The Medeiros Web

Aloha from the home office in Kihei, Maui...

This is the Medeiros Web. The concept is quite simple, this is a web page for and about people named Medeiros. There are over 100 people in 70 or so listings which are arranged by general areas (Academia, Arts and Entertainment, Sports and Recreation, Business and Public Sector, Special Folks, and Families from Maui).

If you have any suggestions, or if your name is (or was) Medeiros and you want to be listed, feel free to fire off some e-mail to me at makule@maui.net.

I'm Back!

Well, this has been a hectic year. But I'm back and hopefully things will settle down over the next month or so. My apologies to all the folks who have e-mailed. I was saving all the e-mail for inclusion here, but hard disk problems have wiped out pretty much everything. Luckily, some the most recent stuff was still on my ISP's server, and I intend to get replies out to these folks. For everyone else, I'm sorry but I have lost your information and I hope that you will forgive my lack of organization and failure to follow the first rule of system administration (Always back up your data!). Please re-send your info and I will make sure I save it to diskette.

Also, if any of you have an old link or bookmark (more than a year old) please be advised that my Maui.Com account has been closed and that I have removed the web pointer from that site (e-mail from the old account will continue to be forwarded).

And as ever, thanks to all of you who have become a part of the Medeiros Web. It's you that make this site interesting.

A Note About the Medeiros Web's Logo

Special thanks to Anthony at Emblazon Multimedia who created the Medeiros Web's graphic which highlights the global nature of our cyber-family and uses elements from John's rendering of the Medeiros coat of arms. I will be including this graphic on all the pages that fall under the general umbrella of the Medeiros Web.

Medeiros Heraldry and Geneaology:

Here's the coat of arms for the Medeiros family that was researched and created by John Medeiros. A big MUITO OBRIGADO to John for providing it for use on the Medeiros Web.

Decio Martins de Medeiros has information on the origin of the Medeiros surname. If you are interested, the information is available (in Portuguese) on Decio's webpage under the heading Nome Medeiros. An English translation is included on the Medeiros Web's new History and Genealogy Page.

For general information on Portuguese History and Geneaology, check out the Medeiros Web's Portuguese Web Resources page.

Searching for Someone Named Medeiros?

If you are searching for an e-mail address for someone named Medeiros, try the University of California at Riverside's Okra Search Engine.

If you are searching the web, I would recommend you go to CNET's Search.Com. They have all the links to Yahoo, Lycos, and AltaVista. For a comprehensive search, try out the Metacrawler search engine.

If you are searching for Portuguese web sites and can speak a least a little Portuguese, you should try the Servidor de Apontadores Portugueses (SAPO). This is an excellent web site with a format similar to that of Yahoo.

Special thanks to Martin Bruckman at the University of Aveiro for his help in getting the Medeiros Home Page listed on SAPO.

The Top Ten "Medeiros" States:

If you would like to take a look at how I came up with this list and get an update on my attempts to include Canadian provinces, check out the Medeiros Web's Top Ten "Medeiros" States..

Most recent changes:

Sorry, the Medeiros web guy hasn't added any new folks recently.

Famous and Not-so-famous People Named Medeiros:

In academia or education:

Adelardo de Medeiros, is from Brazil and is working on his PhD in France. He has created an excellent resource in the Portuguese Language Page.
Alberto Medeiros, is a professor of Indusrial Engineering (Textiles) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ana de Medeiros, is a professor in the Department of French at the University of Hull in England.
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros is a researcher in the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Campinas in Brazil and is also the editor of the Journal of the Brazi lian Computer Society.
Deborah J. Medeiros is an avid kayaker as well as an associate professor in the Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State. She is also the adviser of the Penn State Outing Club's Canoe Division.
Denis Michael Medeiros, who is married to Lydia, is a professor and Associate Dean of Research in Human Nutrition at Ohio State University. His family is also originally from Sao Miguel in the Azores and he mentions that he has done a fair amount of research in the matter.
He was born in New Bedford, Mass. and raised in Hartford, Conn. where his father was the only Portuguese cop. His brother, David works for United Technologies.
Djalma Medeiros is a post doctoral researcher the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Donald Medeiros is a student at the University of Massachussets.
Eric Michael Medeiros is a 21 year old student at Lyndon State College in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. He is currently studying Meteorology, Communications, a nd Mathematics and plans on graduating in May '98. His family is divided with half coming from the Sao Miguel in the Azores, and the other half from the island of Madeira. His family has lived in Fall River, Massachusetts since 1887. He will be passin g along more info on his web page and geneaological research that his family conducted on the family name and history.
Franco Medeiros is studying Chemical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Hamurabi Medeiros is at the University of Strasbourg.
Helena Medeiros is a research assistant for the University of Toronto with the focus of her research presently concentrating on HIV/AIDS. Helena was born in Canada but her parents are from Sao Miguel. She has printed out the Medeiros coat of arms and some other information to show her parents and thinks she may be related to some of the other folks on the list.
She also notes that there is a very large Portuguese community in Canada (mainly Toronto) with the surname Medeiros (Her phone company has 500 listings) and wishes there was a Medeiros Web for Canada. This sentiment was echoed by Tony who is also at the University of Toronto. Tony asks if I would be interested in making the "Top Ten Medeiros States" into the top ten provinces/states in North America. He's sure Ontario would rank right up there!
A big "eh, howzit, brah!" goes out to Joshua Medeiros, a master's candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and works at the East-West Center. Josh has done a revamp of his page so you may want to check it out. And a big "aloha!" to his grandfather in Waianae, Oahu.
The latest word is that Josh is teaching in Japan. Once I get more info, I will include it here.
My sister, Lokelani (Medeiros) Yamanoha, is a counselor at Maui Community College. Her son, Russell, is a video journalist and the weekend sports anchor at KHNL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Luis Carlos Medeiros lives in São Paulo and mentions that his father and his relatives (that live in Portugal) were born in São Miguel in the Azores. He goes on to mention that he has discovered interestin g things on this page.
Lydia Claire Medeiros, who is married to Denis, is a professor of Human Nutrition and Food Management at Ohio State University.
Marcelo Medeiros de Barros is studying computer sciences at the Federal Universidade de Pernambuco in Brasil.
Matthew Medeiros is a student at Trinity College.
Mike Medeiros e-mailed to mention that there are a few Medeiroses in Montreal (including him). From his e-mail address Mike appears to be at Champlain College. And just for the record, the Canada411 listings show 250 people named Medeiros in the Quebec white pages.
Nelson Medeiros is a 22-year-old research fellow at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was born in New Bedford, Massachussets (where, he says, Medeiros is probably the most common name). His parents are from the Island of San Miguel in the Azores, his father, Joao, from Povoacao, and his mother, Luisa (nee: Bernardo) from Fenais de Ajuda. His brother, Jeffery, attends Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachussets, while working at Shaw's Supermarkets.
Noe Medeiros maintains the web site for the Alfred F. Ford Middle School in Acushnet, Massachussets. This site has excellent links to K-12 resources.
Paulo Medeiros is a professor of English at Bryant College in Rhode Island.
Pedro Medeiros, is an assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Rafael Medeiros is a student in computer sciences at the Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina in Brazil.
Ronaldo Medeiros is also at the University of Campinas in Brazil. He maintains a page on the Corinthians, a Brazilian sporting club (this page is in Portuguese, but an English version is available).
Tom Medeiros is a science teacher at Del Mar Middle School and was selected as a Science Connections Fellow.
Tony Medeiros is studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Toronto.

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In entertainment and the arts:

Andre Borges Medeiros has a punk rock page (in Portuguese).
Brian Pearson mentions that his mother's maiden name was Medeiros. Her father came from the Azores in the early 1900's. A large segment of the population in Fall River, Mass. is either Azorean or of Azorean descent. Brian works at a local radio station that has seve ral shows during the daytime in Portuguese (although his talk show is in English).
Glenda Medeiros is artistic director and creator Glendance, a dance company in Cambridge, Massachussets.
Glenn Medeiros, the singer, is currently appearing in Waikiki with comedian Frank Delima (Tuesdays through Saturdays) at the Outrigger Polynesian Palace. The phone number for reservations is (808) 923-7469.
For Halldis, Joyce, and the rest of Glenn's fans, here's a picture from his "It's Alright to Love" CD, compliments of Susan Jaworowski at Susan's Hawaiian Music Page as well as a link to the lyrics of his hit song, "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You".
James "Jimbo" Medeiros does a radio show for station KQMQ on Oahu and is a student at Windward Community College on Oahu. Here's an article about him from the WCC newspaper.
Joe Medeiros supervises the writers on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC.
Anibal Raposo suggested including José Medeiros, a well known director of TV series for Portuguese television in Azores. Series he has directed includes "Xailes Negros", "O barco e o Sonho", "Balada do Atlantico", "Mau tempo no Canal", and "O feiticeiro do vento".
Lipe Medeiros, originally from Sao Paolo, is an artist currently living in New York City. He's got an interesting sense of humor. If you wish, you can go around all the doors by going directly to his main index page.
Joshua Young asked about Maria de Medeiros, the actress who starred in Henry & June; Pulp Fiction; Two Brothers, My Sister; etc. While I haven't found a home page for her, I was able to find a small picture and a site with some biographical information and a filmography. And most recently, I found a site with Quicktime (1260K) and MPEG (700K) clips from "Two Brothers, My Sister".
Maria has a sister, Ines, who is also an actress.
Nancy Medeiros, who is married to David (of Ranchos Cycling Club fame, see below), is a self-taught artist. She also runs "Fibromeet", a Fibromyalgia Support Group, in Poway, California, and is a regular cont ributor to the alt.med.fibromyalgia newsgroup. She hopes to help others who are also afflicted with the disease by providing information on potentially successful treatments.
She is interested in learning Portuguese. Of course, I immediately recommended Adelardo's Portuguese Language Page.
Rilderniro Medeiros lives in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil and is a journalist with TV Cabugi (TV Globo). Maybe Rilder will do a story about all of us on the Medeiros Web.
Teresa Medeiros is an author of historical romance novels. Check out a review of Fairest of Them All (Bantam Books) at the Romance Reader. Or of another of Teresa's books, Breath of Magic.

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In sports and recreation:

David Medeiros maintains the web site for the Ranchos Cycling Club in San Diego, California and is married to Nancy. His father, Renato, and grandfather, Joao, are both fishermen originally from the Azores.
There's also a Matthew Medeiros who's on the Canadian National Champion little league team.
This page has a photo of Max Medeiros, the surfer, doing his thing at the infamous Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.
Robert "Bobby" Medeiros is a utility player with the University of Hawaii baseball team. Check out the UH Baseball Page for more info.

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In business, public service and etc.

Check out Allan Medeiros at Ninguem's Home Page.
Anita Smith Medeiros is a realtor in Sunnyvale, California.
Anthony Medeiros founded Emblazon Multimedia Inc., providing multimedia consulting services to the Seattle area.
Antonio Medeiros lives in Evora, Portugal. He is originally from the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores.
Arthur Medeiros works at Haleakala National Park here on Maui and has co-authored a report on the biodiversity in the rainforest.
Bryan Medeiros is a manager of a computer support group at Teradyne, Inc. in Boston, Massachussetts. His parents are from Madalena on the Island of Pico in the Azores. He was born and raised in Somervil le, Massachussetts, and now lives in New Hampshire.
Carlos Antonio Dias de Medeiros is originally from Diamantina but now lives in Belo Horizontes, Minas Gerais, Brasil, with his wife, Marília and two daughters, Olívia and Camila. Carlos says, "E um prazer fazer parte desta Grande Familia - MEDEIROS!"
Carlos Fernando Linhares Medeiros is originally from the island of Terceira in the Azores. He nows lives in Portugal and works in information systems.
Executive Director of EDI*Chile, Carlos Recabarren Medeiros is also on the board of directors of the Electronic Commerce Worl d Institute.
Decio Martins de Medeiros lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil and works for Hewlett Packard Brazil. He has created a web page about sharing best practices called A Formula do Sucesso.
Eden Ferreira De Medeiros is from Brasilia and works at the Bank of Brazil (S.A.). She would like to correspond (in Portuguese) regarding the history of the Medeiros family.
Gil Jose Franco de Medeiros is a software engineer and lives in São Paulo, Brazil. His father, Gil Jacinto Franco de Medeiros, was born in Sao Miguel, Azores.
Hugo Medeiros mentions that while he was raised in Portugal, his family is originally from Sao Miguel in the Azores.
James Medeiros, Jr. lives in New York City and works in investment banking (with BlackRock Financial Management). He asks why sometimes there is a "de" before Medeiros; does "de" signify nobility in Portugal, or is it a prefix that was simply dropped?
In response I have to say that I am no linguist, but I think that "de" is similar in usage to "von" in German or "vander" (sometimes contracted to "ver") in Dutch. Generally, it means "of or from" and can indicate a town, geographic area, family or other affiliation (like a guild or trade). I used to think that the "de" was dropped due to a lack of knowledge of language by the customs officials in the country of destination. (In my family's case, it was the Kingdom of Hawaii). However, I have also seen the "de" dropped in certain informal situations (My Uncle Bill is called "Bill Gama" by his comtemporaries, even though his name is "de Gama").
Joan M. Medeiros is an attorney in Sacramento,California. Her father is Humberto Medeiros of Patterson, California.
John Medeiros is an artist/designer who operates his own full-time art service.
Gustavo Conde Medeiros mentions Jose Raimundo Bona Medeiros, who was born in União, Piaui, Brazil. He was a state representative in Piaui from 1962 to 1979, vice-governor from 1983 to 1985 and govern or from 1986 to1987. From 1979 to 1982, he was a city official in Terezina, the capital of Piaui. He is currently serving his sixth term (through 1998) as a state representative.
Maria de Nazaré Medeiros is a travel agent and is presently living in Paris. She is originally from Belem, Brasil.
Mike Medeiros is the chef and owner of Michelangelo's in Kona on the island of Hawaii.
Sanderson Alberto Medeiros Leitao is an environmental and agricultural engineer at the Portuguese Laboratory of Civil Engineering in Lisbon, Portugal. He has studied in Brasil, Canada and Belgium. His fami ly emigrated from Madeira to Brasil around the turn of the century.
Pedro Paulo Guerra de Medeiros asks to include one of the "best Brazilian lawyers ever", Wanderley de Medeiros from Goiania, GO, Brazil.. Pedro says that he makes this suggestion based on his own knowledge of law and also because Wanderley is a member of his family. He says that other attorneys also consider Wanderley to be an astonishing criminal lawyer and that a check of the Federal Council of Lawyers of Brazil (OAB) would bear this out.
Pedro also lives in Goiania, studies Mechanical Engineering and Law and loves computers. You can find him chatting at the irc.persogo.com.br server (#goiania).

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Special folks:

Amee Medeiros writes to let us know that there is a small family of three with the last name Medeiros in Grass Valley, California.
Angela Upmeyer is trying to find information on her grandfather's family. Her grandfather's name is Arthur Edward Medeiros and his father was Louis Jessie Medeiros and from the Azores. (His wife 's name was Mae Pimentel). He had brothers named John, Tony and Alvie. If anyone has any information, please drop her an email. She mentions that she is from a large family, coming mostly from Oregon, California and Nebraska.
Bella Medeiros is a quality lady who lives in Taunton, Massachussetts with her sons James, Paul, Joseph and Edward. Bella is the godmother of MaryAnne (Coelho) Long, who is a friend of mine from the Hawaii newsgroups. MaryAnne and her husband , Earl, recently moved to Hawaii from Cape Cod. MaryAnne's family is also originally from Sao Miguel.
Feligenio Medeiros sends his best from Cambridge, Massachussets, and says that he enjoys the page.
Jorge Manuel Henriques de Medeiros Greno is from Aveiro, Portugal.
Kelly Madaris is doing research on the Madaris family tree. The research indicates that the family is descended from Domingo Maderas or Medieros (sic) b. 1620. Kelly asked if anyone has heard of this individual.
Of course, this brings up the point of alternative spellings of the name "Medeiros" and whether these are all originally Portuguese (and the spelling was subsequently modified) or whether there is an Indo-european prototype that has different spellings fr om country to country (as in, perhaps, Andrade/Andretti or Jordan/Jardine). I'll have to defer to the linguistic experts out there, but I think it deserves some discussion over in the Geneaology Page.
Luis Gonzaga de Medeiros is interested in the origin of the Medeiros and Araujo families (and surnames) and wants to do a tree. He has a degree in Business Administration from the Universidade F ederal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Avancado de Caico. Luis is from Caico, a little city lost in the interland of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. My father is cousin of Adelardo Medeiros' father.
Luis did his own homepage using the W3e HTML program, but it is in Portuguese. His daughter, Ana Celia Araujo de Medeiros also has her own homepage, which she did by herself. Luis says that she is a y oung IRC maniac.
Nelson Branco mentions that his Mom's maiden name is Medeiros. His mom, Maria Jose, and her family live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her parents are Luis and Maria Jose and her sisters are Maria Conceicao Medeiros, Maria Bernadette Medeiros, and Maria Rosario Medeiros. She also has one brother, Joe Medeiros. He says that there are a few more Medeiros families in Edmonton and more in Toronto.
Renato de Oliveira Medeiros found the Medeiros Web on SAPO. He mentions that he is researching his ancestry and appreciates finding a fair amount of information here. (Renato, if I mi s-translated your message please let me know. I am really enbarrassed for never having learned Portuguese.)
Roberto Medeiros Varandas lives in Lisbon and his mother is from Sao Miguel.
Suzanne and Richard T. "Rick" Medeiros wonder if they have any traceable relatives on this list. Richard's father, Richard M., and grandfather, Manuel, are from Falmouth, Massachussetts.
They're not part of the global Medeiros family, but nice folks anyway, Victor M. Gameiro and his wife, Helena Bairos, e-mailed to say that it was a pleasure to see that after so many generations, Portuguese descendants still feel some attachement to the old country. They are first generation immigrants living in Montreal, Canada. Helena, is from Santa Maria, Açores and Victor am from Ribatejo, mainland Portugal.

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Medeiros Families from Maui:

From Makawao: I received e-mail from Glenn Vares of the Glenn and Glen morning show on KPOA radio here on Maui. He asked if I could mention his mother Elsie (Medeiros) Vares from Pukalani and his aunts and uncles, including Stephen, Anthony a nd Roseline (Medeiros Estrella) of Makawao; and Henry R. of Waipahu.
He mentioned his grandparents, Joe and Mary Medeiros, were born in Hawaii, and their parents, Manuel and Margaret Medeiros, had immigrated from the old country. He also noted that his grandfather was a cowboy (or in Hawaiian, a paniolo) at the o ld Grove Ranch in Makawao. I remembered that my father's family also worked at Grove Ranch. To make a long story short, it turns out that we are cousins.
And now I've received e-mail from Glenn's sister, Iris (Vares) Blessinger, who adds that she was born in Puunene and raised in Lahaina.
From old Puunene: Donna Gomes Austin writes that her mother, Rose (Medeiros) Gomes. was born in Puunene, Maui in 1909. Her mother family included a brother named Joseph, and sisters Flora Franco, Virginia Freitas and Lydia Cambra. Her mother came to California and met and married Donna's father, who was from the Big Island of Hawaii.
Donna is interested in tracing her geneaology and perhaps visiting Sao Miguel to look for the birth and marriage records of her grandparents, Julia Borges and Joseph (Jose) Medeiros.
Donald J. Carvalho, St. Anthony High School class of 1962, mentions his uncle, Stanley Medeiros, who was originally from Paia and now lives in Wailuku.
All One Family? Probably not. From what I've been told, there were two unrelated Medeiros families originally from Puunene, two from Upcountry and at least one from Lahaina. There are also Medeiros families from Hana and Molokai.