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From: Eugenia Paine Rapasky <>
Subject: [AZORES-L] Names: Silva and Silveira
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT)


I checked my database on PORTUGUESE NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS for the
names Silveira and Silva and found the following:

Silva -

Portuguese Name's abbreviation of da Silva, is Sil.
(o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very
small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents
(same as the "o" in the degree Celcius).
Information is from:
The internet, Title: <center><em>Portuguese Genealogy abbreviations
Helper.</head> Web page:
http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html, date
printed: 11/29/97, page 3 of 3.

Silva, da Silva, Sylva: Silva in Portuguese, Silver in American as
surnames
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

Silva - surname common in Prainha do Norte; Madalena, Pico; Faial
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

Silva - change to Cunha.
A family name in the Azores.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 198.

Silva -
Silva - Change from Teles.
Alfredo Silva Sampaio (1862-1929) owned a private Botanical Garden
(Azoreean Flora).
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 32, 235, 236.

Silva - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page
27.

Silva - is a family name of an early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.

Silva - meaning: Whistle, shrill sound.
Information is from:
"Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii", AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol. XVIII, No.
2.

People in Portuguese History:
Silva - The enlightened period of Portuguese history under Jose after
1755. The chief architect was the Marquis do Pombal.
His successors were secretaries of state in the reigns of Maria and
John, such as:
1. Jose de Seabra da Silva (Secretary of Interior, 1788-1799)
2. The Count of Linhares, Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho (Secretary of the
Navy, 1795-1803; Secretary of Foreign Affaris and War, 1807-1812)
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 1, 1972, page 406.

Portuguese Poets:
1. Bocage (1765-1805), a pre-romantic who lived a miserable life and
died in poverty;
2. Filinto Elisio (1734-1819), who died in exile in France;
3. Cruz e Silva (1731-1799);
4. Correia Garcao (1724-1772).
All of these people were poets and all of bourgeois origin.
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 1, 1972, page 412.

1820 - The great names of the revolution, were the following:
Fernandes Toms,
Ferreira Borges, and
Silva Carvalho
All jurist and bureaucrats who together took over the
secretariates of interior (Reino) and
finance (Fazenda).
Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, Vol. 2, page 55.

Portuguese Writers:
1. Alexandre Herculano;
2. Rebelo da Silva (1822-1871);
3. Andrade Corvo (1824-1890); and
4. Arnaldo Gama (1828-1869).
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 2, 1972, page 38.

People in Portuguese History:
Governor Celestino da Silva, ruled Timor for fourteen years
(1894-1908), achieved full conquest of the Portuguese part of the
island.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 118.

Portuguese in the Arts:
1. Soares dos Reis (1847-1889), a sculptor;
2. Silva Porto (1850-1893), a painter;
3. Jos Malhoa (1854-1933), a painter; and
4. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857-1929), a painter.
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 2, 1972, page 41.

Portuguese Explorers:
In 1840s and 1850s the settler Silva Porto (1817-1890) explored the
present day Angola and Zambia. He lived in central Angola. Silva,
traveled to Barotseland where he met Livingstone. Silva traveled Kafue
River in Central Zambia (1853). Silva Porto's merits as an explorer
and defender of the Portuguese sovereignty in central Angola were
rewarded with the office of Captain-Major of Bi. Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 78.

People in Portuguese History:
In 1869 a new reform to decentralize Portuguese holdings in Africa by
Rebelo da Silva. The decentralization policy led nowhere, because
further legislation always prevented the governors from ruling with
autonomy.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 93-94.

People in Portuguese History:
Industrialist Alfredo da Silva started building in Barreiro,
Portugal.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 122.

People in Portuguese History:
Alfredo da Silva of the 1900s in the chemical industry.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 7.

People in Portuguese History:
In the 1920's Premier Antnio Maria da Silva brought up the state's
revenues to the prewar period (12,063,000).
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 126.

Portuguese Writers of Plays and Opera:
1. Manuel de Gigueiredo, wrote comedies farces and tragedies.
2. Antionio Jose da Silva, wrote Operas.
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol 1. 1972, page 412.

The town of Covao da Silva, is in the district of Leiria, Portugal.
Information is from:
SPAIN PORTUGAL, American Map Corporation, Maspeth, NY, 1996, page 208.



Silveira -

Silveira, da Silveira, Sylveira, Sylveyra in Portuguese:
into Silver in America
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

People in Azores History:
Silveira - Hagen - Means brambles or thicket in Flemish, so Willem
van der Hagen changed his surname to Silveira which means the same
thing in Portuguese.
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

Silveira, can be found in Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge or Flores
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 2.

Silveira, is common on Faial, Flores, Corvo, Pico, and Sao Jorge.
The surname comes from Willem van der Hagen, a native of Bruges.
Hagen, translated in Portuguese as Guilherme de Silveira. He grought
the first settlers to Faial, later took some to Flores, made his
residence on Terceira, died in the 16th century at Topo, Sao Jorge.
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 2.

Silveira or Corte Real - oldest families of the Azores settlements
Information is from the book:
Claude Dervenn, THE AZORES, Published by Portuguese State Tourist
Department, page 17

People in Portuguese History:
Joao Fernandes da Silveira, was a noble a royal counselor, scribe,
and chancellor who became the first baron of Alvito, in 1475. He
enjoyed Chruch privileges and prestige.
Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. I, 1972, page 184.

People in Portuguese History:
Mousinho da Silveir was Secretary in 1832.
The judicial organization of Portugal enacted in 1832-1835.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 2, 18.

People in Portuguese History:
Mousinho da Silveria abolished the royal treasury and organized a
public treasury tribunal, determined by the constitution.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 14.

People in Portuguese Wars:
Important wars fought by the Portuguese in the first half of the 16th
century took place in 1508-1509 (the battles of Chaul and diu),
1538 (tirst siege of Diu, gallantely held by Antonio da Silveira), and
1546-1547 (the second siege of Diu, defended by Joao de Mascarenhas,
rescued by the vice-roy Joao de Castro.
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol 1, 1972, page 235.

About 1820 A Provisional Junta was formed, presided over by
Brigadier-Gneral Antnio da Silveira. Its main goals were to take over
the regency and to summon the cortes with the aim of adopting a
constitution. 1820 - Freire de Andrade held the presidency and Antnio
da Silveira the vice-presidency.
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol 2, 1972, page 54, 55.

Silveira - change to Hagen.
Silveira - Derive from Van der Hagen.
Family name.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 208, 235.

Silveira - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page
27.

Silveira - is a family name of a early protuguese immigrant in
California.
Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Cluncil of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.


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We hope these names have been helpful to you. If you see something
that needs to be corrected, please let us know.

Currently doing research on several names, have over 6,000 Portuguese
names have been collected.

Editor and Collector of the "PORTUGUESE NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS":
Eugenia (Paine) Rapasky,

Genealogy of Eugenia (Paine) Rapasky:
My mother is Portuguese. My grandmother's surname: DECOSTA was from
Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge, Azores, Portugal. And
My grandfather's surname: RODRIGUES, is from Santa Barbara, Pico,
Azores, Portugal.

My father's surname: PAINE, is from Great Ellingham, Norfolk County,
England. The Paine family first settle in Rehoboth, MA..
His mother's surname was HENDRY, French-Canadian

The research and collection is put together in memory of my Portuguese
grandparents who came to America in the early 1900s, with a few
belongings and a dream in their hearts. They could not read or write
in Portuguese. They made their home in Tracy, San Joaquin Co.,
California, USA.

Eugenia
Concord, CA, USA


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