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Person · Thomás Pereira d'Escobar
The record
- HHomethe fan · what changed · open questions
- MMigrationbirths and deaths on a map, by decade
- TTimeline659 entries · 5 eras
- PPeople351 cards, by generationThomás Pereira d'Escobar
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments1034 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1235, with where each is cited
The findings
- How the wall came downProeger line
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- What the DNA saysits own page
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was read for it S46.
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- Died
- 4 May 1882, Cedros
- Sources
- 4
- Images
- 3
Research status
Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of
Anna "Annie" L. Silva. Her own 22 April 1867 baptism names him
Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, cultivador, of the lugar do Caminho do Sallão
S1233. Added 4 October 2026
Life in the order the records give it
Death1882
Died 4 May 1882, Cedros, aged forty-four
born
c. 1838 — at the lugar do caminho para o Sallão, married to Anna Luiza
S1234Family parents, marriages, children, siblings
Children1886
His daughter Anna's 1886 marriage record describes him as already deceased by then, authorised by her mother
consistent with his 1882 death
S1232Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it
Open question
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Conflict in his own parentage, recorded rather than resolved. His 1882 burial calls him "filho natural" (born outside marriage) of
Thomás Pereira d'Escobar (the elder) and
Theresa Ignacia S1234, while his own 1858 marriage calls him "filho legitimo" of the same couple
S1235. A marriage entry, made with the groom present and his baptism checked, is weighed more heavily than a burial informant's answer; no marriage is entered here for the elder couple, and his own baptism (sought c.1837–39, possibly under his mother's name alone) has not been found
Photos & documents 1 photo · 2 documents
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Documents (2)
Documents · 2 page images all documents
Retrieved from the UNT Libraries' Portal to Texas History,
or — for the University of Texas Cactus yearbooks — from Texas ScholarWorks.
Each thumbnail opens the full page scan, which can also be downloaded. The quoted text
is the OCR that ships with the scan, copied verbatim; the page image is the authority.
In the record
Generation 6 — the immigrants' parents, Azores
- S1232Marriage of Francisco da Silva and Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, 12 June 1886 — Santa Bárbara (Cedros), Faial (archive copy). Volume
FAL-HT-CEDROS-C-1860-1891, image 0267. Folio 38, entry Nº 12: he, 24, legitimate son of José Francisco da Silva, native of Pedro Miguel, and of Florencia Constancia; she, 19, authorised by her mother, legitimate daughter of Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, native of this parish, and of Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, native of Capello. Witnesses José Pereira d'Escobar, married, and Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, single. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Archive copy of the record first read 21 Sep from a member's Ancestry upload. Same entry, now from the custodian's own scan, so the marriage no longer rests on a member upload alone. ‘Mother authorises’ fits Thomás's death in 1882 [S1234]. - S1233Baptism of Anna (Anna L. Silva), 22 April 1867 — Santa Bárbara (Cedros), Faial. Volume
FAL-HT-CEDROS-B-1861-1870, image 0174. Folio 12, entry Nº 32: born 7 April 1867, ‘filha legitima, primeira do nome’, of Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, cultivador, and Anna Luiza, of the lugar do Caminho do Sallão; paternal grandparents Thomás Pereira d'Escobar and Theresa Ignacia; maternal José Duarte Pereira and Anna Luiza. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Archive copy of the record read 21 Sep from a member's upload. Corrects that sidecar: paternal grandmother is Theresa Ignacia (not “Maria”); maternal grandfather is José Duarte Pereira (not “José Pereira”). Note: the baptism calls Anna Luiza a native of Cedros, the 1886 marriage says Capelo. - S1234Burial of Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, 4 May 1882 — Cedros, Faial. Volume
FAL-HT-CEDROS-O-1875-1885, image 0099. Folio 97, entry Nº 19: died 4 May 1882, aged forty-four, married to Anna Luiza, at the lugar do caminho para o Sallão, ‘filho natural de Thomás Pereira d'Escobar e de Theresa Ignacia’; left children. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Anna's father; place (caminho do Sallão) and wife match her 1867 baptism [S1233]. Age 44 → b. c.1838. ‘Filho natural’ = born outside marriage — conflicts with the 1858 marriage entry's ‘filho legitimo’ [S1235]; both are recorded, neither is chosen, and no marriage is entered for the elder couple. - S1235Marriage of Thomás Pereira de Escobar and Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, 15 February 1858 — Santa Bárbara (Cedros), Faial. Volume
FAL-HT-CEDROS-C-1847-1860, image 0052, folio 49: Thomás Pereira de Escobar, filho legitimo de outro Thomás Pereira de Escobar e de Thereza Ignacia, native and parishioner of Cedros; with Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, filha legitima de José Duarte Pereira e de sua mulher Anna Luiza, native and parishioner of the lugar do Capello. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Settles Anna Luiza's birthplace as Capelo (agreeing with her daughter's 1886 marriage); names her parents a second time — José Duarte Pereira × Anna Luiza — CONFIRMED. Names Thomás's parents a third time — Thomás Pereira de Escobar × Thereza Ignacia — but here he is filho legitimo, conflicting with the 1882 burial's ‘filho natural’ [S1234]. A marriage entry (groom present, baptism checked) outweighs a burial; no marriage is entered for the elder couple until found.