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    1. Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Calheta ancestors N - R
    2. Two names from your index are familar to me: Pestana and Abreu. >From my family, Henrique Pestana (born 13 February 1893 in Camara dos Lobos, Madeira) married my dad's first cousins, Rosa Beatriz de Lima, in Massachusetts on 1 March 1924. Henrique's mother was Leopoldina R. d'Abreu. Henrique and Rosa's two daughters (now in their 70s) still live in Massachusetts, and I correspond with them regularly. They provided me with the following information about Henrique: Henrique's mother, Leopoldina, was a hotel maid; his biological father was an unknown Englishman who was one of the hotel guests. Leopoldina married Manoel Pestana to give Henrique a last name. Henrique had an unknown number of half-brotthers and half-sisters and was treated badly because he was blond, blue-eyed, and light-skinned (most likely inherited from his biological father) in a family of much darker people. After his mother died, he made his way to the U.S.A. Departing Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal on August 14, 1920 he sailed on the S.S. Roma. Henrique did not keep in touch with his family after immigrating to the U.S.A. Let me know if you think your family and mine might be connected. Greg Lima Washington State -------------- Original message -------------- From: "papagaia2" <papagaia2@sbcglobal.net> > > Leandro , > > Here's the name index that appears in the first 11 generations of my > ancestry... > > > Ancestors of Patricia Julia SILVA > Name Index > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > NASCIMENTO > Maria do b.1726 - Lombo das Laranjeiras, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > NEVES > Maria das b.1732 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > NUNES > Ana b.1613 - > Ana (R) b.1613 - > Antonio b.1661 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Catarina b.1656 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Clara b.1726 - > Custodio Fernandes b.1719 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > Gaspar b.1706 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Inacia b.1765 - Achadas da Cruz, Porto do Moniz, Madeira, Portugal > Josefa b.1758 - > Madalena m.1655 - > Manuel - > Manuel - > Manuel b.1650 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Margarida - > Margarida - > Maria b.1643 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PAULUS > Manuel b.1579 - > Manuel b.1600 - > Maria b.1605 - > Maria (R) b.1605 - > > PEREIRA > Ana c.1666 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana (R) c.1666 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonia Maria - > Antonio b.1623 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1674 - > Catarina - > Catarina b.1652 - > Cecilia b.1675 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Clara b.1711 - Lombo dosReis, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos - > Francisco b.1612 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1663 - Portugal > Francisco - > Isabel b.1661 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joana c.1619 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joao m.1612 - Book 1045 Pg 115, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Jose - > Madalena c.1648 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Madalena - > Manuel m.1726 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel b.1590 - > Manuel Ferreira m.1653 - Book 1061 Pg 36, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, > Portugal > Maria b.1655 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1636 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1614 - > Maria b.1688 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Mateus m.1740 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Sebastiana b.1706 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PESTANA > Duarte b.1712 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PIRES > Bras b.1598 - > > PONTE > Antonio de b.1696 - > Francisco de b.1672 - > Inacio de b.1697 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Inacio de m.1678 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de b.1773 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de b.1741 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de c.1697 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > > PRAZERES > Apolonia dos m.1678 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > > PRETA > Maria b.1597 - > > RAMOS > Maria dos c.1665 - Porto do Moniz, Madeira, Portugal > > REIS > Ana dos - > Francisco Pereira dos b.1654 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel Pereira dos b.1697 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria dos b.1669 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > RESSURREICAO > Maria da c.1679 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > RODRIGUES > Ana c.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana b.1598 - > Ana (R) b.1598 - > Ana b.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana (R) b.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana b.1600 - > Ana c.1600 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana c.1613 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonia - > Antonio c.1655 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio m.1625 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio (R) m.1625 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio - > Antonio m.1682 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio m.1610 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1632 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1622 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio (R) b.1622 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio c.1614 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Beatris - > Catarina b.1600 - > Catarina b.1614 - > Catarina c.1625 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Catarina Fernandes b.1614 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Constanca - > Custodio m.1610 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingas b.1639 - Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1617 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1667 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1619 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos - > Francisco - > Francisco b.1602 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1564 - > Francisco c.1617 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1736 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Gabriel m.1686 - Lombo da Estrela, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Helena b.1683 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel - > Isabel b.1615 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel b.1595 - > Isabel c.1652 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel b.1610 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel - > Jeronimo - > Joao c.1596 - > Joao m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joao - > Leonor - > Leonor Ana - > Lucas m.1606 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel - > Manuel b.1613 - > Manuel - > Manuel - > Manuel c.1649 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria c.1618 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1595 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria - > Maria c.1643 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria c.1646 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1598 - > Maria - > Maria c.1689 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1672 - > Maria m.1639 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1596 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria * b.1640 - > Maria Augusta b.1858 - Varge da Estrela Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria Fernandes m.1652 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Mecia - > Mecia (R) - > Sebastiao b.1595 - > Sebastiao - > > ROSA > Alexandrina * b.1801 - Santa Catarina, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

    02/24/2007 03:21:51
    1. Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Calheta ancestors N - R
    2. Lou Abreu
    3. Greg, Do you know who Leopoldina's parents where? 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 gregory.lima@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:22 PM To: prt-madeira@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Calheta ancestors N - R Two names from your index are familar to me: Pestana and Abreu. >From my family, Henrique Pestana (born 13 February 1893 in Camara dos Lobos, Madeira) married my dad's first cousins, Rosa Beatriz de Lima, in Massachusetts on 1 March 1924. Henrique's mother was Leopoldina R. d'Abreu. Henrique and Rosa's two daughters (now in their 70s) still live in Massachusetts, and I correspond with them regularly. They provided me with the following information about Henrique: Henrique's mother, Leopoldina, was a hotel maid; his biological father was an unknown Englishman who was one of the hotel guests. Leopoldina married Manoel Pestana to give Henrique a last name. Henrique had an unknown number of half-brotthers and half-sisters and was treated badly because he was blond, blue-eyed, and light-skinned (most likely inherited from his biological father) in a family of much darker people. After his mother died, he made his way to the U.S.A. Departing Ponta Delgada, Sco Miguel, Azores, Portugal on August 14, 1920 he sailed on the S.S. Roma. Henrique did not keep in touch with his family after immigrating to the U.S.A. Let me know if you think your family and mine might be connected. Greg Lima Washington State -------------- Original message -------------- From: "papagaia2" <papagaia2@sbcglobal.net> > > Leandro , > > Here's the name index that appears in the first 11 generations of my > ancestry... > > > Ancestors of Patricia Julia SILVA > Name Index > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > > NASCIMENTO > Maria do b.1726 - Lombo das Laranjeiras, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > NEVES > Maria das b.1732 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > NUNES > Ana b.1613 - > Ana (R) b.1613 - > Antonio b.1661 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Catarina b.1656 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Clara b.1726 - > Custodio Fernandes b.1719 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > Gaspar b.1706 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Inacia b.1765 - Achadas da Cruz, Porto do Moniz, Madeira, Portugal > Josefa b.1758 - > Madalena m.1655 - > Manuel - > Manuel - > Manuel b.1650 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Margarida - > Margarida - > Maria b.1643 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PAULUS > Manuel b.1579 - > Manuel b.1600 - > Maria b.1605 - > Maria (R) b.1605 - > > PEREIRA > Ana c.1666 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana (R) c.1666 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonia Maria - > Antonio b.1623 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1674 - > Catarina - > Catarina b.1652 - > Cecilia b.1675 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Clara b.1711 - Lombo dosReis, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos - > Francisco b.1612 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1663 - Portugal > Francisco - > Isabel b.1661 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joana c.1619 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joao m.1612 - Book 1045 Pg 115, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Jose - > Madalena c.1648 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Madalena - > Manuel m.1726 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel b.1590 - > Manuel Ferreira m.1653 - Book 1061 Pg 36, Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, > Portugal > Maria b.1655 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1636 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1614 - > Maria b.1688 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Mateus m.1740 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Sebastiana b.1706 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PESTANA > Duarte b.1712 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > PIRES > Bras b.1598 - > > PONTE > Antonio de b.1696 - > Francisco de b.1672 - > Inacio de b.1697 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Inacio de m.1678 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de b.1773 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de b.1741 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel de c.1697 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > > PRAZERES > Apolonia dos m.1678 - Ponta do Pargo, Madeira, Portugal > > PRETA > Maria b.1597 - > > RAMOS > Maria dos c.1665 - Porto do Moniz, Madeira, Portugal > > REIS > Ana dos - > Francisco Pereira dos b.1654 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel Pereira dos b.1697 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria dos b.1669 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > RESSURREICAO > Maria da c.1679 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > > RODRIGUES > Ana c.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana b.1598 - > Ana (R) b.1598 - > Ana b.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana (R) b.1630 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana b.1600 - > Ana c.1600 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana c.1613 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Ana m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonia - > Antonio c.1655 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio m.1625 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio (R) m.1625 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio - > Antonio m.1682 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio m.1610 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1632 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio b.1622 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio (R) b.1622 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Antonio c.1614 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Beatris - > Catarina b.1600 - > Catarina b.1614 - > Catarina c.1625 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Catarina Fernandes b.1614 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Constanca - > Custodio m.1610 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingas b.1639 - Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1617 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1667 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos m.1619 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Domingos - > Francisco - > Francisco b.1602 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1564 - > Francisco c.1617 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Francisco b.1736 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Gabriel m.1686 - Lombo da Estrela, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Helena b.1683 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel - > Isabel b.1615 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel b.1595 - > Isabel c.1652 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel b.1610 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Isabel - > Jeronimo - > Joao c.1596 - > Joao m.1730 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Joao - > Leonor - > Leonor Ana - > Lucas m.1606 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Manuel - > Manuel b.1613 - > Manuel - > Manuel - > Manuel c.1649 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria c.1618 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1595 - , Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria - > Maria c.1643 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria c.1646 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1598 - > Maria - > Maria c.1689 - Arco daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria b.1672 - > Maria m.1639 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria m.1596 - Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria * b.1640 - > Maria Augusta b.1858 - Varge da Estrela Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > Maria Fernandes m.1652 - Estreito daCalheta, Madeira, Portugal > Mecia - > Mecia (R) - > Sebastiao b.1595 - > Sebastiao - > > ROSA > Alexandrina * b.1801 - Santa Catarina, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

    02/24/2007 10:33:10