FIRST GENERATION
1. Joseph Da Silva was born in 1621 in St-Julien, Lisbon, Portugal. Joseph and his wife Marie Francois were the parents of Pedro Desilva – the founder of our Canadian branch of Desilvas. (+2 M i. ) Pedro Da Silva (hereafter called Pierre dit le Portugais Desilva / Dassylva Portugais) was born in 1647 in Lisbon, Portugal and died in 1717 in Quebec City, Canada.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Pierre dit le Portugais Desilva / Dassylva Portugais (Joseph 1) was born in 1647 in Portugal and died in 1717 in Quebec City. Pierre Continue reading