Jose Henriques da Silveira's second wife, Ignacia Florinda da Silva, is the sister of Manuel Pereira da Silva who is my husband, Bob's, great-grandfather. You knew that, Emil, I don't know if Joy knew it. Celeste, Hayward, CA
Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Fri, 10/15/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Silveira, De Silva Family To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 7:07 AM #yiv502627210 {height:100%;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;} Hi Joy, It appears that you have located my documentation somewhere of my great-grandfather Jose Henriques Silveira and his wife Dona Carlota Joaquina Alcantara e Silveira. She was also his first cousin. They married after Jose Henriques returned to Faial in 1863 from a 29-year tour of service in Brazil. He had been involved in silver mining and the export of Mahogany and other fine woods while there. Dona Carlota Joaquina Alcantara was born Jun 15, 1818 in Sao Salvador, Horta, Faial. She also died there on Apr 08, 1882. Her mother, my 2nd great- grandaunt, was Francisca Joaquina born Feb 13, 1796 and died Jul 29, 1868 in Santa Catarina, Castelo Branco, Faial. Francisca Joaquina had Dona Carlota Joaquina after an affair with a Calholic Priest. He appears now to have possibly been your great-great grandfather, Agostinho Silveira. Everything else seems to fit my family’s account of the story. My family account did reflect that he was a Spanish Priest , but I believed this to be inaccurate, no one really knew who he was. Emil Emil Silveira ----- Original Message ----- From: Joy Hughes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:58:39 -0000 (UTC) Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Silveira, De Silva Family Many thanks Cheri for your quick reply. I actually have quite a lot of information on the descendants of Augustine (Agostinho) Silveira and have a photo of his grave after visiting Samoa in July this year but the big problem is getting information prior to his arrival in Samoa. My great great grandfather was Augustine (Agostinho) SILVEIRA. I guess he was born around 1880s or 1890s. He was a Catholic Priest on Faial, Azores (and possibly Flores as well) but left the priesthood and took a job on a whaling ship for possibly 7 yrs then in 1840s jumped ship at Lotofaga, Upolu, Samoa. He married in March 1852 the paramount chief"s (Matafa Iosefa) niece, Maria Malaisala. Her father was High Chief Tusani Malaisala. Augustine and Maria (or Mary) Silveira had 6 children all born in Samoa. The names were as follows: 1. Manuel Silveira born Mar 18 1848 married Caroline Scanlon (descendants moved to NZ and USA) 2. Catherine "Anna" Silveira born June 25 1853, married Capt Montgomery Betham (descendants moved to NZ, Australia, Germany, & USA) 3. Joseph Silveira born 1885 died 1856 4. Joseph Silveira born 1857 5. Mary Silveira born 1862 married ? Kopsch & lived in Leipzig Germany 6. Luisa Silveira born 1865 married Samuel Kronfeld and lived in NZ (descendants moved mostly to NZ) Sometime after living in Samoa the family changed their surname to de Silva as Agostinho nominated my great grandfather, Capt Montgomery Betham (husband of Catherine "Anna" Silveira) as executor of his will and Agostinho signed his name "de Silva" at this time. While the following isn't proved, it seems Augustine (Agostinho) had an illigitimate child and this daughter probably was Dona Carlota Joaquina De Alcantara who was born 15.6.1818 in Horta, Faial and orphaned by her mother and Spanish Priest father. She was given to be raised by parishioners Francisco Joaquina and his wife Rosa Joaquina. They appeared to be her uncle and aunt. She signed her name Carlota Joaquina de Alcantara e Silveira when married to Jose Henriques da Silveira born 18.6.1821. The headstone of her grave in the new cemetery, Carmo, Horta, Faial, Azores (Grave V-100) reads, "D Carlotta Joaquim Gutieirez Silveira born June 15 1848, died 8 April 1882. She and her husband had no children. My questions are: 1. Does anyone see any connection to the names Agostinho Silveira, Dona Carlota Joaquina De Alcantara, Francisco Joaquina, Rosa Joaquina. or Jose Henriques da Silveira? 2. At what age did Azorean men generally join the Catholic priesthood? If Agostinho was born in Faial, Azores, would he be called a Spanish Priest? 3. I would dearly love to find out Augustine's (Agostinho) birthdate, parents & siblings. I just do not know where to turn next in my search. Can anyone suggest where I could go next? I really can't get details from his death in Samoa. Regards, Joy Hughes -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. 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