Greetings, I am new to the group and new to searching for ancestors. I wonder if you all could help me get further information as I have exhausted everything I know about or understand how to do at this point.
I am researching the line of my husband's grandparents João de Souza Domingos (b.6 Jul. 1881) and Lipordinha R. Costa (b. 1891?). My husband's grandfather João came to the Cambridge, MA on the Peninsular on 18 Sep. 1896 (or 1898) and again in 1905. João married (4 Apr. 1910) Lipordinha R. Costa (b. 1891) and lived in Hudson, MA before moving to Somerville during the 1920's. João's parents are Pasqual Domingos (or Domingues) who married Maria Jose (b. 1864 - one record says she was born in Lagoa). I believe the family is from São Miguel (some records say Ponta Delgada, others say Matriz.) Other children of Pasqual and Maria Jose are Manuel de Souza Domingos (b. 1883) Louis de Sousa Domingos (b. 1889) Maria de Sousa Domingos (b. 1891) Albert de Souza Domingos (1893-1952) Laura Souza Domingos (b. 1897) Lipordinha's parents are Maria Santos and Manuel J. Costa (b. ~1855). Lipordinha reportedly came to the US in 1906. Her sisters are Adelina and Marianna who both married Manuel Custodio (Marianna died in childbirth). I believe they may have had a brother named Antone. Lipordina was also known as Pauline. The last name Domingos was Anglicized to Domings by the 1930 census. Joao (aka John) and Lipordinha's (aka Pauline) Domingos' children are Laura (b. 1911) Louis (b. 1912) Mary (b. 1915) William (b. 1916) Arthur (b. 1920) Edward (b. 1922) Gloria (b. 1929) Robert (b. 1930) (my f-i-l) I have three questions or things that are puzzling me at the moment that I would like the groups help with: 1) The surname Domingos or Domingues? Although I have records that João has written his name "Domingos," I recently found information on a Maria Jose Domingues traveling to the US multiple times under the spelling Domingues. She lists her son Manuel (similar address in Cambridge and the correct occupation) as her contact in the US so I'm pretty sure it is her. I'm not sure which spelling is correct (Domingos or Domingues), as there seem to be records for both spellings. People from Sao Miguel tell me that the surname is most commonly spelled Domingues there with Domingos commonly being a first name. 2) The de Souza (or Sousa) name. A lot of the siblings of Joao had the middle name which is actually how I found them. Would this be their mother's maiden name or could it be another ancestor's name? I see lots of people talking about others who use this middle name with a different surname. I wonder if it is simply common or could there be a link? 2) Ship's manifest for Lipordina I have not found the ships manifest for Lipordinha's of the other Costas' arrival. I did find a manifest of the Romanic from 4 Jul 1906. This keeps coming up but the name is Leopoldina Costa who is reported to be 7 years old in 1906. The mother's name was right and they reported to be meeting a Manuel Costa in Taunton, MA. The confusing part of that is that she reported being 19 in 1910 when she got married, so I'm not sure it is her. The name Lipordina (or Lipordinha or Leopoldina) is unique enough that it keeps making me wonder. Any insight anyone might provide is greatly appreciated Do any of these names sound familiar to anyone? Do you have any advice? I have very little information on the Costas. I believe they were from São Miguel as well although I'm not positive. Someone told me that many of the people who ended up in Hudson, MA were from Santa Maria. I wonder about that as well. All of this came from Family Search.org and Ancestry. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Yvonne Domings -- 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."
