My grandfather, Miguel Seriqui chased a lady named Maria Rocha to Boston. They married in 1878. It was her second marriage and his first. They both said they were from Fayal although we always thought Miguel was born in Terceira. They had a daughter Maria Sereque in 1881 in Boston. We were always told that she died, yet there is no record of her death in the Massachusetts Vital Records. One of this group's members told me that Miguel was in Fayal in 1886 but I can't find anymore out about that trip. Now I wonder if Maria Rocha went back to the Azores and took baby Maria with her. Did she die there and that's why Miguel was in Fayal then? Does anyone have any information on a Maria Rocha who would have been at least ten years older than Miguel (maybe born in the late 1840s?). Thanks in advance- - Shirl -
Rick, I have a relative that I am related to thru my Machado side who is a Rocha. She is in Tulare CA. Jeanetta From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Naming Traditions of the Azores Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:09:38 -0400 Good Article. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, New Hampshire, USA Researching Bretanha, Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande, Achade Grande, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores for, Pimentel (Costa), Carvalho, Teixeira, Rocha -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Cardoza Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:30 AM To: Azores Google Group Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Naming Traditions of the Azores Hi Everyone Cheri Mello and I have put together a new document, "Naming Traditions of Our Azorean Ancestors". It is on the Azores GenWeb site at http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/naming.html. Hopefully this article will prove to be helpful to many of you newer researchers. The article includes information on: Method of choosing surnames Female surnames and/or religious names Variant spellings Use of da, de, do, das, dos, and d' Miscellaneous "rules", often broken rules Kathy Cardoza Coordinator, Azores GenWeb -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html Climb my Family Tree: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Kathy/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 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." To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- 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." To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started. -- 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." To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- 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." To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
