Cheri and Marcio, Thanks so much for all your help. I've learned a lot in the past few days thanks to you guys. You are right I'm lucky that I knew what freguesia Joao Pedro Tavares was born in. I'm fortunate enough that my parents are nearly 80 and still with us. When I started asking questions of my father a few years ago I realized that he had the key piece of the puzzle. Joao and Maria had 8 children all born in Fall River, Massachusetts. My dad barely remembered his grandfather because he died when my dad was 8 years old. The one thing he remembered was that Joao and Maria's youngest child Elvira, my dad's aunt, once told him that Joao Pedro Tavares was born in Agua de Pau. In 2003 I made plans to go to St. Michael in the summer of 2004, and found the village on a map. My dad then wrote a letter to the parish priest, Father Mota, [who has since died], and he located a second-cousin of my dad, living in Agua de Pau. Unfortunatly when I went to St. Michael in 2004, the man, Jose Almeida Tavares, was deceased, but I did meet his wife, Maria Tavares. She invited us into her home like family. Once I explained who I was she touched my face and began to cry. She said I had the "face of Tavares" and showed me several old photos of her husband. I read somewhere in the group postings that the Tavares' of Agua de Pau are famous for basket making. Well sure enough she gave me a hand woven picnic basket that her husband made, to take home. Since then we've returned to St. Michael 3 more times and always visit Mrs. Tavares. Every Christmas we exchange Christmas cards and photos. Thanks again for all the help! Bruce Tavares [btaz...@msn.com]
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:05:00 -0800 From: marcioborba_ge...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Tavares of Agua de Pau To: azores@googlegroups.com Hi, You can see the original record here, as # 52 http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SMLAGAPB1870-1879/SMLAGAPB1870-1879_item1/P191.html Paternal grandson of Pedro Tavares and Miquelina de Jesus Maternal grandson of João de Mello Bizarro and Tomasia da Encarnação Marcio Borba Feel the Azores... visit http://azorean-roots.blogspot.com --- Em ter, 30/11/10, btaz...@msn.com <btaz...@msn.com> escreveu: De: btaz...@msn.com <btaz...@msn.com> Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Tavares of Agua de Pau Para: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> Data: Terça-feira, 30 de Novembro de 2010, 3:34 Looking for info on my ancestors. My great-grandfather was Joao Pedro Tavares. He was born in the village of Agua de Pau on the island of St. Michael, Azores on June 12,1873. His father's name was Jose Pedro Tavares. His mother's name was Elena Ignocencia do Coracao de Jesus. He had three brothers. Pedro Tavares, who resided in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Jose and Serafim Tavares who stayed in the Azores. He immigrated to Fall River, Massachusetts approximately in 1893. He married Maria Pereira, whom he met in Fall River. She was born in Warwick, Bermuda. They had 8 children, including my grandfather, Alfred Tavares, who died when my dad was 2 years old. The only info I have is mostly from obituaries, and Joao Pedro Tavares' baptismal record that I located in an old book in the library in St. Michael a few years ago. I had it translated, and I obtained a lot of information from this document. I grew up in Fall River, but never heard a thing about my relatives in Bridgewater. I'd appreciate any further information. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
