On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:21:48 +0100, <Gregobhte1@aol.com> wrote: > Hey folks.... > Anyone of you know anything about the family ANES in Madeira??? Hi Leandro, First of all, it would be better to clarify that there is no such thing as an "Anes family", as Anes, Eanes and Enes, which are all the same thing, simply mean "son of João", it's a patronimic. Now, for your specific case. > Theres this > guys, FERNAO DE ANES (my 12th great-grandfather) that married INES > AFONSO and > are the parents of CATARINA VAZ (all from Ribeira Brava) This Catarina > married in 1570 Sebastiao de Abreu...so it means that Fernao and his > wife Ines are > even from earlier dates then 1550.... > So i was wondering if anyone ever heard about him or anyone else from his > family?? This is related to the HOMEM family. I don't know if Catarina Vaz, married to Sebastião de ABreu, was the daughter of Fernão d' Anes and Inês Afonso, though it is presumed. I do have for almost certain that one Catarina Vaz, daughter of the couple Fernão d Anes and Inês Afonso, married Miguel Gonçalves, a guy from Mosteiro de Oliveira (Portugal Mainland) at 1584, Ribeira Brava, and they had a daughter, Inês, my 10th g-g-mother. Fernão d' Anes was a farmer, and lived at Lombo Furado (Ribª Brava). This is what is stated on the marriage record of Catarina and Miguel (which is a copy). Not even once the HOMEM surname appears on this descendancy, as far as I know. Now, this other Catarina Vaz, which married Sebastião de Abreu, appears to have had children of him until the 1590's. So, unless some extraordinary situation took place, they cannot be the same. Also, the surname HOMEM appears to be related to this 2nd Catarina Vaz, and appears on his descendancy. Fernão d' Anes is said to be the son of Pedro Afonso, Knight, and Leonor Homem d' El Rei, possibly to explain the HOMEM surname on the descendancy of his (false?) daughter Catarina Vaz. I would not give much credit to this, however. Best regards, Paulo -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio