Category Archives: Surname Saturday
Surname Saturday: Silva Tavares of Achadinha
Last week I finished the ancestry of Jacintho Pacheco. Today, I’m starting on his wife, Ana Jacinta de Melo. I did the de Melo’s previously. So, this week it’s “Silva Tavares”. The Silva Tavares line is from Achadinha, Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. The line starts as two separate surnames, Silva and Tavares, and switches …
Surname Saturday: Teixeira of Estrela
Going back in my Pacheco, today is a short line: Teixeira. This line only goes back a couple of generations in the town of Estrela, Ribera Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. The oldest ancestor is Andre Teixeira. He was born ca 1650 in Estrela. Andre married Maria da Ponte, also a native of Estrela. They …
Surname Saturday: da Costa of Estrela
I’m moving through the Pacheco side of my family tree. This post will be on the da Costa’s of Estrela, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. This line connects to the Ferreira/Ferreira Grota line that I previously covered. Descendant Ana de Jesus married Narciso Jose Ferreira Grota in 1787. This surname follows maternal and paternal …