Hi Elaine, The name could also be an abreviated form of Alvernas??......I know that surname is found in Pedro Miguel, Faial...and probably in many other villages.
Susan Vargas Murphy [email protected] Mar 30 03:53AM ^ Cheri, Erastus Bartlett was the person he went to work for when he came to the US. Jose(ph) nameshim as his "adopted" father but I have a feeling he never adopted him but he took his surname for US records (you know the Portuguese naming thing). He is listed in 1870 living with Erastus and family as a farm worker under the name Jose Alvis. I lucked out finding one of his children's birth records that showed he came from Faial/Fayal; otherwise I don't think there are any other records showing where in the Azores he came from. I also think his real name was Jose Alves. Any Alves from Faial? He came to this country about 1865/70 as far as I can tell. I checked ship manifests but no luck, maybe NEPS site will have something? The family also believes he might have been born Jose Gerevas but the only Jose Gerevas I have been able to find in the one in CA and it is not the same person. "E" - -- 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.
