My family name is Jorge (George now) and have some ancestors from Flores, but they left Flores for Faial around 1720s as near I can tell. But, perhaps we are distantly related further back along the line (a good chance I would guess considering how small Flores is).
I have an Anotnio Jorge born in 1674 in Freguesia da Lomba, Flores. I tried to do a quick check to see if I could trace the line to your great grandfather but was unable to. Others in this group might be able to help you out further though. My grandmother was also a Freitas. My grandparents live in San Jose, I would be interested to Good luck, Ben > *Francisco J Jorge* > Born: 07 Dec 1872 Fajan Grande, Flores, Azores, Portugal > Died: 12 Dec 1863 Merced, Merced, California, USA > Note: Worked as farm laborer, worked on making the roads to Yosemite, and > was entrusted to bringing any gold found onsite back down from the > foothills. Immigrated to California in 1889, worked these various odd jobs > to purchase two farms in Merced, CA. He was an alfalfa and sweet potatoe > farmer. > > *Leopoldina Lucindo Freitas > *Born: 16 May 1884 Fajan Grande, Flores, Azores, Portugal > Died: 19 Mar 1973 Merced, Merced, California, USA > Note: Leopoldina's father was Jose Lucindo de Freitas according to the NY > Passenger listing. I know that her mother died young, as she delayed her > immigration to the US to marry Francisco, taking on her mother's > responsibilities. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
