Pat, Yes I did, Thank you so much. Hope your Holidays were good. Cheers, Lou "For those who have fought for it....Freedom has a taste the protected will never know" " Without the Brave there would be no land of the Free" A new Recruit asked an old Warrior, "What is War like?" The old timer replied, "A bunch of us went down to Gettysburg one day, a lot of people died. If you weren't there you wouldn't understand." -----Original Message----- From: prt-madeira-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:prt-madeira-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of papagaia2 Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:38 PM To: prt-madeira@rootsweb.com Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] Fw: Gomes Abreu -- DNA Lou, Did you receive this message that I posted in Nov. 2006? Pat Silva Corbera ----- Original Message ----- From: "papagaia2" <papagaia2@sbcglobal.net> To: <prt-madeira@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Gomes Abreu -- DNA > Hi Lou, > According to information on the surname "Abreu," in the Famillas da > Madeira e do Porto Santo... > "Nao ha nem jamais houve, nesta ilha, varonia dos Abreus de Portugal. Os > Abreus nobres procedem de filhos e netos de Brites our Beatriz de Abreu > casada com Joao Fernandes de Andrada "o do Arco," conhecido por Joao > Fernandes do Arco--que deixaram o nome paterno para tomar o materno." > "Apresentaremos a sua linha de ascendentes para mostrar a sua origem > fidalga." "O primeiro conhecido foi Goncalo Martins de Abreu ou Evreu que > devia ter vivido por 1090. Descendia dos Condes de Evreux que, por sua > vez, procediam dos Reis de Franca. Passou a Portugal com o Conde D. > Henrique e foi rico homem, chegando a dispor de mais de 160 mil vassalos > com as vilas e lugares de Sanfaes, Lapela, Barbeita, Regalados e outros de > que foi senhor. Foi mordomo-mor de Rainha D. Teresa e de seu filho D. > Afonso Henriques e fundou para seu solar, a Torre e Homra a ques dera o > seu apelido, junto a Valenca do Minho." > > Beatriz de Abreu married to Joao Fernandes de Andrada are my 13th > ggparents...I have Beatriz' parents as Rui Gomes de Abreu (Alcaide-mor) > and his wife Isabel de Gois. From that point back this line has been > very confusing for me... one that still needs to be researched and > corrections made. > Luis K.W. is a fountain of information on the Rui Gomes de Abreu line, > maybe he can help in making your "leap," into mainland Portugal. > > Hope this helps. > Pat Silva Corbera > Tracy CA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lou Abreu" <labreu@cablespeed.com> > To: <prt-madeira@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Gomes Abreu -- DNA > > > Pat, > Isn't the original Abreu to the island of Madeira Beatriz? I believe > her father was Rui Gomes or did I get that all confused. I have had > great difficulty making the tie to Beatriz, which course would give me > the link back to the mainland. Please correct if I am wrong with the > above. > > Cheers, > Lou > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message