Hi, Graeme: I also had relatives that went to the Goldfields in 1852 and found them in the Unassisted Passenters on the Public Records Office Victoria website. I received so much help from Listers on the Goldfields website who actually found J. J. de Lima's on the Pioneer Indexes. Those people were amazing and they even sent photos of gravesites. I do wish I could be of some help to you from here.
I checked the Silveira name on the Public Records Office Victoria website Unfortunately, no matter how I entered your ggrandfather's name, Silveira, or other ways, I couldn't get any matches. I noticed you spelled it *Silveria*, and I am jumping to the conclusion that at some point, it could have been *Silveira.* I tried *de Silveira*, *da S*. and then *Da Silva *which turned up 9 names. Most of them gave first names also. I don't know if this helps but I hope someone on the Group might know more about the different ways of spelling Silveira and have other ideas how you might find him immigrating. I looked only under Unassisted Passengers traveling because the ones from the Azores seemed to be unassisted. ( I wonder if he came from another port, being he was a mariner.) Good luck. Maria Elena (Lima) Wisconsin On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Graeme, You can find t-shirts, any other kinds clothing, on website > shop.cafepress.com/portugal This website is from Louisville, Ky. I > have ordered t-shirts from this website many times. > > Jack > > Cheri Mello wrote: > > > Reposting in its own thread for Graeme Morris..... > > > > > > <<This is my first posting to the group - and greetings from > > Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia. > > > > My Great Grandfather Jose Mauricio da Fonte (later to be known as > > Joseph Morris) arrived at Port Jackson (Sydney, New South Wales) in > > 1865 on the "Alabama", ex San Francisco. I can assume your Civil War > > was not his forte (almost a pun) and he moved on. He became an > > Australian citizen in 1905, 4 years after the birth of our nation, and > > died 1913 at Lithgow N.S.W. He was born 25/1/1837 Santo Antonio to > > Jose Maurico da Fonte (born Santo Antonia, Pico) and Luza Rosa Jacinta > > (born Santa Luzia, Pico 1802). I have obtained the greater family tree > > through your website links and my brothers and I are extremely grateful. > > > > What is a mystery is the paternal line of his wife, Amelia Silveria > > ,born Sydney NSW 1851 to Jose Silveria and Susannah Davey (married > > Sydney 1848). Jose Silveria was a seaman from Western Isles (Azores). > > He died at Sydney in 1891, unfortunately his death certificate yielded > > no clues of parental details. Nor did his wedding certificate, those > > details being more elaborate from 1855 onwards. > > > > Would love to hear from any of the wider family; And maybe a few clues > > to tracing Jose Silveria. > > > > Once again, thanks Cheri, we do feel indebted to you hard and constant > > work, > > > > Regards > > > > Graeme Morris > > > > PS Do you know of anyone printing T shirts with the Azorean flag.>> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
