Vivian, The book is called "Our Portuguese Heritage, an informal genealogy of the 3000 families on Martha's Vineyard." Marianne Holmes Thomas is the author. It was published by CHiP (The Community History Project) of Edgartown, MA. I bought the first two-volume set in 1996 for about $75. Its since been updated. I believe you can find the entire book online. Try googling Portuguese on Martha's Vineyard and see if it comes up. If not, google my name. The last time I did that, the fourth listing was my family's entry in the book.
I looked for Antone Rose and did not find him in the first edition. But, there were also some families with the surname Rosa, which you could check. Let me know if you find anything. Gayle -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com on behalf of Vivian Christy Sent: Wed 1/13/2010 6:52 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Gayle, I don't know about a book of Martha Vineyard's portuguese. My g. grandmother who was Mary (Rose) Silva was born in Mass. abt 1865-1875 I have been looking for her birth record but have not found it yet. Her father Antone Rose not sure when he was born but was born in the Azores. He started buying property abt 1880 in cottage city, Edgartown, Tisbury & Oak Bluffs. Because he ran away with another women and was never heard from again or thats the story we heard. His wife Antonia Rose do not know her maiden name. In 1985 our family was notified that property taxes had not been paid on the property left and was auctioned off. She was unable to pay the taxes and no one in our family was notified until it was to late. So I do not know much about that side of the family and could not find him in the census records. Don't know when he came to this country just that him, his wife and one son came here from the Azores. I did find some birth records for Mary Rose but the Mothers name does not match. I don't know what he did for a living either. I know we are suppose to have relatives there by the last name of Rose but have not made any connections yet. Just not enough info yet. Well someday maybe I will find out. Thanks for your help. Vivian (Silva) Christy --- On Wed, 1/13/10, Gayle Machado <gayle.mach...@fresnocitycollege.edu> wrote: From: Gayle Machado <gayle.mach...@fresnocitycollege.edu> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico To: azores@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:27 AM Vivian, If you have family from Martha's Vineyard, are they listed in the book about the Portuguese from Martha's Vineyard ? My dad had a cousin named Mary Silva (I have a picture of her and one of her children as an infant) but I know nothing about this side of the family. I seem to remember him saying she was a Morris cousin who married a Silva, but I couldn't swear to it. Also, supposedly, some of the family were Silveira's who changed their name to Silva. But, I have no info on any of them. Gayle -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
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