Selected Families and Individuals


Gaspar de Canha [Parents] was born in 1671 in Lombo da Alegria na Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was christened on 9 Jan 1671 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta. He married Maria Gomes.

Batismo (L6 f141) # Em os 9 de janeiro de 1671 annos eu o padre Manoel Dias de Lira beneficiado nesta igreja do Spirito Santo de licenca do reverendo vigario baptizei a GUASPAR filho de MANOEL DIAS lavrador e de IZABEL DE CANHA moradores na Alegria: foi padrinho o dito padre Amaro Dias de Sousa dia mez e anno ut supra \\ Emmanuel Dias di Lira \\ O padre Amaro Dias de Souza.

Casamento (fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Maria Gomes [Parents] was born about 1670 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gaspar de Canha.

They had the following children:

  F i Leonor de Canha was born on 2 Nov 1711 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)
  F ii Felipa de Canha was born on 10 May 1713 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)
  F iii Antonia de Canha was born on 24 May 1715 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)
  M iv Manoel de Canha was born on 20 Oct 1724 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
  M v Gaspar de Canha

Salvador Rodrigues was born about 1640 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Gomes.

Maria Gomes was born about 1640 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Salvador Rodrigues.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria Gomes

Sebastião da Costa [Parents] was born in 1678 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was christened on 27 Jan 1678 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta. He died on 16 Dec 1734 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Ângela de Canha.

Casamento (fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Ângela de Canha [Parents] was born in 1678 in Lombo da Alegria na Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She was christened on 20 Jul 1678 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta. She died on 19 Sep 1746 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Sebastião da Costa.

Batismo (L6 f205) # Em os 20 dias do mez de julho de 1678 eu Jozep Preto Taveyra vigario desta igreja baptizei a ANGELLA filha de MANOEL DIAS e de sua molher IZABEL DE CANHA foy padrinho Andre da Costa que comigo assignou este termo era ut supra \\ Jozep Preto Taveyra \\ Andre da Costa Jardim.

Óbito # https://arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt/viewer?id=7482&FileID=114011

They had the following children:

  M i Manoel da Costa Canha
  M ii Matias de Canha
  M iii Silvestre da Costa was born on 4 Jan 1714 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)
  M iv Francisco da Costa was born on 12 Apr 1717 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
  M v Antonio da Costa was born on 8 Oct 1721 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Manoel da Costa Jardim was born about 1648 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Margarida de Azevedo.

Margarida de Azevedo was born about 1648 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Manoel da Costa Jardim.

They had the following children:

  M i Sebastião da Costa

Inácio Mendes [Parents] was born about 1690 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Rodrigues on 21 Feb 1753 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta.

Era viuvo de Isabel dos Santos (fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Maria Rodrigues [Parents] was born in 1728/1733 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Inácio Mendes on 21 Feb 1753 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta.


Antonio Rodrigues Rapucho was born about 1690 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Rodrigues.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019). Deve ser neto de Antonio Rodrigues Rapucho e Maria Gonçalves, presentes nesta linhagem.

Maria Rodrigues was born about 1690 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Antonio Rodrigues Rapucho.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria Rodrigues

Manoel de Canha [Parents] was born in 1697/1702 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria de Jesus Gomes on 13 Jul 1723 in Igreja de São Brás do Arco da Calheta.

Casamento # https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFS-R59Z?i=61&cat=124260
(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Maria de Jesus Gomes [Parents] was born in 1697/1702 in Arco da Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Manoel de Canha on 13 Jul 1723 in Igreja de São Brás do Arco da Calheta.


Miguel Gomes was born about 1665 in Arco da Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria de Jesus da Calheta.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Maria de Jesus da Calheta was born about 1665 in Arco da Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Miguel Gomes.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria de Jesus Gomes

Gaspar de Canha [Parents] was born in 1725/1727 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Ana Maria Quitéria da Calheta on 4 Nov 1754 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta.

(fonte: Sandra Cruz, por e-mail Jun/2019)

Ana Maria Quitéria da Calheta [Parents] was born in 1729/1734 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gaspar de Canha on 4 Nov 1754 in Igreja do Espírito Santo da Calheta.

They had the following children:

  M i Manoel de Jesus de Canha was born about 1760 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Francisca da Conceição was born about 1705 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

She had the following children:

  F i Ana Maria Quitéria da Calheta

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