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…
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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…
Surname Saturday: Pimentel
I’m moving down my Portuguese maternal line. The Pimentel family came from Achada and Sao Jorge in Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. The Pimentel’s are another maternal lineage. The Pimentel surname goes from my 3rd Great Grandmother to my 6th Great Grandmother. The surname ends with my Great Great Grandmother, Ana Jacinta (de Melo) Pacheco. …
More On My Noble Roots
Earlier, I wrote about how most Azoreans will find nobility in their tree. My ancestor, Antonio Medeiros Cordeiro, leads off into a few different noble lines. This includes a connection to Goncalo Vaz Botelho, O Grande, who connects to European royalty. How am I and Antonio Cordeiro Medeiros? Antonio descends from my de Braga ancestry…
A Brief Sketch of Jacintho Pacheco
Jacintho Pacheco was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born ca. 1820 in the village of Fenais da Vera Cruz, Ribeira Grande on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores. He was the son of Joao Pacheco and Jacintha Rosa Ferreira, both also from Fenais da Vera Cruz. He met my Great Great Grandmother,…