Hi Dolores, My husband just remembered a tidbit of his grandmother's story he had forgotten. When Elsie (MOURA) was in the home on Beacon Hill in Boston, MA, and it was Census day, she was hidden in the basement. It wasn't technically because of the census, it was because the family had not sent Elsie to school. So, they didn't want the census-taker to find that out.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (I've asked on the Azores List ( www.rootsweb.com ) about what Elsie's official given name might have been, and in the past people have offered suggestions. One of the resources I use is a "baby name book," and one of the 3 I have says that Elsie could be a nickname for Elizabeth.) (2nd-hand baby-name books are easily found in 2nd-hand bookstores.) On Apr 16, 1:03 pm, Dolores Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > I cut and pasted the subject line from Betty's genealogy quest. > > Was this common for preteens and young teens from the Azores to be > indentured servants in the US? > > Thanks, > Dolores --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
