Re: [PORTUGUESE-SURNAMES] VIEIRA surname

[Cliff Nye]

Rod and others
For your benefit, the name  Vieira is very common on the Island of Flores, both in Lajes and areas south as well as from Santa Cruz das Flores.
Keep it in mine.
Good luck in your research and God Bless

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On 5/2/08 10:13 AM, "Eugenia Paine Rapasky" <eugen...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Rod,
>    
>   I check my database on Portuguese Names and their Meanings and found the
> following for the VIEIRA. I hope this helps you. I did not show at the present
> time information on Carew or Cro.
>    
>   Eugenia
>   =====================================================
>   Vieira -
>    
>   Vieira has an Armorial
>    
>   Origin:
>   Portugal, Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Flores, Brazil, California
>    
>   Armorial:
>   Yes,
>    
>   Language:
>   Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese
>   Vieira - 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.
>    
>   Vieira from Vieira do Minho, a place near Braga, Portugal.
>   The surname is a toponymics (Surnames indicating a location). In the 12th
> century (1100s), 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
>    
>   Vieira, can be found in Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge or Flores
>   Information is from:
>   Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 2.
>    
>   Vieira - 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 28.
>    
>   Vieira - 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 270.
>    
>   Vieira - Change to Ternate.
>   Family name.
>   Information is from the book:
>   James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
> International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 237, 241.
>    
>   In Portuguese, Viena - In English, Vienna.
>   Proper name.
>   Information is from:
>   Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial Domingos
> Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 896.
>
>
> Rod Carew <res0...@verizon.net> wrote:  I was wondering if you could check
> your names data base for Juao Vieira
> Cro'.He lived in Sao Vicente,Funchal around 1850.I have his wifes name as
> well as parents on both sides.
> Thank you,
> Rod Carew/Cro'
>
>
> Eugenia Paine Rapasky
>
> E-mail: Eugen...@Yahoo.com
>
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