Oakland and the surrounding areas still have a large portuguese population. The surrounding areas would include Hayward, Milpitas,and Alameda. Further down, there are San Jose and Santa Clara.There are still some large portuguese celebrations held in those areas. As for the Wine Country, that would be Napa and Sonoma counties and would include towns such as Napa, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Petaluma and Bodega Bay. Back in the day, there were a lot of dairies in those area also and many portuguese were milkers on them. Good luck with your search Mary Ann In a message dated 1/17/2010 2:55:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bbffr...@comcast.net writes:
Hello, I found out last year that Francisco "Frank" MOURA and his family probably lived in Oakland, CA. And I believe that is right beside San Francisco. So, I'm curious if there was and is a large Portuguese / Azorean community there. "Elsie" MOURA arrived in Boston, MA ~1905, and possibly with a sister, Rosa MOURA, both young girls. I don't know who they traveled with. Their mother and younger sister, Carolina, arrived ~1910 to join them. They had 2 brothers, Francisco MOURA and Manuel MOURA, and I only have tidbits of information on them. I'm guessing they arrived shortly after 1910. I don't know if they lived in different MA cities before they left the state. "Manny" moved to Brooklyn, NY, where census shows other MOURA families lived. But, "Frank" moved to reportedly "wine country" in CA. I found out it was probably Oakland. "Elsie" was my (now) husband's grandmother. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) -- 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." -- 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."
