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Genealogists researching somewhere in the Concelho of Calheta (parish unknown):
Johnny De Souza, South Africa
Email: johnnys@absa.co.za
Date submitted: Wed, 27 Jun 2001
Comments: Hi my name is Johnny de Souza and I'm trying to find out more
information about my family history. My grandfather, Joao de Souza emigrated
from Madeira to South Africa in 1928. My grandmother, Mathilda Ferreira Gomes
came from Calheta. One of her sisters Hereuqueta Ferreira Gomes, and two
brothers Johnny and Antonio also emigrated from Madeira to South Africa in
1928. I would appreciate any information available.
Genealogists researching in the parish of São Brás:
Francisco Calisto Sumares, 27704 Persimmon Ct., Hayward, CA 94544-4728
Telephone:(510)538-0866
Email: sumares@pacbell.net and fsumares@pop.clpccd.cc.ca.us
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Baptiste Sumares
Comments: My father is João Baptiste Sumares, birthplace: Jardim do Mar. My
grandfather is João Agrella, birthplace: Arco da Calheta. Through the Internet
I have found cousins in Brazil and have also corresponded with a gentleman
(João Tomaz) in Madeira who is acquainted with a relative on in the north of
the island who is a priest with the name of Sumares. Sumares is not a common
name so we are certain he is a relative. My father and grandfather (my mother's
father) are both deceased and my mother is not interested in the family
lineage but I am for myself and my daughters. Frank Sumares
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Fernandes, Freitas, Gonçalves
Location: Lugar of Lombada do Loreto. Surname: Freitas
Comments: Member #91 of Rosemarie Capodicci's "Portuguese Ancestry"
group.
Frances Marie (Martin-Clark) Miller, 14600 Wild Oak Way, Saratoga, CA 95070, USA
Tel: (408)867-1241
Email: none
Date submitted:before 1998
Surnames: Caires, Freitas, Ponte, Silva, Souza, Vasconcellos
Comments: John J. Vasconcellos married in Wailuku, Maui in 1896 to Serafina
Joseph, another native of São Miguel (village unknown).
Marcelo Pires da Costa, rua Kalil Nader Habr 735, São Paulo, state: SP, CEP 04154-030, Brazil
Email: mpcosta@usp.br
Date submitted: before 1998
Lugar: Lombada do Loreto
Surnames: Gomes de Sousa, de Jesus
Comments:
Diane Fernandez Rocha-Carlos, 41-984 Waikupanaha St., Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
Tel:(808) 259-6478
Email: Ladyrocha@aol.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Fernandes Rocha, de Sousa, dos Reis, da Motta, do Ó, Jardim
Comments:
Kevin Nunes, (no location submited)
Email: kddkgen@tmlp.com
Date updated: Wed, 22 Mar 2006
Surnames: Nunes, Berbeito(?)
Comments: I have new and updated information. Over the weekend I received an English translation of my
Grandfathers Baptism Certificate. It is a hand written paper but legible. From it I can confirm the
following:
1. My grandfather, Manuel Nunes (born Aug 12, 1899, Funchal) was baptised on September 3, 1899 in "This
parish church of Santa Maria Maior, district and diocese of Funchal"
2. His father, also Manuel Nunes, was born July 9, 1873, in the parish of Ponta da Sol, district of the
same name of this diocese.
3. His mother, Carlota Barbeito, was born March 20, 1873 in Arco Da Calheta, district of Calheta, of this
same diocese.
4. His parents Manuel and Carlota, were married in the Cathedral of this town; (Funchal?)
5. The family lived in the Quinta do Acciaioli.
6. Paternal grandparents were listed as Antonio Nunes and Ana de Jesus. Sources obtained before, claimed
her name was Maria de Jesus. Since this is the first source I have obtained from Madeira, I will take Ana
de Jesus as the excepted name until sources prove otherwise.
7. Maternal grandparents were listed as José Barbeito and Jesuina da Incarnacao.
Genealogists researching in the parish of Espírito Santo:
Kevin Nunes, (no location submited)
Email: kddkgen@tmlp.com
Date updated: Wed, 22 Mar 2006
Surnames: Nunes, Berbeito(?)
Comments: 1. Antonio Nunes, born approximately 1843-1853 (guessing) on Madeira.
2. He married Maria DeJesus. 3. They had at least one child, Manuel Nunes,
born July 9th, 1873, in Madeira, we believe Funchal. It was his death
certificate that provided the information. 4. He married Carlota Barbeito
(born March 20, 1873) in the 1890's, she was from Calheta, Madeira. 5. They
had three children that lived, one of which, Manuel Nunes (born Aug 12, 1899,
same name) was my grandfather. 6. Entire family came to U.S.,
older family members remember being told the date of April 1, 1906.
I have new and updated information. Over the weekend I received an English
translation of my Grandfathers Baptism Certificate. It is a hand written paper
but legible. From it I can confirm the following:
1. My grandfather, Manuel Nunes (born Aug 12, 1899, Funchal) was baptised on
September 3, 1899 in "This parish church of Santa Maria Maior, district
and diocese of Funchal"
2. His father, also Manuel Nunes, was born July 9, 1873, in the parish of
Ponta da Sol, district of the same name of this diocese;.
3. His mother, Carlota Barbeito, was born March 20, 1873 in Arco Da Calheta,
district of Calheta, of this same diocese;.
4. His parents Manuel and Carlota, were married in the Cathedral of this town; (Funchal?)
5. The family lived in the Quinta do Acciaioli;.
6. Paternal grandparents were listed as Antonio Nunes and Ana de Jesus.
Sources obtained before, claimed her name was Maria de Jesus. Since this is
the first source I have obtained from Madeira, I will take Ana de Jesus as
the excepted name until sources prove otherwise.
7. Maternal grandparents were listed as José Barbeito and Jesuina da
Incarnacao.
Sandra Jardin, 4243 Chapalia Way, Union City, CA. 94587
Email: swwoo@ix.netcom.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Agrelia, Andrade, Fernandes, Gomes, Gouveia, Jardim, Orfão, Sequeira,
Silva, Vieira.
Comments: Most of the families above are from the lombos of Atouguis and
Laranjeiras.
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Abreu, Afonço, Agrella, Alves, Baptista, Barret do Amil, Caldeira,
Cardoso, Cesar, Costa, Couto, Dias, Dias de Lira, Esteves, Farinha, Fernandes,
Garcia, Gonçalves, Jorge, Marques, Martins, Mendes, Menezes, Moniz, Pereira,
Rodrigues Jardim, Varela
Date submitted: before 1998
Location: Lugar of Barreiro - Surnames: Branco, Gomes
Location: Lugar of Lombo da Estrella - Surnames: Ferreira, Gomes,
Homem d'El-Rei, Jardim, Sardinha, Silva Se
Location: Lugar of Lombo das Laranjeiras - Surnames: Campos,
Freitas, Graça, Jardim, Nascimento, Silva Se
Location: Lugar of Lombo do Atouguia - Surname: Sousa
Location: Lugar of Lombo do Doutor - Surname: Ferreira
Location: Lugar of Santa Catarina - Surname: Roza
Location: Lugar of Varge da Estrella - Surnames: Conceição,
Ferreira, Freitas, Jardim, Silva, Silva Se
Comments: The alcunha "O Papagaio" for the surname "da
Silva Se" dates back to the early 1700s.
Donna Gomes Austin, 22283 De Anza Circle N., Cupertino, CA, USA, 95014
Email: afaoa@rahul.net
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7353
Village: Larajeiras, Calheta
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Gomes, Nunes, Dos Santos, Gonçalves Homem, Gonçalves Pereira,
Rodrigues, Souza, Jardim
Comments: My grandfather Francisco Gomes came from Madeira on the City of P
aris to the big island of Hawaii in 1884. His wife Maria De Sousa Pereira came
a couple of years later. The date is unknown. She left her daughter Mary
(Married De Gama)in Madeira with her mother Justina Sá Rodrigues. Many years
later after her daughter married, were they reunited in California. My father,
Thomas Gomes, was born in Kona, Hawaii, in 1901 to Francisco Gomes #1 and
Maria de Sousa Pereira. The Gomes family traveled on the S.S. Hankow to Ponta
Delgada, São Miguel and later to Maul in April 1883. They arrived in Honolulu,
Hawaii on Saturday July 7. It was told in our family that my grandfather then
went to Stockton and later returned to Maui where he grew up and married my
grandmother Rose Medeiros. My father Thomas (cebola) Gomes b. 3 Aug 1901
Kona, HI; d 7 May 1967 San Jose, CA. My mother Eva Gomes b. 20 Feb 1909 Punene,
Maui, HI. Paternal grandparents: Francisco Gomes b 6 Aug 1861 Lombo Laranjeira,
Calheta, Madeira; m 13 Sep 1882 Calheta, Madeira; d 7 Feb 1934 Santa Clara, CA.
Maria Pereira DE SOUSA b 24 Feb 1864 Laranjeiras, Calheta, Madeira, PT; d 10
Mar 1939 Santa Clara.
Marcelo Pires da Costa, rua Kalil Nader Habr 735, São Paulo, SP, Brasil CEP: 04154-030
Email: mpcosta@usp.br
Date submitted: before 1998
Lugar: Lombo do Brasil - Surnames: Tomé Orfão, Lopes de Castro
Lugar: Lombo do Salão - Surnames: Pires da Costa
Lugar: Sítio das Laranjeiras - Surnames: Rodrigues Amaral
Comments:
Richard Rosa, (no address submitted)
Email: rarosa@lankaster.com
Date submitted: Fri, 04 Jan 1999
Comments: I am searching for family names of my fraternal grandparents.
Grandfather was Manuel Rosa or Roza from Calheta and grandmother was Maria
Arraujo from Prazies(sp?)
Margaret Campos, 474 Callan Avenue, San Leandro, Ca. 94577-4608, USA
Email: Marpg2000@aol.com
Date submitted: Mon, 28 Jun 1999
Concelho de Calheta, Espirito Santo parish, Madeira
Surname: Campos
Comments: Placido Campos and his wife migrated to Guiana in the 1850's or a
little later. She returned to Funchal and Camacha Madeira in about 189o with
her children after the untimely death of her housband. Her name was Maria de
Freitas.
Genealogists researching in the parish of Nossa Senhora da Graça:
Sandra Jardin, 4243 Chapalia Way, Union City, CA. 94587
Email: swwoo@ix.netcom.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Rodrigues Jardim
Comments: So far traced back to mid 1800's, all using Rodrigues Jardim.
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Agrella, Álvares, Caldeira, Delgado, Dias, Ferreira, Freitas, Gomes,
Gonçalves, Nunes, Pereira, Preta, Raveira, Rodrigues, Sardinha, Sequeira,
Serra, da Silva Se, Teixeira
Location: Lugar of Lombo do Lameiro - Freitas
Location: Lugar of Lombo dos Reis - Surnames: Pereira, Rodrigues
de Sá (old abbreviation: Roiz de Sa), Serrão.
Larry Barretto, 5823-C Swordfish Court, Tamarac, FL 33319
Email: lbarreto@ix.netcom.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: de Canha, Fernandes, Nunes
Comments:
Donna (no surname submitted), Massachusettes, USA
Email: DonnaMA672@aol.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Pereira "pequenino", Ferreira Serrão, da Silva Job, da
Canha, Nunes, Rodrigues, Camara, Gomes, Baptista, Teixeira.
Comments:
Stacy Rodrigues, (no address submitted)
Email: xailesereia@hotmail.com
Date submitted: Wed, 30 Sep 1998
Comments: my grandfather Francisco Sardinha Da Silva was born on October 20,
1927 in Lowell Mass. He left America and moved to Estreito da Calheta,
Madeira until the age of 16 when they returned to America. This has always
been a mystery to me that his brothers names are as follows John Da Silva,
Emanuel De Silva, Alfred Silva, and more I don't remember. I know that there
was a sister that died at the age of 16 when her hair caught on fire, and
another sister, Victorina ??? , immigrated to Venezuela instead of returning
to the US.any one with anyone info would be greatly appreciated.
Monique Shafir, (no address submitted)
Email: shafir@isdn.net.il
Date submitted: Sun, 04 Feb 2001
Village: Estreito da Calheta
Surnames: Rodriques Jardim, Luiza
Comments: My grandfather Joao Rodrigues Jardim, was born in 1906. Left
Madeira at about age 19, settled in South Africa. He was the first son of
Manuel Rodrigues Jardim and of Maria de Jesus.
José Luis do Tanque, P O Box 2740, Welkom, South Africa, 9460
Tel: +27 057 3571105
Cell:+27 082 565 0377
Email: jam@yebo.co.za
Date submitted: Sun, 13 Jul 2003
Village & area: Madeira - Estreito de Calheta
Surname: DO TANQUE
Father's full name: José Perreira do Tanque
Comments: I have found almost no trace of this family name or its origin. My
father had 5 sisters and 4 brothers. The family split up before I was born.
Would like to trace the DO TANQUE family name history or anyone with
information.
Donald P Lopes, 20 Mattapoisett Road, Acushnet, Ma 02743 USA
Tel.: 508-995-5828
Email: Dplopes@comcast.net
Web: http://home.comcast.net/~Dplopes
Date updated: Fri, 20 Oct 2006
Comments: I am seeking information on the surname LOPES from Ponta Do Pargo. I am seeking the
parents of Joao Lopes b. Circa 1840 in Ponta Do Pargo and who married Maria DeGouvea in the
Sao Pedro Church. She was born in Ponta Do Pargo as well. They had two children Joao Lopes
who married Luiza Maria DeSouza and Manuel Alfred Lopes (This was my grandfater) who married
Rosa Pereira (she was born in Estreita Da Calheta, Madeira). Any information would be appreciated.
Genealogists researching in the parish of São João Baptista:
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Dias, Teixeira
Comments:
Cynthia Brand Flu, Ln. van Eik en Duinen 189, Den Haag, Holland
Email: cbrand@open.net
Date submitted: Sat, 11 Mar 2000
Location: Madeira, Faja da Ovelha, Calheta
Surname: Nunes d'Agrella/d'Agrella/Agrella, de Simons
Comments: My great grandfathers name is Joao Nunes d'Agrella born 19 nov.
1864 in Faja da Ovelha, Calheta. Madeira His parentsnames: Antonio Nunes
d'Agrella and Maria de Jesus. The names of his fathers parents: Manuel Nunes
d'Agrella and Maria Fernandes. The names of his mothers parents: Tome
Concalves Ferreira and Maria Perpetua. My great grandfather Joao Nunes
d'Agrella left Madeira around 1890 for Surinam (Dutch Guyana) There he married
Christina de Simons a portuguese lady, her mother's name was Francisca de
Simons, don't know where she orignally came from. Maybe British Guyana. We
believe he had a brother he left Madeira with, his brother went to USA we
believe but are not sure. Please contact me for any information about the past
or present generation. I also wonder about the name Nunes d'Agrella, why two
names, which is used by three generation in Madeira. Does the name still
exist? Any information about the name is welcome.
Julia C. Fagundes, (no address submitted)
Email: jewels_cali@yahoo.com
Date submitted: Fri, 24 Aug 2001
Surname: de Jesus, Luis from Faja de Ovelha, Madeira
Genealogists researching in the parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário:
Francisco Calisto Sumares, 27704 Persimmon Ct., Hayward, CA 94544-4728
Tel.:(510)538-0866
Email: sumares@pacbell.net and fsumares@pop.clpccd.cc.ca.us
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Baptiste Sumares
Comments: My father is João Baptiste Sumares, birthplace: Jardim do Mar. My
grandfather is João Agrella, birthplace: Arco da Calheta. João Baptiste
Sumares came to the U.S. in the early 1900's from Jardim do Mar, Madeira with his father.
He was a very young man who worked during the day and wwhen to school at night. He married
Isaura Agrella in 1935 in Hayward, CA. Mrs. Sumares' father João Agrella was also from
Madeira. João Sumares was a Supreme President of the APMEC many years ago. He passed away
in 1990 at the age of 92. He was a very respected citizen of the U.S. and the Hayward
area. Through the Internet I have found cousins in Brazil and have also
corresponded with a gentleman (João Tomaz) in Madeira who is acquainted with a relative
on in the north of the island who is a priest with the name of Sumares. Sumares is not a
common name so we are certain he is a relative. My father and grandfather (my mother's
father) are both deceased and my mother is not interested in the family lineage but I am
for myself and my daughters. Frank Sumares
Angela Rodrigo, Damelin Eden High School, Braamfontein, South Africa
Email: AngelaR@damelin.co.za
Date submitted: Mon, 22 Oct 2001
Comments: I live in South Africa and am assembling the SUMARES family tree.
My branch come from Jardim do Mar, Madeira. I am a granddaughter of Manuel
Clemente Sumares and would like any interested Sumares to contact me.
Genealogists researching in the parish of Santo Amaro:
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Álvares, Pereira
Comments:
Carolina Maria Gomes, 35-H Massolo Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, U.S.A
Email: ThudnLiner@aol.com
Date submitted: Tue, 23 Feb 1999
Surnames: Correia Gomes, Gomes Visinha/Visinka, Nunes Lopes, Gonsalves/Gonçalves, Rodrigues
Comments:
Dolores da Natividade Gomes Ferreira, P O Box 3131, Tygervalley, 7536, Western Cape, South Africa
Email: dodifer@iafrica.com
Village: Paul do Mar (Santo Amaro Parish)
Surnames: da Silva (Saldanha), Gomes (Visinha)
Date submitted: Sat, 25 Dec 1999
Comments:
1.Manuel Augusto Gomes and Maria Amelia Mauricio were the parents of Joao
Augusto Gomes (aka Visinha) (24/11/1903 - 27/08/1961); Eugenia Goncalves
(born Gomes on 24/11/1903 - could have been the twin of Joao but I’m not sure)
whose last address I have is 370 Rosecrans, La Playa, San Diego, CA. and
Humberto Gomes (aka Gibinha) - deceased (emigrated to Australia in the 1950s
and had 3 or more children, viz. I know of Judite, Eugenia and Humberto
(known as Butch).
2. Manuel Inacio da Silva and Julia Gomes da Conceicao (farmhands) (were the
parents of Maria da Natividade Gomes (aka Maricas) (born da Silva - 8/09/1903
- 17/05/1990); Basilio (born 14/6); Merces Garces (born da Silva); Dolores
Pequeno (born da Silva) (emigrated to San Diego) whose last known address is
1525 Willow Drive, San Diego, CA.92106 (up until December 1997 was still in
touch but have heard nothing from her since then) and Maria Jose Gouveia
(born da Silva - 28/12/1913 - 25/05/1998) who emigrated to South Africa.
There probably were more children but I’m not sure.
3.Silvestre (aka Felisberto) Inacio da Silva and Maria Julia de Jesus were
the paternal grandparents of the children of No 2 above.
4.Joao Gomes (stonemason) and Maria de Jesus were the maternal grandparents
of the children of No 2 above.
5.It seems to me that they were all related in some way as along the line the
da Silvas and Gomes seemed to have crossed over as my father was Joao Augusto
Gomes and my mother was Maria da Natividade da Silva.
Does anyone have any further information for me about the above. I would
actually like to trace back to see where the family came from on mainland
Portugal.
Marcelo Pires da Costa, rua Kalil Nader Habr, 735, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, CEP: 04154-030
Email: mpcosta@usp.br
Date submitted: before 1998
Surname: Encarnação
Comments:
Genealogists researching in the parish of São Pedro:
Patricia Julia daSilva Se Corbera, 1995 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376-8823
Email: papagaia@inreach.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Fernandes, Nunes
Comments:
A. Lehmkuhl, Canada
Email: rsa2can@sympatico.ca
Date submitted: Thu, 22 Jan 2004
Surnames: Leca/de Leca, da Silva
Comments:
Donald P. Lopes, 20 Mattapoisett Road, Acushnet, Ma 02743 USA
Tel.: 508-995-5828
Email: Dplopes@comcast.net
Web: http://home.comcast.net/~Dplopes
Date submitted: Fri, 20 Oct 2006
Comments: The family I am tracing is LOPES from Ponta Do Pargo, Madeira. Descendents of Adres Fernandes
Lopes Circa 1616. I am now up to Andres Fernandes Lopes Circa 1616 but wish to go further back in time
to when the Lopes first came to Madeira. Any information on the Name Lopes and/or family crests/armorials
would be appreciated.
Manuel Ribeiro, South Africa
Email: manuel@fusion.co.za
Tel.: +27-82-823-8369
Date submitted: Mon, 28 May 2007
Surnames: Da Silva, Ponte Ribeiro, Ribeiro, - From Ponta Do Pargo
Comments: Searching for anyone with the above surnames. My Grandmother was Angelina Da Silva, and
my Grandfather, Manuel Ponte Ribeiro. They had 5 children, Joaquim, Joao, Manuel, and Maria. Joaquim's
twin died very young. They lived in Ponta do Pargo. My father, Joaquim Ponte Ribeiro, came to South
Africa about 1948 and has been living here ever since. I am trying to trace the genealogical tree
and related family from my grandparents and cant seem to find any information.
Genealogists researching in the parish of Nossa Senhora das Neves:
Sandra Jardin, 4243 Chapalia Way, Union City, CA. 94587
Email: swwoo@ix.netcom.com
Date submitted: before 1998
Surname: Agrelia
Comments: Maria Fernandes d'Angrelia born ca. 1850, single mother of Antonio
Ignacio d'Agrelia who moved to Lombo das Laranjeira Calheta.
Richard Rosa, (no address submitted)
Email: rarosa@lankaster.com
Date submitted: Fri, 04 Jan 1999
Comments: I am searching for family names of my fraternal grandparents.
Grandfather was Manuel Rosa or Roza from Calheta and grandmother was Maria
Arraujo from Prazies(sp?)
Shirley Gonsalves da Silva Folston, PO Box 104, Somers, Montana 59932, USA
Email: sfolston@bresnan.net or
sfolston@hotmail.com
Date updated: Sun, May 01, 2005
Madeira: de Agrella Teixeira, Silva
Madeira: Calheta, Prazeres
Comments: My grandfather was Manuel d'Agrella Teixeira. He was born in
Prazeres in 1885 and came to Hawaii on the Kumeric June 27, 1907. On April
11, 1913 he married Belmira Silva. They had eight suriving children, my
mother Helena Magdelena Teixeira was one of them. The family did not use De
Agrella in Hawaii. He wrote to a sister in Prazeres in the 1930s and she signs
herself Matilde de Agrella Pingo or Pinero. The writing is difficult to read.
He also wrote to a brother who was living in Johannesburg, South Africa at the
time, who signed his name Antonio de Agrella Teixeira. I still have the
letters and have reason to believe that they may be children of his father by
a second wife. He told my mother that his father remarried after his mother
died.
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