I am interested in your story about your great grandfather who came here from
the Azores in the late 1800's with a brother.
I too am looking for information on my grandfather. The similarity is the name
Gerevas, Gerevasio, etc.
My grandfather was known as Jerry (anglicized) Telles. His actual first name
was Gervasio and he left the Azores as a young boy with a 23 year old male
relative ( cousin or brother) on a small whaling vessel bound for the U.S.
Somehow he ended up in California and married my grandmother Maria Adelina
Tavares in 1875. Story has it that he went to Brazil first.
My thought to you is this: You mentioned his surname became anglicized to
Gerevas or Gervasio. That is precisely the name my Portuguese grandfather had
as his first (given) name. It is a pretty unusual name. I am suggesting that
Gervasio might have been your great grandfather's first name.
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By the way, my grandfather Gervasio (Jerry) Telles died in 1913 in California
at the Southern Pacific Hospital in San Francisco.
Please let me know if you think there are any further similarities.
Anyone else have any info?
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