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From: Eugenia Paine Rapasky <>
Subject: [AZORES-L] Names: Abreu Bettencourt Bezerra and Rodrigues
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:41:35 -0700 (PDT)


Check my database on PORTUGUESE NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS and found the
following for: ABREU, BETTENCOURT, BEZERRA and RODRIGUES. This is a
long e-mail.

Abreu -

Abreu, da Abreu, de Abreu, d'Abreu - from Evreaux, France
The surname is a toponymics (Surnames indicating a location). In the
12th century, the noble classes are using a location to help identify
people.
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 9.

Portuguese Name's abbreviation of de Abreu, is Ab.
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 1 of 3.

Abreu is Family name of a Azores Family. The name derivation:
Evreux.
Information is from:
James H. Guill, Ph.D. AZORES ISLANDS A HISTORY, printed in AMERICAN
PORTUGUESE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Vol. XVI, No. 2,
Spring 1995, page 27.

Abreu - 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
26.

Abreu - is a family name of a 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 268.

Abreu meaning - A small bird.
Information is from:
"Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii", AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol. XVII, No.
2.



Bettencourt -

Bettencourt - Change to Perdomo. Family name, origin, France.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 225.

History of the Bettencourt Family:
In the battle of Agincourt, the English side lost about 100 men; the
French lost at least 7,000. Among the numerous French dead lay nearly
the entire family of Bettencourt.
The home, estate and manor of the Bethencourt family, in Picardy,
France, inthe region of Caux, not far from the site of the battle of
Agincourt. The Family served as councilors to the King, bailiff of
Amiens (Arms), and held other positions.
Jean de Bethencourt (1360-1425), accompanied by two of his nephews,
Henri and Maciot, and entered the service of Enrique III of Castille.
Basing his claims on a papal grant of the Canary Islands to a
Castillian Prince, Luiz de la Cerda, King Enrique had commissioned
Bethencourt to conquer the inhabited islands and to govern them in the
name of Castille.
By 1402 Jean de Bethencourt, controlled the Canary Islands. He
brought French families with him. He died at Grainville la
Teinturire, France.
Henry of Portugal, purchased the island of Lanarote from Maciot
Bethencourt. Henry of Portugal, gave Maciot Bethencourt, property on
the island of Madeira. Macoit Bethencourt, moved to Madeira, where he
found the Portuguese Bettencourt lineage. Some of the Bettencourt
family settle in the Azores.
Henri Bethencourt, came to the Azores as the Avila Bettencourt
family. Some of the family uses the name Avila.
Archipelago of Madeira, Heads of Families: 1420-1450 shows the
following Bettencourts:
Gaspar de Bettencourt
Henrique de Bettencourt
Macit de Bettencourt
Bettencourt - Carlos Bettencourt Lea Faria, Director of the Mulemba
Observatory near Luanda, Angola. Director Faria, was the first to
detect the existence on orbit of the world's first man-made satellite,
Sputnik I.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 34-35, 113-116, 134.

Bettencourt (Bettencut) - is a family name of a 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 268.



Bezerra -

Bezerra - 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
26.

Bezerra (Beserra) - is a family name of a 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 268.

Bezerra (calf), raised cattle
Surnames based on occupation, related to an animal.
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 9

Bezerra surname - common in Faial and Pico
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

Bezerra is derive from Becerra.
Family name.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 186.

Bezerra - substantive feminine, heifer; calf-skin.
Information is from:
Jlio Albino Ferreira, Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO
PORTUGUES-INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro,
343 - Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 121.



Rodrigues -

Portuguese Name's abbreviation of Rodrigues, is Rois and/or Roiz.(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.

Roiz - it is a abbreviation of the name Rodrigues, formerly spelled
Rodriguez
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3. Rodrigues The
patronymic name comes from a male ancestor and is the earliest from of
surname.

The addition of the letters "es" (with various other changes)
converts a given name into a surname. An example is the name RODRIGUO
(old spelling) to RODRIGUES
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 9

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

Rogers - Anglicized (English). Rodrigues - Portuguese family name.
Information is from:
David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, THE PEOPLE'S ALMANAC #2, William
Morrow and Co., Inc., NY, page 133.

Rodrigues means the son of Rodrigo
Information is from:
"NAME MEANINGS", Portuguese Ancestry, October 1994, Vol. IV, No. 3,
page 27.
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

People in Portuguese History:
Rodrigues Sampaio, law - Granted local autonomy in 1878.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 17.

Portuguese Explorer:
Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho in 1542-1543, sailed under the Spanish flag
reach California and explored the San Francisco Bay.
Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, page 228.

Portuguese Writers:
1. Luis de Gamoes (1525?-1580), poet.
2. Antonio Ferreira (1528-1583?)
3. Diogo Bernardes (1530-1605)
4. Heitor Pinto (1528-1583?)
5. Francisco de Holanda (1517-1589)
6. Diogo do Couto (1542-1616), historian
7. Luis de Sousa (1555-1632)
8. Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1579?-1621)
9. Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608-1666)
10. Antonio da Shagas (1631-1682)
11. Antonio Vieira (1608-1697)
Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol 1, 1972, page 304.

Rodrigues - change to Casquilho.
Family name.
Rodrigues - Gonalo Rodrigues Adarga, change his name to Caldeira,
was a member of King Joo I (1385-1488), loyalist leaders.
Pedro Rodrigues de Alamdroal, was a member of King Joo I
(1385-1488), loyalist leaders.
Paio Rodrigues Esteves (Son of Pedro Esteves), was a member of King
Joo I (1385-1488), loyalist leaders.
Lopo Rodrigues Faanha, was a member of King Joo I (1385-1488),
loyalist leaders.
Alvaro Leitao, was a member of King Joo I (1385-1488), loyalist
leaders.
Son of Vasco Rodrigues Leitao.
Vasco Rodrigues Leitao, was a member of King Joo I (1385-1488),
loyalist leaders.
Father of Alvaro Leitao.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 53, 56, 57, 193, 231.

Portuguese Explorers:
In 1843, the governor of Angola entrusted Joaquim Rodrigues Graa
with a mission. Joaquim, was to go to the springs of the river Sena and
to the region known as Bi and establish Portuguese sovereignty. He
went to Mussumba, Lulua (Congo) and Luanda. He made the same route in
1846.
Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 78.

Rodrigues - 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.

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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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