Hi Maryanne On this note you have written that I have a Joseph da Rosa born oct 23 1877. I have over 6000 names on my data base with none born oct 23 1877. I have used the data base from the Azores which you mentioned extensively. I also belong to a online group which deals mainly with the Azores. The group address is _azo...@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:Azores@googlegroups.com) . You can ask them to be included and that's all it takes. Send me your phone number so I can talk to you Al Sequeira In a message dated 1/13/2009 5:47:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, maryanne_r...@msn.com writes:
Hello, Old immigrant communities. San Juan Bautista? My name is Mary Anne Rose and I have been doing genealogical research on my da Rosa family since perhaps 2003, my cousin David Wilson (b. 1940) got involved when he was in sixth grade and interviewed my grandfather about his family, cousins, etc which is hugely helpful. David's mother visited the Azores long before we did in 2005, finding our great grandparents marriage certificate in the Archives in Horal, Faial. But I am more creative at internet research than he. . . so I was able to build upon their research in different ways. And thus I am contacting you. You have a Joseph da Roza born 23 Oct 1877 San Juan Bautista, San Benito, CA Bottom line, our grandfather Anthony Lawrence Rose (christened Hollister CA in April 15, 1883) was of Azorean descent. His godmother was Hyacintha Serpa, according to the priest, which my research leads to connections to your family. i.e. Jacinta "jessy" de Serpa. My grandfather's sister Minnie married Joseph Elmer Serpa (November 1874 - 1938), they had a son Elmer - who was my dad's first cousin and I remember visiting cousin Elmer and his sons in Willow Glen area of san jose, CA. Minnie and Joe Serpa are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Gilroy. My great grandmother Rosa Gomes da Conceicao born in Cedros, Faial, lived with them after her husband died in 1913 and she died about 1934. Her brother was Joseph Gomes who married Rosa da Conceicao (Garcia da Rosa) and they lived with their large family near Hollister. You have them listed in the tree notes somewhere as well. In any case, it was a very small Azorean community in San Juan bautista and Hollister in San Juan Bautista. I have not been able to make a connection with the other da Rosa family from the area, but if they came at the same time as my great grandfather Manuel Francisco da Rosa, I am sure they must be cousins, etc. My aunt told me he left Faial about 1864 on a whaling ship and returned to Faial in 1975 to marry his sweetheart in the village. I believe they came from Cascalho, Cedros in Faial. My research at the Archives in Horta bore out much of the family history. On line there is much more available, though I believe there to be transcription errors in this: If the link does not work you can connect to the site through azores genweb, which is where I found this. Took my family back 24 generations. _http://sarmento.eng.uminho.pt/cgi-bin/geneweb?b=CEDROS;lang=en_ (http://sarmento.eng.uminho.pt/cgi-bin/geneweb?b=CEDROS;lang=en) So I will not write more until I find that you are still interested in this research, or that this email still is valid. I live in Manhattan in New York, so I am on the East Coast. My California research has involved my visits "home." And then to Faial. Sincerely, Mary Anne Rose **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
