Hello all and Nappy New Year, I am looking for information about my ancestors Estanislaus Fernandes Neves and his wife Ana Joaquina. They were from the Santo Antonio parish of Funchal, in an area known as Quinta do Leme. The were married about 1803 in Santo Antonio, so my guess on their birth years is about 1780 or so. I am looking for their parents names at this point and anything else about them. One child I know of is Maria Gregoria de Jesus born about 1820 in Terra Cha, Santo Antonio, Funchal. She was married to Manoel Joaquim Lopes Serrao who was from Sao Martinho, Funchal. The name Estanislaus is not too common so I am hoping someone may have come across it. Any help would be appreciated. Denise de Freitas d'Antona

Hi Denise, As promised on an earlier post, here goes what I found about Estanislau Fernandes Neves: 1. Ana Joaquina m. in 1803, Stº António, Estanislau Friz Neves, son of 2. Antª de Jesus and Manuel Friz Neves, m.in 1773, Stº Antº, son of 3. Maria do Socorro and Antº Filipe, m. in 1749 Stº Antº, son of Francisca Roiz (from the Roiz de Gouveia, by her mother) and Fcº Friz Neves, also called fcº Friz "Namorado" ("Boyfriend/Lover" - possible mispelling on the copy, his mother Isabel de Cairos also appears as "Isabel Quaresma", which is a blatant mispelling) m. 1725 in St. Antº, son of 4. Isabel de Cairos and Fcº Friz Neves, m. 1695 in Stº Antº (these are my ancestors), son of 5. Maria Fernandes and Manuel Dias, m. 1657 Stº Antº (from here comes the "Fernandes" in Fernandes das Neves), son of 6. Diogo Dias and Maria das Neves (from here comes the "Neves") I couldn't go further, as I couldn't find this last marriage on the database. Ana Joaquina, wife of Estanislau, was daughter of José Gomes Romão (spelled Romano on earlier records), married to Ana Maria in Sé Catedral, 1760. There is another connection with the "Romanos": Maria do Socorro (see above), daughter of José Gomes, from Ponta Delgada (North of Madeira) and Antª de Andrade, daughter of Manuel Fernandes Romão and Isabel da Rosa, m. 1687 S. Martinho, Funchal. If you check these records take care, as the naturalities are more than confused. I now have fopr certain that it is José Gomes, and not Antª de Andrade, the one who is from Ponta Delgada. Estanislau had a brother, Raimundo Friz Neves, m. Maria Joaquina Gomes Jardim (from a Gomes Jardim branch who migrated to Sº António in mid XVIII century, from Estrº da Calheta, I call them the "Gonçalves Jardim") in 1823, Stº Antº. Hope this helps, tell me if you need some clarification or more detail. Happy new year, Paulo On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:01:07 -0000, <Denise1270@aol.com> wrote: > Hello all and Nappy New Year, > I am looking for information about my ancestors Estanislaus Fernandes > Neves > and his wife Ana Joaquina. They were from the Santo Antonio parish of > Funchal, in an area known as Quinta do Leme. The were married about > 1803 in Santo > Antonio, so my guess on their birth years is about 1780 or so. I am > looking > for their parents names at this point and anything else about them. One > child I know of is Maria Gregoria de Jesus born about 1820 in Terra > Cha, Santo > Antonio, Funchal. She was married to Manoel Joaquim Lopes Serrao who > was from > Sao Martinho, Funchal. > The name Estanislaus is not too common so I am hoping someone may have > come > across it. > Any help would be appreciated. > Denise de Freitas d'Antona -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio