Hi --This is my first time using this so here goes. I'm looking to find relatives of, and where my Great grandfather Manoel Ingnatio or Enos Fortado(born Feb 1871) and his wife Maria A. Dias came from in the Azores. My Manuel Fortado was probably a rancher or dairyman around Hollister and lived years in Gilroy, Ca. where he died in 1945. It looks like he probably came from the Azores as a young boy with his parents and siblings. His parents were Manoel Enos Fortado and Mary A. Dias. and some of his siblings were:1) Mary born abt 1866 died 1930 in Sacramento and bur. Santa Clara Co. wife of Anton Duarte see copy of her obit. below; 2)Anna born 1869 Fayal may have immigrated in 1881, died 1941 bur. Hollister, Ca; 3) Joseph E. born 1870 died 1907 of a fall in San Benilto Co.;and Marianna born 1872 lived in Niles Ca. for 55 years and md.? Joseph Furtado she's buried in Holy Sepulchre cem. in Alameda Co.Cal. At the time of my Manuel Furtados death his survivors were: a sister Mrs. Marianna Fortado of Niles, Ca. and nephews Frank, Joseph, Louis and Porter Liboa of Hollister, and nieces Mrs. Anna Garcia and Mrs. Mary Lewis also of Hollister and 3 grandchildren Lula, William, and Deloras Furtado of Salinas.
Obit. of Mary Furtado DUARTE-In Sacramento, Calif.,June 27 1930 , Mary beloved wife of Anton DUARTE and loving mother of Albert and Martin DUARTE of Oregon, Mrs. T.A. PAIHOPEDES of Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. Mary McCANKY of Irvington, Calif. ; Mrs. Fred EISENHART of Monterey, Calif.; Mrs. Axel V. MADSEN of Napa, Calif. sister of Mrs. Marian FURTADO of Niles, Calif., and Mrs. Manuel LEBOA of Trespinos, Calif., a native of Portugal, aged 64 years, a mamber of Irvington Council S.P.R.S.L. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the the funeral home of A.W. Nuttman, 907 Washington St., Santa Clara today(tuesday) July 1, 1930 at 3:30 pm,thence to St. Clare's Church for services. Interment Santa Clara Catholic Cem. Source:San Jose Mercury Herald, July 1, 1930 So here it is. Is anyone related? Anyone got any ideas where I could look? I need to find this family in the Azores perhaps in Fayal but which church? What's their story? Thank you Mary A. Kartchner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
