Posts by Ali Erginsoy
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I've posted before about the couple, Daniel Albuquerque da Costa and Rachel Gomes Da Costa, who were married in Amsterdam in 1725. According to the marriage banns, Daniel was from Lisbon and was previously married to Rachel Nunes da Costa. His age is not specified. Rachel Gomes Da Costa was 25 and from Bragança.I have now recovered a will for Daniel, which was lodged in Jamaica in 1748. The will c...
A London Gomes Da Costa mystery. I have been looking through the annual accounts of Bevis Marks for references to GDC family member before 1727, the year that Abraham and Abigail GDC first turn up. This is the year Abraham was circumcised, on the same day as his brother Isaac. Abraham and Abigail, and Isaac and Ribca remarry on the same day the following year, in 1728However, the accounts show tha...
Can someone tell me what the Rejistro de Abyetumym of the Amsterdam community is, and whether it has been digitised and is available online?
Bevis Marks records question: “Forasteiros”? Am I correct in thinking that there seem to be two slightly different usages for this term in the Minutes of the Mahamad. In early years, before around 1720, it seems to mean “strangers”, that is Portuguese Sephardim physically in London, but not yet members of the congregation. This could be because they were trying to keep a low profile from the Inqui...
Inspired by Kevin Martin posting the Bevis Marks Books of Accounts, I’ve compiled a list of all the Despachos sent to the Americas between 5514-5560 (1753-1800). The name spellings are as they appear in the original. Those I’m not sure about I’ve marked with a ?. Please feel free to correct, but let me know when you do! The lists for years before 1753 are more complicated, as they are not presente...
Where would I begin to look for lists of despachados to Jamaica from London and Amsterdam? Are there ready-compiled lists anywhere, or am I going to have to work my way through the archives? I am specifically looking to see if a Daniel Albuquerque da Costa went to Jamaica from Amsterdam sometime after 1725 as a despachado, or under his own steam. Also whether any members of the Gomes da Costa fami...
Does anyone know if there are records of Portuguese Jews in Fort St George (Madras) in India in the late 17th century?
Does anyone know of a reliable-ish tree for the Supino family of Pisa and Livorno? I have extracted quite a few names from the Livorno ketubot and birth records, but having difficulty knitting them all together.
Can anyone decipher the name of the mother in this Livorno birth record? Guele?
Something apposite to tomorrow evening’s talk on the Jews of Italy.My wife’s five times great-grandfather was a Solomon Vita de Isaac Rietti (1700-1758). A member of Bevis Marks Synagogue, Rietti came from an Italian Jewish family that were apparently originally from the town of Rieti in central Italy. We don’t know when exactly Solomon came to London, or where in Italy he or his father Ishac are ...
Abraham Gomes Da Costa had a brother, Isaac Gomes Da Costa. They both underwent adult circumcisions at Bevis Marks Synagogue in London on the same day, 13 August 1727 as Vindos de Portugal. The brothers also remarried their respective wives, Abigail and Ribca on the same day, 15 May 1728.It looks like Isaac's wife Ribca died a short time later, on 26 November 1729 and was buried on 28 Nov in the V...
A question about Sephardic naming patterns or conventions. I have seen two expositions for this:1.The first son is named after his paternal grandfatherThe second son is named after his maternal grandfatherThe third son is named after his paternal great-grandfatherThe fourth son is named after his maternal great-grandfatherDaughters are similarly named after their grandmothers and great grandmother...
Spotted in Istanbul this afternoon, husband and wife doctors. I’m assuming the surname is a corruption if the transliteration of Albuquerque.
So, a little mystery for all you sleuths out there. You may have seen an earlier post of mine where I said I was researching the Gomes Da Costa family, headed by Abraham and Abigail, who begin turning up in London from around 1725. I was also looking at the Amsterdam Gomes Da Costa family, headed by Abraham and Esther, from an earlier generation, whose four sons married four sister from the Lopes ...
Further to my earlier post, does anyone know if and (if so, how?) the Gomes Da Costa family of London and the Gomes Da Costa/Da Costa Gomes) family of Amsterdam are related? For the London Gomes Da Costa I have the brothers Abraham (1681-1754 or 1764) m. Abigail (1682-1784), Isaac (1680-?) m. Ribca (1681-?) and possibly Solomon/Samuel (1700-?). Their father is mentioned in family trees on genealog...
Shalom, I am new to this forum and finding it fascinating. I am researching my wife's Sephardic forebears and wonder if anyone has a copy of Bevis Marks Records Vol 2? I am after information about two marriages: 1. 15 May 1728 - Abraham Gomes Da Costa married Abigail (Kethubot 5: 5). An indirect source I have seen (https://nationbetweenempires.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/vindos-de-portugal-before...