Thanks Debbie. My dad got them all. Found out Bill didn't have a tombstone, so he had one installed. Baby Manuel doesn't have a headstone though.
Cheri On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Debra Wolgemuth <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheri, > > I live about 45 minutes from Hemet. Would you like me to drive to the > cemetery sometime and take pictures of the headstones? It seems to be quite > popular with my ancestors in the South (Georgia, Florida). Let me know the > cemetery name and I'll stop by to take pictures and e-mail them to you. > > *Debbie Wolgemuth* > Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel), > Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown) > Immigrated to: Merced, CA > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:47:50 -0700 > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Lost and Found > To: [email protected] > > > Story has it that my ancestors, who came to America had a total of 6 kids. > Four of the boys lived to adulthood. One handwritten note exists from a > daughter-in-law that states "Baby girl born in RI (crossed out) Cal. passed > away very little. - Baby boy born in RI was only a few days old." My > great-grandma's will states that she had 3 living children (at the time of > her will) and one son who died in 1965 and two other children who died in > infancy. Six is the magic number. And my ancestors weren't in RI, they > were in New Bedford, MA. I think that part of the story is mixed up. > > Dick Eastman put out a blurb last month from the Hemet-San Jacinto (CA) > Genealogy Society. They are doing a centennial book. My ancestors settled > and died there. So I got after my dad (age 76) to start writing. I called > one of the contacts today about the submission and other particulars. She > goes and pulls out her cemetery book. I didn't know that they had one. She > says that George and Louise Mello are buried there (my grandparents). She > said William & Lois R. Mello are buried there (my aunt & uncle). She said > Manuel & Gloria Mello are there (my greats - the ones from Ribeira das > Tainhas). AND IN THAT PLOT IS ANOTHER MANUEL!!!! > > My dad got the cemetery records for me about a year ago. One thing about > most workers - they give you what you asked for. He didn't ask for any lost > Manuels. He only got his parents, grandparents, and aunt and uncle. No > other Manuel. Now to figure out when this Manuel was born and died. > Probably in the 19teens when some records were hit and miss. > > Pretty good though. I now have the name of one of the missing children! > It only took 18 years for that one! LOL > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[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 > [email protected]<azores%[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." > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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."
