I would like to find my relatives in the Azores. My grandmother told me that we were decendants of royalty. Did my relatives go into hiding during the 1910 revolution?
My grandfather Antonio Texeira Avila is from Manadas, Azores, where he was born on April 1, 1891. He is the brother of Mrs. Mary Cardoza of Santa Clara, California, Rose, Morris, Hilmar, Manuel, John and Mary Avila of Azores Islands. My grandmother Maria Silva was born in Erie, PA on August 23, 1900. Her brother Tony Silva was born October 3, 1901. My grandmother Maria’s father is Manuel Anthony Silva (Silver, used by some of her siblings in PA.) came from the Azores where he was born in 1871. My grandmother Maria’s mother Mary Marshall (Machada, was used on a legal document, not Marshall) was born in 1878. In 1906, Mary Marshall (Machado) took my grandmother Maria and her younger brother Tony Silva to Sao Jorge, Azores to live with their grandparents. She abandoned them. After their grandparents died, my grandmother Maria and her brother Tony Silva lived in a castle with their aunt, a countess till she was murdered. My grandfather Antonio Texeira Avila and my grandmother Maria Silva came to America in October 1920. They married November 10, 1920 in Newman, California. My grandmother’s father Manuel Anthony Silva died in 1948 and my grandmother’s mother Mary Marshall died in 1955. My grandfather Antonio Texeira Avila died in Petaluma, California November 3, 1955 and my grandmother Maria Silva died April 2, 1973. My grandmother’s brother Tony Silva died October 3, 1965. They are all buried at Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma, California. Antonio Texeira Avila 1891 – 1955 Maria Silva 1899 or 1900 Manuel Anthony Silva 1871 – 1948 Mary Marshall (Machado) 1878 - 1955 -- 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."
