I would be interested in more information about Jose Machado Soares. My grandfather's name was Manuel Machado Soares (1874-1936) and he opened a bar & Grill in downtown Oakland and he called it Marshall's. He came from Villa das Lajes do Pico. I don't know if he had brothers or not and he was the illegitimate son of Ana Francisca Perpetua Silva (1835-1923) Gordon Soares San Ramon, Ca
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Why our Portuguese ancestors moved so often & used My grandfather changed his name, too. He was born Jose Machado Soares. Later, as an adult in the US, he changed his name to Joseph M. Sawyer. He was naturalized as Sawyer, married my grandmother under the name of Sawyer. Their first few children were born under the name of Sawyer. Then he decided to change his name to Joseph Marshall. The last few children were born under Marshall, including my father. However, whenever he returned to the islands he went back to using his original birth name of Jose Machado Soares. An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
