Article Nº 3490 Family, surname or lineage Vol. III · p. 557
Soares (family)
Original title: Soares
The Soares family of Madeira, descended from Diogo Soares, donatary of Porto Santo, and Manuel Soares, founder of a chapel in São Pedro church in 1596.
This family surname derives from Diogo Soares, who was donatary of Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’), and from Manuel Soares, who in 1596 founded the chantry (capela) of Senhora da Boa Morte in the church of São Pedro (St Peter).
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