SOARES

SOARES
is a Sephardic name related to Mendes of at least two main families-
1) a family of Portugal and Spain and later Holland, England and USA. JE has 9 biographies,
    beginning 16th cent.

2) an old Spanish family that remained in Spain after the expulsion of 1492. Descendants went to
    France, Holland, Italy and Turkey in 16th and 17th cent; one branch fled to the West Indies in 1786.
   JE has a family tree and eight biographies for this branch. relatives include-
   Pereira, da Costa, Gomes, Vaez, Osorio, Sola, Sespedes, Quiros, Hendriques, Soares, Casado,
   Morro, Bonito, Gradis, Fonsequa, Nunes, Corcho, Netto and nasi. JE has a Mendes and Mendez
   crest found in article on 'Coat of Arms'
   Other relatives Coronel, Meldola, Pool, Miquez, Micas, Mocatta, Abenaes, Abendana, Benjamin,
   Franco, Benveniste, de Lara, Disraeli and Williams.

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