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…
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Learning More from an Azorean Death Record
Portuguese death records are called “obitos”. For most years, those obitos will be found in church records. If you’ve worked with the records of the 1800s, you know that most obitos offer very little information. They give the name of the deceased, the date of death, their age at death, what parish they were a…
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: Silva of Conceicao
I’m working through my paternal Portuguese family tree for Surname Saturday. This week I am going to cover my Silva line of Conceicao. The Silva’s are ancestors of my Great Grandfather, Theodoro Pacheco (aka Theodore P. Smith). The line begins with Jose da Silva, born circa 1670 in Conceicao, Ribeira Granda, Sao Miguel Island, Azores….