Note that Maria is recorded in records with surname as “de Jesus”. This is not a surname, but a religious name. Portuguese women took on religious names that were similar to a surname. Sometimes they changed them at different times of their life. Name: Maria Candida de JESUS-2702 Sex: Female Individual Facts Birth 1816 Estrela,…
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Surname Saturday: Pacheco
Pacheco is one main surnames of my maternal family tree. The line originates from Fenais de Vera Cruz (aka Fenais d’Ajuda), Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My first known ancestor with this surname is Francisca Pacheco, b. ca 1730, Fenais de Vera Cruz. I do not know who her husband was. She had at least…