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Portuguese Passenger Ship Lists

A data base is under construction, and we expect to have the names of Portuguese passengers that have come to the new world since the 16th century. During the 19th century, lists such as the ones shown below are easily available.

The information below has been reproduced from this web site: www.dholmes.com/ships.html. We suggest a visit to this web site for more information.

More ships lists may be searched at The Compass--Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pcindex.html

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Arrivals of Portuguese to North-America before the 18th Century

1492 With Columbus: João Areias from Algarve, Portugal
1539 With Hernando de Soto: André de Vasconcellos, Álvaro Afonso, João Álvares de Valverde, Abião Lopes, Gavião Lopes, Manuel de Torres, Simão Rodrigues do Marão, Mem Roiz Pereira, Domingo Sardinha, Fernão Pegado, Estevão Pegado and Antonio Martins Segurado
1560/6 Diogo de Ferreira from Porto, Portugal
1560/6 Francisco Gil from Lisbon, Portugal
1560/6 Francisco Merida de Molina and his wife Guiomar Pereira from Lisbon, Portugal
1566 With Pedro Menéndes de Aviles: Antonio Pereira, a native of Porto, Portugal
1578/85 Diogo Martins from Campo Maior, Portugal
1578/85 Leonor Nunes, Bartolomeu Garcia, Isabel Soares, Bartolomeu Fernandes, all from Evora, Portugal

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Passenger Ships Arriving at the Port of New York

Ship Name Arrival Date
SS Vega from Açores 11 Jul 1891 istg.rootsweb.com/1800/vega910711.html

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Passenger Ships Arriving at the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Ship Name Arrival Date
E.B. Sawyer 23 jan 1855
E.A. Lowd 2 Jul 1857
Medford 15 Jun 1860
Fred Gray 12 Nov 1877
Moses Knowlton 11 Oct 1878
Mississippi 13 Aug 1879
Veronica 1 May 1881
Veronica 6 Apr 1882
Brig Aristos 28 Jun 1883
Veronica 17 Jul 1883
Veronica 13 Jan 1884
Veronica 21 Jul 1884 (questionable year)
Veronica 21 Jul 1885
Spring Bird 30 Apr 1886 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Moses B. Tower 7 May 1886
Bogata 19 May 1886 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Moses B. Tower 5 May 1887
Moses B. Tower 24 Jul 1887
Raposa Do Mar 29 Apr 1890 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Raposa Do Mar 21 Apr 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Rebecca J. Evans 15 May 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Forest Fairy 9 Jun 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers)
Moses B. Tower 20 Jul 1891

 

Portuguese Passengers with the RMS Titanic

The following are the Portuguese passengers known not to have survived:

José Joaquim de Brito in 2nd class*
Manuel Estanislau Gonçalves in 3rd class
José Neto Jardim in 3rd class
Cardoza in 1st class
Domingos Fernandes Coelho
These are Portuguese passengers who survived:
Mrs. J. W. M Cardoza
Mr. T. D. M. Cardoza
For more information on the Titanic visit:
http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/phind/
http://www.buybroadway.com/shows/dodger/titanic/titanic-memorial.html/
 

*He was a 32 year old gentleman traveling 2nd class, who got on the ship in Southhampton, England going to Brazil.
  Information provided by Daniel, a 7th grader at Ben Franklin Jr. High, Fargo, North Dakota.

 

Shipwrecks off the Portuguese Coast in the 18th Century:

PASSENGER LISTS. Brigantine "Matty," Scotland to New York, 1774 54 records; Robin Layton

PASSENGER LISTS. "Diana," Scotland to Wilmington, North Carolina, September 1774; Harold A. Ralston

PASSENGER LISTS. "Edinburgh," Campbeltown, Scotland to Cape Fear, North Carolina, 1770; Harold A. Ralston

http://userdb.rootsweb.com/passenger/
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Partial
16th Century Passenger list leaving from Spain to the Americas -
No nationality or origin was given - source Archivos de Indias

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Passenger

destination Year
Abreu, Diego de Peru 1579
Abreu, Manuel de Puerto Rico 1571
Aguiar, Bernardo de New Granada 1579
Aguiar, Catalina de America 1512
Aguiar, Juan Manuel Central America 1569
Aguiar, Pedro de Peru 1579
Alexandre, Genevieve Canada 1594
Alexandre, Hernando Peru 1598
Alexandre, Pedro America 1535
Almeida, Domingo de Mexico 1591
Almeida, Domingo de Peru 1580
Almeida, Domingo de Peru 1580
Almeida, Domingo de Peru 1592
Almeida, Felipa New Granada 1555
Almeida, Isabel deAlmeida, Felipa Peru 1582
Almeida, Unknown * Peru 1591
Ambrosio, Francisco Peru 1563
Ambrosio, Isabel Ecuador 1582
Ambrosio, Juan Ecuador 1582
Ambrosio, Juan Rio de la Plata 1535
Ambrosio, Miguel Ecuador 1582
Ambrosio, Pedro Ecuador 1582
Ambrosio, Rufina Ecuador 1582
Andrade, Sebastian de Mexico 1563
Avila, Agustin de Guatemala 1593
Avila, Agustin de New Granada 1594
Avila, Alonso de Cartagena 1534
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1565
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1577
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1578
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1590
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1594
Avila, Alonso de New Spain 1594
Avila, Alonso de Peru 1588
Avila, Alonso de Philippines 1594
Avila, Alonso de Puerto Rico 1577
Avila, Ana de Guatemala 1560
Avila, Ana de New Spain 1593
Avila, Ana de Peru 1560
Avila, Andres de Peru 1592
Avila, Andres de Peru 1592
Avila, Antonio de America 1515
Avila, Antonio de Cartagena 1534
Avila, Antonio de Guatemala 1585
Avila, Antonio de Honduras 1585
Avila, Antonio de Peru 1588
Avila, Antonio de Peru 1594
Avila, Antonio de Spanish Main 1563
Avila, Asencio de Ecuador 1582
Avila, Bartolome de Peru 1596
Avila, C. de Sierra Vargas de New Spain 1594
Avila, Catalina Cartagena 1562
Avila, Catalina Chile 1579
Avila, Catalina Colombia 1561
Avila, Catalina de Colombia 1561
Avila, Catalina de Honduras 1567
Avila, Catalina de New Spain 1594
Avila, Catalina de New Spain 1594
Avila, Cristobal de America 1513
Avila, Cristobal de Central America 1565
Avila, Cristobal de Chile 1579
Avila, Cristobal de Colombia 1561
Avila, Cristobal de New Spain 1564
Avila, Cristobal de Nicaragua 1563
Avila, Diego Chile 1579
Avila, Diego de America 1513
Avila, Diego de Guatemala 1571
Avila, Diego de New Spain 1561
Avila, Diego de New Spain 1566
Avila, Diego de New Spain 1566
Avila, Diego de New Spain 1577
Avila, Diego de New Spain 1577
Avila, Diego de Peru 1570
Avila, Diego de Peru 1574
Avila, Esteban de Peru 1577
Avila, Eugenio de Guatemala 1594
Avila, Feliciana de Peru 1598
Avila, Francisca de New Spain 1576
Avila, Francisca de New Spain 1594
Avila, Francisca de Peru 1562
Avila, Francisca de Peru 1562
Avila, Francisco de America 1515
Avila, Francisco de Ecuador 1582
Avila, Francisco de Honduras 1574
Avila, Francisco de New Spain 1565
Avila, Francisco de New Spain 1565
Avila, Francisco de New Spain 1566
Avila, Francisco de New Spain 1568
Avila, Francisco de New Spain 1580
Avila, Francisco de Peru 1534
Avila, Francisco de Peru 1534
Avila, Francisco de Peru 1555
Avila, Francisco de Peru 1559
Avila, Francisco de Puerto Rico 1577
Avila, Francisco de Venezuela 1598
Avila, Gabriel de New Spain 1574
Avila, Gabriel de Peru 1569
Avila, Gabriel de Philippines 1590
Avila, Garcia de New Spain 1566
Avila, Gaspar de New Granada 1580
Avila, Gaspar de New Spain 1574
Avila, Gaspar Francisco de Philippines 1593
Avila, Gonzalo de New Spain 1565
Avila, Gonzalo de New Spain 1576
Avila, Gutierre de Guatemala 1593
Avila, Hernando de America 1515
Avila, Hernando de Cartagena 1534
Avila, Hernando de New Spain 1571
Avila, Hernando de Peru 1578
Avila, Hernando de Peru 1598
Avila, Hernando de Philippines 1593
Avila, Hernando de Puerto Rico 1598
Avila, Unknown Philippines 1590
Barbosa, Catalina N. de Dios, Panama 1540
Barbosa, Francisca Port uncertain 1599
Barrios, Alonso Espanola 1580
Barrios, Alonso de New Spain 1577
Barrios, Ana & daughter Ana New Spain 1574
Barrios, Ana de Place New Spain 1574
Barrios, Cristobal de America 1513
Barrios, Hernando de Peru 1582
Barrios, Pedro de America 1528
Barros de San Millan Guatemala 1560
Barros de San Millan Guatemala 1560
Barros Troncoso, Diego de Philippines 1595
Barros, Antonia de Honduras 1560
Barros, Antonia de Honduras 1560
Barros, Jeronimo de New Spain 1563
Barros, Jeronimo de New Spain 1563
Barros, Miguel de Espanola 1561
Barros, Miguel de Espanola 1561
Bela, Pedro Guatemala 1580
Bernardo de Quiros, Francisco Peru 1556
Bernardo de Quiros, Francisco Peru 1559
Bernardo de Quiros, Gutierre New Spain 1599
Bernardo de Quiros, Pedro New Spain 1597
Bernardo de Saavedra, Juan Mexico 1581
Bernardo, Pedro Peru 1555
Bernardo, Unknown Florida 1538
Bernardo, Unknown Florida 1538
Bernardo, Vicente Philippines 1594
Borges, Josep Place Virginia 1584
Borges, Joseph Roanoke, Virginia 1585
Borges, Joseph Virginia 1584
Borges, Joseph Roanoke, Virginia 1585
Camara, Ana de La New Spain New Spain 1574
Camara, Antonio de La New Spain 1570
Camara, Baltasar de La Mexico 1563
Camara, Baltasar de La New Spain 1567
Camara, Bartolome de La New Spain 1564
Camara, Cristobal de La Peru 1561
Camara, Diego de Ecuador 1584
Camara, Francisca de La New Spain 1574
Camara, Francisco de La New Granada 1595
Camara, Garcia de La New Spain 1580
Camara, Gregorio de La Guatemala 1580
Camara, Isabel de La New Spain 1574
Camara, Juana de La New Spain 1574
Camara, Luis Mexico 1580
Camara, Marcos de La Honduras 1560
Camara, Maria Mexico 1580
Camara, Maria de Cepeda Mexico 1580
Camara, Maria de La New Spain 1574
Camara, Pedro de La New Spain 1594
Camara, Pedro de La Peru 1594
Camara, Pedro de La Philippines 1594
Camara, Tomas de la New Spain 1580
Camara, Tomas de La Mexico 1580
Campos, Alonso de New Spain 1590
Campos, Bartolome de New Spain 1574
Campos, Bartolome de New Spain 1577
Campos, Francisca de Guatemala 1569
Campos, Francisca de Guatemala 1569
Campos, Francisco Cartagena 1579
Campos, Francisco de America 1513
Campos, Ines de New Spain 1580
Campos, Juan Peru 1594
Campos, Juan de America 1517
Campos, Juan de Cartagena 1597
Campos, Juan de New Spain 1534
Campos, Juan de New Spain 1579
Campos, Juan de America 1517
Campos, Juan de Cartagena 1597
Campos, Juan de New Spain 1534
Campos, Juan de New Spain 1579
Campos, Leonor de Acosta New Spain 1579
Campos, Lucas de New Spain 1574
Campos, Lucia Nunez Dominican Republic 1561
Campos, Luis de Spanish Main 1567