Quezambra's in the 1930s

[Christine Lee Smith]

Hello all, 

I'm researching my family line of the Quezambra's. I'm working with a lot of "family lore" that I'm beginning to question. So here are the facts I have currently from my research:

Carlos (b.1911, d.1997) married to Virginia Contildes Cabral (b.1912, d.2003)

• both born in Massachusetts 
• children: Mildred, Charles

Carlos' parents: Manuel Quezambra (b.1874, d.1935) married to Maria Jose Pacheco (b.1872/4, d.1950)

• both born in Sao Miguel, Azores
• children: Carlos (see above) and Manuel (b.1899)

Questions I have:

• The Quezambra surname seems to have emerged from nowhere - is anyone familiar with its origins? 
• The family doesn't appear on any USA and state census' data prior to 1940, except Carlos' (b.1911) Massachusetts birth record, which confirms parents names and birth place
• So, I'm suspecting they returned to Sao Miguel? But I'm not sure where to begin or how to search for them in Portuguese records

Thanks for any insight or guidance!

[Cheri Mello]

HI Christine S,

It's got to be a butcherization of the last name. Quezambra isn't a Portuguese surname.

James H. Guill's "A History of the Azores Islands" lists many, many surnames. It's quite extensive, but probably not comprehensive.

Quadros, Quaresma, Quartilho, Queimado, Queiroga, Queiros, Quixada, Quenolle, Quental, Quevedo, Quieto, Quinhones, Quinta, Quintal, Quintanilha, Quintas, Quinteiro, Quintela, Quintino, and Quinto. I'm wondering if it's a "de _____" name.

I'd chase whoever has the better paper trail, until you can figure out the name over there.

How did you get the death of Manuel Quezambra (b.1874, d.1935) married to Maria Jose Pacheco (b.1872/4, d.1950) if they went back?

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

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[Cheri Mello]

Your Manuel naturalized. Do you know how to obtain his naturalization packet?

Cheri Mello
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Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

[Linda Mare]

“Quezamba”/Quesamba is found in Nordeste, São Miguel. Here is a baptism for a Manuel that matches the birthday on the naturalization Cheri attached. I would still try and get additional sources confirming Manuel’s parent names. Bottom right then onto next page. 

http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1872-1875/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1872-1875_item1/index.html?page=57

Linda Maré 

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[Cheri Mello]

I've never seen that surname before. I'm going to pencil in my Guill book.

Cheri Mello
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[Christine Lee Smith]

Hi Cheri, Thank you for your reply!

I'll check out Guill's book. Sounds very helpful.

I got the death of Manuel Q. from a "find a grave" database that matches several details. 

My theory is Manuel Quezambra (b.1874, d.1935) married to Maria Jose Pacheco (b.1872/4, d.1950) were born in Sao Miguel, came to America and had Carlos, then went back to Portugal, and finally returned to the US.

Part of that theory is based on a US passport document from 1906 (attached). Last name spelled Quejamba.

I'm not sure how to find the naturalization packet. How would I locate that?

Thank you for your help!!!

[Christine Lee Smith]

Wow! Thank you, Linda. I'll take a closer look.

Any tips for reading that script? I'm finding it challenging.

[Cheri Mello]

Christine S,

The Azores GenWeb which has a template for translation (picking out words) is down.

Also, the Center for Knowledge of the Azores (CCA) is down too. The "Person Claiming Citizenship" form that you attached states that Maria and her son, Manuel, are passaporte #790 of Sep. 23, 1905. That's not hard to find, but they are down too.

So give it a day and maybe they will be back up.

Cheri Mello
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[Linda Mare]

Here’s a very loose translation…

On the 16 March 1874 at this parochial church of “Matriz São Jorge”, Vila and Municipality of Nordeste, Diocese of Angra, I baptized a male who was given the name of Manuel who was born at 2 in the morning on the 4th day of the same month and year, legitimate son, 

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first with this name, of João Pacheco Quezamba, farm worker, and Maria Rosa, domestic, [both] naturally from, married and parishioners in this Matriz and residents of Lomba da Pedreira; paternal grandson of Antonio Pacheco Quezamba and Anna Pacheco de Th???(Thomas maybe but not confident) and maternal of Manuel Carneiro and Francisca Rosa de Jesus. Godfather Antonio Carneiro, single, farm worker, godmother his sister Rosa Carneiro also single and both residents of the same Lomba…

Linda Maré 

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[Christine Lee Smith]

Thank you so much, Linda!!!

[Cheri Mello]

The Azores GenWeb section with translations is back working:

https://www.azoresgenweb.org/Research_Aids/finding-your-portuguese-9/

The CCA is not. Maybe tomorrow.

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

[Christine Lee Smith]

Thanks Cheri!

As I'm digging I'm also seeing the name Pacheco (which was a middle initial on the Quezambra/Quezamba/Quejamba documents) come up in some USA records.

Any known reasons for name switching like that during the early 1900s?

[JR]

I have this line in my database from Nordeste and Lomba da Fazenda (Nordeste area also.) I don't have an exact match but perhaps I copied it wrong as LInda says the name is,

Antonio Pacheco Quezamba cc Anna Jacinta de Torres (or Thorres sometimes) married 21-March-1823; they had-

Jose Pacheco Quezamba cc Jacinta Rosa? circa 1875 (I did not pursue this line as it was an offshoot branch of what I was researching.)

Francisco Pacheco Quezamba cc Maria de Torres
Antonio Pacheco Quezamba cc Mariana Augusta da Conceicao

I guess this can be checked when the site is back up. Don't foget there is also Charamba which is not related to this line.

JR

[Cheri Mello]

Christine,

It's what we call a compounded name. They were probably just Pachecos. They started to get too many there, so they added a 2nd surname, in your case, Quezambra. More research will let you know if I'm right.

Cheri Mello
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[ah.da....@gmail.com]

Born in and now living not far from Massachusetts, I have used the various resources located in Massachusetts over the years.  In searching for the naturalization papers for a person naturalized in Massachusetts there are two locations.  If a person was naturalized in a US District court (from about 1945 on) then the record is located in the National Archives located in Waltham, MA. Prior to that date people were naturalized in state courts. The State court records are now located in the Massachusetts State Archives located in Boston near the JFK library. Both of these have web sites where you can get more information on their hours, resources, and contact information.

 

 

Rick

Richard Francis Pimentel

Lee, NH

 

 

 

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Your Manuel naturalized. Do you know how to obtain his naturalization packet?

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[JR]

I guess you have found your man...so to speak as per Linda's finding. Here is their marriage:

http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1860-1867/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-C-1860-1867_item1/index.html?page=89

Page 4 verso (backside), record No-7, Sao Jorge do Nordeste casamentos
29-August-1867, married Joao Pacheco Quezamba com Maria Rosa de Jesus;
he is 35 yrs old, solteiro, campaneo, (single, field worker) filho de Antonio Pacheco Quezamba and Anna Jacintha de Torres; she is 33 yrs old, solteira, domestica, filha de Manoel Carreiro and Francisca Rosa.todos naturais desta Matriz (de Sao Jorge, Vila do Nordeste) aonde os contrahentes forao baptizados (where the newlyweds were baptised)...  e moradores na Lomba da Pedreira. Testamunhas, Francisco Bento casado, proprietario, e Joao Cabral de Torres, casado lavrador.

So that makes four children, for the grandparents that married, as note above.

JR

[bsei.azo...@gmail.com]

The passport mentioned above is a US passport application from the consulate in Ponta Delgada and is available on Ancestry listed as Manuel Pacheco Quejamba and includes his wife Maria Jose and a son Manuel Jr. born 11 Oct 1899.  This is the passport referred to in his wife's passport pasted by Christine earlier in this thread.

I believe I found their marriage record on familysearch.org.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WSS-5WN?i=216&cc=1469062.  His name is quite butchered but I believe it is him.  His bride is listed as Maria Jose Botelho.

Bill Seidler

[JR]

For the wife's parents, Botelho de Rezendes and Silva can be found almost anywhere, but that combination is plentiful in the areas of Faial da Terra, Agua Retorta, and Povoacao, of Sao Miguel Island.

[bsei.azo...@gmail.com]

I think JR is right on point again.  This may be Maria José's baptism http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FAIALDATERRA-B-1870-1879/SMG-PV-FAIALDATERRA-B-1870-1879_item1/index.html?page=48 (#46 starts bottom left).  This may be her passaporte for immigration http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-PDL-1894-1896/PASSAPORTES-PDL-1894-1896_item1/index.html?page=115 (#537 / 1370; 1 May 1896)

Bill Seidler

[JR]

Here is the other marriage:

http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-FAIALDATERRA-C-1833-1860/SMG-PV-FAIALDATERRA-C-1833-1860_item1/index.html?page=90

page 88 verso, 18-Feb-1855, NS da Graca, Faial da Terra casamentos
Francisco de Rezendes Botelho filho de Manoel Botelho e sua mulher Maria de Rezendes, com, *Margarida Izabel, filha de Joze da Silva e de sua mulher Florencia Barboza, todos freguezes de dita parochial onde foram baptizados. Test- Joaquim de Mello e Antonio da Costa, casados e moradores neste dito lugar.

Margarida Izabel is same as Margarida da Silva as noted in baptisms of her children.

[Fatima]

Hi Christine,

Thank you for sharing your information.

I also have Quezamba in my family tree.  From what I have been told by family members (Medeiros) living in Pedreira, Nordeste in Sao Miguel, Quezamba started being used by a line of the Medeiros family to allegedly distinguish one branch (of Medeiros) from the other.

Perhaps others have found Quezamba family members in their research.

Thank you again.

Fatima Torres Avila

(My paternal grandmother was Maria do Rosario Pacheco Medeiros Torres from Pedreira, Nordeste, Sao Miguel, Azores)

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[JR]

Hi Fatima. Is your Quezamba line one of the lines I posted above? Or is it Pacheco Simas Quezamba line?

JR

[Fatima da Luz Coutinho Torres Avila]

Hi JR,

I am not sure which line Jose Jacinto Pacheco Quezamba (B:  1827 S. Michael, D: January 6, 1985 Pedreira, Nordeste, Sao Miguel) married to Jacinta Barbosa.  His father is Antonio Pacheco Quezamba and his mother is Irma de Torres.  Do you have any of these people on your tree?  I have a lot of Medeiros, Quezamba, Torres, and Pacheco in my father's tree.

Thank you.

Fatima

[JR]

I have these people. However, I was not able to find the marriage of Jose Jacinto Pacheco Quezamba married to Jacinta Rosa Teixeira or Barbosa. Supposedly it is in Nordeste somewhere circa, 1860-1875. I have two children, so far, for this couple, baptised in Nordeste. 

Francisco Pacheco Quezamba, 15-Feb-1876; parents are the aforesaid Antonio Pacheco Quezamba and Anna de Torres, married 21 Mar 1823. You have (sic) Irma, which I think is an error.

Pedro, 11-Sept-1878

These are not my ancestors. I got them while helping someone do research in Nordeste. There are no records for Pedreira before 1889, as they were part of Nordeste. Nothing after 1905, and I am not sure the church even operates officially any more.

Does any of this look familiar? Also There a Jose Pacheco Camara cc Jacinta Teixeira, could these be the right people?

JR

[JR]

It appears they married circa 1868/1869, in Nordeste, because the baptisms they were received in said village. However, I could nof find them.

Descendants of Jose Pacheco Quezamba (sorry about the capital letters, can't seem to turn them off.)


Generation No. 1

1.  JOSE1 PACHECO QUEZAMBA  was born 23 Oct 1826 in Sao Jorge do Nordeste.  He married JACINTA ROSA TEIXEIRA OR BARBOSA Bet. 1860 - 1875 in Sao Jorge do Nordeste, not found, daughter of MANUEL BARBOSA DE MEDEIROS and ROSA TEIXEIRA.  She was born in Sao Jorge do Nordeste.

Children of JOSE PACHECO QUEZAMBA and JACINTA TEIXEIRA OR BARBOSA are:
i. CLAUDINA2, b. 22 May 1870, Sao Jorge do Nordeste.
ii. FRANCISCA, b. 22 May 1870, Sao Jorge do Nordeste.
iii. FRANCISCA, b. 10 Dec 1872, Sao Jorge do Nordeste.
iv. FRANCISCO, b. 07 Mar 1874, Sao Jorge do Nordeste.
v. FRANCISCO PACHECO QUEZAMBA, b. 15 Feb 1876, Sao Jorge do Nordeste; d. 07 Aug 1917, Sao Jorge do Nordeste; m. MARIA CARREIRO, 20 Apr 1913, Lomba da Pedreira; b. Sao Jorge de Nordeste. (This marriage is taken form notes on Francisco's baptism and does not parents of Maria Carreiro)
vi. PEDRO, b. 11 Sep 1878, Sao Jorge do Nordeste.
vii. CHECKED 1867-MAY 1869.

[Christine Lee Smith]

Fatima,

This is incredibly helpful and confirms an earlier theory! Thank you for sharing!