Vivian, Nothing comes to mind off the top of my husband, John and my head. John was born in SLO and knows a lot of old timers. However, if they were in Oso Flaco they may have been born in Santa Barbara County. Oceano is in SLO county but Guadalupe, the nearest "farm city" or Santa Maria, the "main farm city" is in Santa Barbara County. Oso Flaco is very close to the border of the two counties. We'll keep looking in SLO. Try Santa Barbara County, especially the North County areas of Santa Maria, Guadalupe. In the old days there were some "train towns", can't remember the names. The towns helped serve the trains because of all the produce grown in the South SLO and Northern Santa Barbara Counties. Will let you know if we find anything in SLO county.
We know some Souza's but they are from the North Coastal area of SLO county. I'll ask them. Will advise. Ronnie ----- Original Message ----- From: Vivian Christy To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DeMello book Hi Ronnie, This is what I know. Isabella Leal Silveira b. July 24, 1854 Sao Jorge, d. Nov 17, 1936 in Hanford, Ca. immigrated abt 1892. Was at Oso Flaco, Guadalupe, County of San Luis Obispo on a rented farm until they went bankrupt. Then they moved to Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oakland area. After that they moved to Hanford, King County I have them in the 1920 & 1930 census. That is where her and her husband Primo Souza died. Not even the probate records for their property had any information I could use. Either did the obits on them. Primo Souza b. abt 1855 in Sao Jorge d. Dec 08, 1930 in Hanford, Ca. Manuel ? Stepson b. abt 1880 where unknown All her children except my Grandmother (Marie Holmes Joseph say they were born in San Luis Obispo. Frank Peter Holmes, b. Oct. 24, 1882 in San Luis Obispo d. Mar 15, 1950 in Oakdale, Ca. Joseph Holmes. b. abt 1884 d. 1911 in Bakersfield, Ca John Joseph Holmes b. Oct. 24, 1887 in San Luis Obispo d. Aug 23, 1932 in Oakland, Ca. Marie Gertrude Holmes b. May 31, 1894 or 1890 in San Luis Obispo, Ca. d. Aug 23, 1977 in San Diego, Ca. (she put in a little bio she was born on Sao Jorge but on her Social Security record it say San Luis Obispo, Ca) The children all listed their Father as Frank Holmes but I can find no record of him that I can for sure say he was an actual person and not just a name used instead of Primo Souza. I am not sure if Primo Souza and Frank Holmes are not the same person. I can not find any birth records for any of the children. I have also checked the records they have so far on Sao Jorge without finding any of them born there. So how can you find birth records for people who say they were born in San Luis Obispo but where ever I check there are none. I have copies of their death certs, census records from 1910, 1920, 1930 and WWar records. They must have just appeared on the planet. If you know of anywhere I could write or call to find birth records for them I would appreciate the help. I live in San Diego. Thank you for any help, Vivian (Silva) Christy --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Ronnie French <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ronnie French <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DeMello book To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 11:46 PM Vivian: We live in San Luis Obispo, if there's any help we can provide, let us know. What were your ancestors names when they lived here and during what years? Ronnie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
