Celeste. Holt is still there on Roberts Island on Highway 4 a few miles west of Stockton. It was the stop for the factory of Holt Manufacturing Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Manufacturing_Company
This was a major asparagus farming area. There were large numbers of seasonal workers required, so labor brokers in Oakland and other areas advertised in the Portuguese community for workers. Eric Edgar On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:02 PM, celeste perry <[email protected]> wrote: > My maternal grandmother, Maria Jose Ferreira Dinis, traveled from > Terceira via white Star Line, S.S. Cretic to the US in 1915. She is the one > I could not find entering via Ellis Island. > > Elaine found her entering via the port of Boston. She was going to: "her > father, Joao Ferreira Dinis; in Holt Station, San Joaquim." Her father was > working in San Gregorio which is half way between Half Moon Bay and Santa > Cruz on the California border with the Pacific Ocean. > > I found someone who worked for the railroad and asked about Holt Station. > I was told that was a station in 1915 just outside Stockton, CA. I have not > followed up on that information to see if the station still exists. > > I also have a complicated story about my maternal grandfather; however, he > left Lisbon for the US in 1913. > > Celeste, Hayward, CA > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > > --- On *Sun, 1/23/11, [email protected] <[email protected]>* wrote: > > (3) Any thing else of interest you may have regarding this journey would be > helpful. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[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." > -- 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."
