My grandmother, Maria de Gloria Silveira from Praia do Almoxirife in Faial, came to Massachusetts in 1892. She lived there for about 8 years and then she lost her job in one of the mills. Her uncle, Manuel Vargas, lived here in Sacramento and he was friends with Francisco Jose Luis who had just lost his wife and was from Pedra Miguel a nearby area in the Faial. My grandmother was in her late twenties and not married. When she wrote and told her uncle that she had lost her job, I'm guessing he told her to come west and meet this widower he knew. She came across country by train and told my aunt that train robbers had tried to stop the train. She arrived in Sacramento and shortly after married my grandfather, Francisco Jose Luis and became step-mother to his 6 almost grown children. She had 4 children of her own, two of which died in infancy.
Mary Ann M. -----Original Message----- From: Mary Bordi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Jan 24, 2011 10:18 am Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel from Azores to West Coast or West Coast to Azor... Something else I should have added to my post about my great grandfather coming by train from Massachusetts to California is that we are fairly certain that he already had at least one brother and maybe cousins here in California. He only stayed in Massachusetts to pay off his passage to the US. I really would like to know who the first one was who came and maybe I will find out someday. Mary Bordi On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: thank-you mary this is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Most of my azorean ancestors settled in Fall River, Swansea, and New Bedford. In my attempts to locate any that may have headed West. I am fascinated with how our azorean peoples migrated with little to nothing after leaving the islands and got to California and elsewhere. best, grace In a message dated 1/23/2011 7:04:02 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: (3) Any thing else of interest you may have regarding this journey would be helpful. I am not sure this is what you are looking for but... My great grandfather (from Sao Jorge) came to Massachusetts around 1871 and worked several years there before coming to California. When he did, he came by train and he told my mother that the Indians "played tricks" on the train as they were passing by. Mary Bordi -- 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." -- 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." -- 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." -- 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."
