Dear Michelle, Eric, Pam and "E",
Thank you all for your information. Michelle, special thanks for the time you spent helping me with this research. I know how much time it took you to retrieve all of this information!!! I've spent the last few years researching CCA records and spent less time researching in this country. It's obvious to me now that I don't know HOW to research correctly on Ancestry. I spent 2 days looking for this info and never found it......I always put in New Bedford and perhaps that was the problem although it showed up other cities just not the right ones! Perhaps I shouldn't have said New Bedford. I did see a record for a person that I though was Frank senior but since the wife was different I thought it was wrong. maybe I can locate it again since now I think it must have been his second wife..... I can't believe Annie died at 41 "after a long illness"!!!! Now I need to find her death record and see what killed her.......I know her Mom, my GGrandmother, Caterina Cabral Baptista/e, died of diabetes at 71. It's interesting that these records have the names so differently. Also, yesterday I tried a brief search on Diario do Noticias......I had NO luck at all and you found a lot! Did you just put in the family name with no dates? The change from Gracia to Gracie to Garcia is confusing to say the least! Now my question, since I've never searched "forward" will it be possible to locate any of the existing family through online records or is this as far as I can go? I never even knew this line of the family existed since my Dad and Uncle were estranged from their father and his family and Annie's mother and father were both dead before Dad and Uncle Johnny were born. Again my sincerest thanks for giving me such a large piece of this family puzzle! Also, since Annie had 4 daughters it may be possible in the future to have Caterina's MTDNA! Wow...that would be an amazing addition to my family "DNA library"! Best regards, Nancy Jean From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Gracia Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:13:32 -0700 Hello Nancy, As Elaine pointed out you may find some of their records with the spelling of their name differently than you know. As you can see from below there are some records with it spelled Garcia & Gracie. Marriage record: Names on record shown as Anna C. Baptiste (age 17) & Frank S. Gracie (age 24), married on 2/6/1911 in New Bedford. Frank was a Carpenter & Anna was at home. First marriage for both. Frank born in St. George & Anna in New Bedford. His parents shown as: Joseph S. & Anna R. (Silvia). Her parents: Antone F. & Katherine (Cabral). They were married by Priest, A.P. Vieira. NEHGS Vol: 602 ; Page: 286 Anna C. Baptista, born 2/81895 in New Bedford to Antone & Catrina B. Cabral. Father was a Mill Operative born in the Azores. Mother born in St. Mary's, Azores. NEHGS Vol: 448 ; Page: 239 Mary Gracia shown as Maria S. Garcia born 2/24/1911 in New Bedford to Francisco & Annie (Baptista). Francisco was a Carpenter at the time. Shows Francisco born in St. George & Annie in New Bedford. NEHGS Vol: 598 ; Page: 329 Annie Gracia shown as Anna Gracia born 4/25/1912 in New Bedford to Frank S. & Anna C. (Baptiste). Frank was a Carpenter. Shows Frank born in the Azores and Anna born in New Bedford. NEHGS Vol: 606 ; Page: 357 Regret Lillian & Frank, Jr's birth records arent on NEHGS yet because they only go to 1915 at this point. Article/Notice: Diario do Noticias newspaper on line at UMass Dartmouth dated 3/8/1941 mentioning Frank S. Garcia (Jr's) name, living at 22 Cottage Street joining the Military. Article/Notice: Diario do Noticias newspaper dated 1/8/1951 ... It mentions a "New Nurse" at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is the daughter of Frank S. Garcia. See directly below in Portuguese: NOVA ENFERMEIRA Acaba de tirar o curso de enfermeira interna, no Massachusetts General Hospital, em Boston, Miss Dorothy Garcia, filha do sr. Frank S. Garcia, de 22 Cottage St., So. Dartmouth. Notices: Well it looks like they had another daughter which would be Dorothy. Dorothy wasn't mentioned in the 1930 Census because it was dated April 18, 1930 & she was born 4/23/1930. Her birth notice is directly below... Notices: Diario do Noticias dated May 3 & May 5, 1930. De uma Creança do sexo feminino filha de Frank S. Garcia e Anna Baptista, South Dartmouth, nascida a 23 de Abril; Obit: Ana Baptista Garcia - October 7, 1936 - Died October 6, 1936 Na sua casa da rua Cottage, 22, South Dartmouth, faleceu ontem, depois de longa doença, a sra. Ana Baptista Garcia, esposa do sr. Frank S. Garcia e mãe de Frank S. Garcia Jr., Mary, Ana, Liliana e Dorothy Garcia todos de South Dartmouth. A extinta contava 41 anos o era natural de New Bedford e ha 10 que vivia naquela localidade e era paroquiana da igreja de Santa Maria de Padanaram. Era irmã do sr. João C. Baptista residente em Newport. (She was the sister of) O funeral a cargo da Casa Funerária Rogers, Sylvia & Aubertine, 129 Allen Street, realisa-se amanhã de manhã para a igreja do Santa. Maria, onde haverá missa de corpo presente e o seu cadáver será sepultado no cemitério de S. João Baptista desta cidade. Notice to marry: Diario do Noticias newspaper dated 7/27/1950. Roger William Tootle living at 5 Woodland Street, Providence, RI to Maria S. Garcia living at 22 Cottage St., South Dartmouth. Notice: Not sure if this is Frank Sr or Jr. - Dated 4/8/1948 —Realizou-se em Dartmouth, Mass., no dia 3 de Abril, o casamento do sr. Frank S. Garcia com a sra. Maria Francisco, ambos de South Dartmouth. Foi celebrante o Juiz de Paz sr. Thomas B. Hawes. I'm sure there are more Articles/Notices on the family but that's all I have time for this evening. Hope it helps. Regards, Michelle _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 -- 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."
