PACHECO surname

[Lou]

I have been looking for anyone that can locate how the Pacheco name
came about to the Azores. My dad was from Ponte Garca born in 1923,
don;'t know much about his dad, though he dies in Bermuda. I have a
health issue that is prevalant in Scandinavia. Anyone trace the name
up there? thanks

[Eugenia]

Lou,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for the name PACHECO. I hope this information helps you
in your genealogy research.

Eugenia

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Pacheco -

Has a Armorial

It is a masculine name

Pacheco, Pachequo, Paxeco:
Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10

In 1498 King Joao of Portugal sent out the famous captain explorer
and scientist Duarte Pacheco Pereira, to investigate the lands in the
west.
Duarte's account (written in 1505 but published only in 1892)
indicates that he may have reached the So American coast. He speaks
of a vast continent extending from 70 NL to 28 SL.
Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 390

In 21 Apr. 1500 the Portuguese commander Pedro Cabral sailing to
India with 13 caravels and accompanied by such distinguished catains
as Dias and Duarte Pacheco, landed in Brazil, coming from Cape Verde
Islands. The party stayed only about 10 days, but took official
possession of the country which Cabral named Tierra de Vera Cruz. The
idea of Cabral having been the first to discover Brazil, like the idea
that his landing there was accidental, has now been given up by some
scholars, but the question remains open.
Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 390

Azambujal is a Family name of a Azores Family. The name derivation:
Pacheco.
Information is from:
James H. Guill, PhD. AZORES ISLANDS A HISTORY, printed in AMERICAN
PORTUGUESE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Vol. XVI, No. 3,
Fall 1995, page 50

Pacheco, change to Azambuial.
Family name.
Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 181, 223.

Pacheco - 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.

Pacheco - 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 269.

[Spencer]

Hello, my name is Spencer Pacheco. My family is from Riberia Cha, Sao
Miguel. From what my family as told me and from what i have learned
from my own research, there is no Scandinavian in our line. The name
itself originated in Southern Portugal.

Speaking of the Azores in general, i have never met anyone with any
kind of Scandinavian decent. The most common is Portuguese(mostly),
Flemish (Belgian Dutch), African,and Moorish. In some rare cases
Brasilian and Spanish.

Good luck
Saude

[JR]

I too am from Ponta Garca. What part of Ponta Garca was your father
from?

As to Pacheco, it goes way back to the beginning of Portugal and
before. Eloise Cadima, a fine researcher, once wrote a piece in the
old Rootsweb list that stated the name goes all the way back to the
Romans and a General named Pacheco. And, as you know, the Romans were
in Portugal and called in Lusatania- that is, land of light, due to
the amount of light Portugal received. The Pacheco's of the Azores can
probably be traced back to about 1500 or so. Whether one links to the
big names or not, is a matter of research and one can't assume that
all with the same name are actually descended from the same branch.

JR