Person settler chapel founder
Adão Gonçalves Ferreira
settler · chapel founder
Said to be the first person born on Madeira, son of Gonçalo Aires Ferreira and father-in-law of Martim de Leme. Around 1470 he founded the chapel that became the seat of the Monte parish.
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- Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) — First person born on Madeira; founded the chapel around 1470 that became the Monte parish seat.
- Leme — Said to be the first man born in Madeira; father-in-law of Martim de Leme.
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