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From: Doug da Rocha Holmes <>
Subject: Re: [AZORES-L] First Pereira on Sao Miguel.
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:31:37 -0700

Thanks Eloise,

It seems most (only?) of the Pereiras who came first (that we know of) are
from this same Pereira line (not siblings, but all descendants of the noble
family of Pereira). I had no idea who was the first Pereira on S.Miguel.

Doug

At 10:39 PM 9/1/99 -0400, wrote:
>The first Pereira on Sao Miguel according to Frutuoso was Vasco Pereira. He
>was one of the first colonizers in the group that came with Goncalo Vaz
>Botelho. That was probably about 1450. There are other Pereiras mentioned.
>There is also my ancestor, Fernao Camelo Pereira who was a descendant of the
>old condes de Trastamara, and came to the Azores in the 1500s, and is the
>progenitor of the Camelo Pereiras in the Azores, settling first in Feteiras,
>Sao Miguel. He was a fidalgo of the Casa Real and married Beatris Cordeiro
on
>Sao Miguel.
>
>Eloise
>

Doug da Rocha Holmes
Azores Genealogy Specialist www.dholmes.com
Sacramento, California

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