Barbara da Silva is my 3rd Great Grandmother. She is from the village of Achadinha but was married in Achada. Her mother was from Achada, so perhaps that’s how she met her husband. Name: Barbara da SILVA-844 Sex: Female Father: Francisco da Silva TAVARES-1994 (1740- ) Mother: Margarida SOARES DE RESENDES-1995 (1745- ) Individual Facts…
Tag: Sao Miguel Island
Timeline of Dona Francesca de Resendes, 1716-1762
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 23rd: A Timeline for a female ancestor] My timeline is for one of my Azorean ancestors, Dona Francesca de Resendes, who lived from 1716-1762. The prompt recommended using ourtimelines.com to generate the timeline so I thought I would give it a try. My ancestor came from the village of Maia…
Branca Gil de Miranda’s Individual Summary
The farther back we go it is even more difficult to pull out the stories of our female ancestors. I know that Branca was married to Rui Lopes in Lisboa, Portugal. Later she married Joao(?) Beliago. What isn’t said here is that her first husband, Rui Lopes, was one of the early settlers on the…
A Mini Brick Wall: Ana Jacinta
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco,…
Exhausting the records in my ancestor’s village
In December, I began working in the records for Achada, Nordeste on Sao Miguel Island in the Azores. This is where my great great grandmother, Anna Jacinta de Mello, was born. I had not touched the records in over 10 years. Since they were digitized and put online, I had a new opportunity to explore…