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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
