Researching Pedro Silva
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 83 people with the Silva surname? In that year Silva was ranked number 3496 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Pedro means "Form of PETER. A Rock" and is of Spanish origin.
Records of Pedro Silva on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Pedro Silva and the Silva Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silva Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Silva family tree.
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Silva Family Tree Databases
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Silva Forums
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Some Famous People called Pedro Silva
Pedro da Silva (post courier)
250px|thumb|right|Signature of Pedro da Sylva250px|thumb|right|Burial record of Pedro da SilvaPedro da Silva (Lisbon, circa 1647 - Canada, 1717) was the first post courier in New France, in what was to become part of Canada. He was Portuguese born and was known as Le Portugais (French for The Portuguese).
Pedro da Silva is known to have arrived in New France prior to 1673, having worked there as a common courier. Later on he is known to have relocated to Sault-au-Matelot (Québec City's lower town) and involved himself in the shipping of goods in the colony (by boat and cart). There is proof that in July 1693, Silva was paid 20 sols to take a package of letters from Montréal to Québec City. In 1705, he was commissioned by the (co)-Intendant of New France, Jacques Raudot, as the "first courier" in New France.
Source: Pedro da Silva (post courier), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPedro da Silva (decathlete)
Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
His personal best of 8266 points, set in Walnut, California in 1987, lasted twenty-five years as the Brazilian record. Luiz Alberto de Araújo bettered this mark at the 2012 Brazilian championships. He won three straight decathlon title at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics from 1983 to 1985. He was also the silver medallist at the 1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
Source: Pedro da Silva (decathlete), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPedro de Silva
Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos (born 18 August 1945 Gijón, Spain) is a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer. He served as the second President of the Principality of Asturias from 17 June 1983, until 10 July 1991.
Pedro de Silva was born 18 August 1945 Gijón, Asturias, Spain. His father, Pedro de Silva Sierra, a lawyer as well, served as the dean of the Escuela de Práctica Jurídica in Gijón from 1975 until 1990. His mother, María Jesús Cienfuegos-Jovellanos Vigil-Escalera, died on 9 August 2004, at the age of 85. De Silva is a direct descendant of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos through his mother's lineage.
Source: Pedro de Silva, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPedro Silva (swimmer)
Pedro Nuno Gonçalves Conceição Silva (born January 21, 1977) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a former Portuguese record holder in the 50 m freestyle (22.86). Silva is a resident athlete for Sport Algés e Dafundo, and is trained by his long-time coach, director, and mentor Mário Madeira.
Silva made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat seven, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place and thirty-sixth overall by 0.45 of a second behind winner Jiang Chengji of China in 23.27.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Silva qualified again for the 50 m freestyle by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.86 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including two-time Olympians Rolandas Gimbutis of Lithuania and Camilo Becerra of Colombia. He shared a sixth seed with Becerra in his lifetime best of 23.23. Silva failed to advance into the semifinals, as he managed to repeat the same position from his first Olympic stint in the preliminaries.
Source: Pedro Silva (swimmer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Silva
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