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From: "João S. Lopes Filho" <>
Subject: Re: [AZORES-L] Names: Silva and Silveira
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:56:22 -0300
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SILVEIRA means "bramble" (Rubus sp.), and SILVA is the fruit.
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From: Eugenia Paine Rapasky <>
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:19 PM
Subject: [AZORES-L] Names: Silva and Silveira


> 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 Tomás,
> 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. José 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 Bié. 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 António 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 António 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 António
> 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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