I am searching for information on my great-great grandparents, who were from Cape Verde. Geraldo (Gerald) and Constacia S. (Constance) Bans came to Providence Rhode Island from Cape Verde in 1904. Their children were Alice (my great grandmother), George (served in World War II), Arthur, Elsie, Silvia, Chelsea, and Cecilia. Alice married a John Felix, whom she divorced when my grandfather (also John Felix) was a baby. If you have any information on the Bans family, please email me.

I have some additional information on this family. By the 1950s, Alice Bans had remarried to Jospeh Neves. Sylvia was married to a Duke Andoscia. Cecilia was married to Eugene Barboza. This information came from my mother's baby book. Her name is Starr Felix. Her father, John Felix, and wife, Janice Begins Felix, were living in Providence, Rhode Island in 1954.

It appears that Gerald and Constance changed their surname from daSilva to Bans, though I do not know why. In an obituary for their son George S. Bans, his parents were referred to as having the last name daSilva, with Constance's maiden name being daBugo or d'Burgo.

Dear Sara

Burgo is a family from Brava island and Bans is a family from Santo Antão. Today do'nt'have more Bans in this island but Burgo yes. Last year Carlos Burgo are minister of "Economia" in Cabo Verde.

Joman

Thank you for the information. I was wondering is Bans was an actual Cape Verde name or if their name had been changed when they came to America. Now I have a new lead to follow.

my name is vagner da silva Bans rivera de jesus i from cape verde santo antao and i would like to find my origins in the world. all that i know that i became to an english man the name lion bans he went to cape verde long time ago.stil have a bans family there andthere are nice family :-) my mail kobewagner@hotmail.com . i will be happy for some answer.