We were interested in the information about children in the Azores, whose families could not support them, being indentured or "sold". My great, great, great-grandmother, Anne Florinda Algers-Deas, was born on Faial Island in 1847. That is just about all we know about her except that a family story or tradition is that she was "kidnapped" by a relative and taken to Massachesetts around the age of 7 and "sold" to my great, great-grandfather, Joseph Vincent. He was much, much older that she was. She apparently had her first child at the age of 14. So that information about the children makes more sense to us now. Caity
P.S.: If anyone has information about either of those individuals about their lives before they arrived in the U.S., we would love to hear from you. We do not not know which island Joseph Vincent was born on but he was supposedly born in the year 1812 although there is some confusion about the date of his birth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
