Trevor, My grandfather was an 'off the grid' guy, and , he ended up working on my grandmother's uncle's sheep ranch on the Oregon/Idaho border, where he met and married my grandmother (they ran away to get married, devastating Uncle Mielke). She was German/Prussian. His brother married a Basque woman. However, their nephew went back to Sao Jorge married a much younger girl from the islands, returned to Idaho and married her again here in the USA.
So, your question actually raises more questions, such as, how many Portuguese married 'outside' the tribe? I think there is a lot of intermarriage between Portuguese and Basque around Idaho, Oregon and Nevada--though I don't know for sure--just a guess. My cousin in Nevada ended up with a Basque man as did a couple of her daughters, I think. OIther family experiences may be different. Guida --- On Tue, 4/28/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigrants Who Married, once Arriving in US To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:40 AM Group, For those of you who have been studying the habits of our immigrant ancestors for a much longer time than I have, would you say that it is prevalent that those who immigrated, to the US, as Singles would most likely marry people that came from the same town or municipality that they did? Thank you. -Trevor Costa Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
