novembro de 2015 13:41 Para: Azores Genealogy Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada"

2015-11-18 Thread 'Kate Allen' via Azores Genealogy
Explains street names in n the islands Sent from my iPad > On Nov 18, 2015, at 6:40 AM, Steve wrote: > > Thanks for that explanation, Tomas. > > In one case, the surname Canada apparently derives from canyon (similar to > ravine). > > A line with the Bartolomeu surname changed it to Canada d

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada"

2015-11-18 Thread Steve
Thanks for that explanation, Tomas. In one case, the surname Canada apparently derives from canyon (similar to ravine). A line with the Bartolomeu surname changed it to Canada during their immigration process to California. As one descendent wrote, “because the father owned land in a canyon (c

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Meaning of "canada"

2015-11-16 Thread linda
Thank you Tomas! I really appreciate your information. Linda On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 10:30:43 PM UTC-8, Tomas Leal wrote: > > We have a canada running through our property on Pico. It's a footpath > running from the rua up the side of the hill to allow access to the various > terrace