Hi Maria E, the two Muniz brothers parents were; FRANCISCO CARREIRO MUNIZ b 1803 Sao Roque,Sao Miguel MARIA JOAQUINA REA b 1803 Sao Pedro,Azores Best Wishes Chris
On Mar 24, 7:35 am, Maria Lima <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris: > > My husband also had two brothers that were on the Water Lily in 1853 from > Azores to Australia. They were gold miners in the Crestwick area. They were > teen agers also and through researching, I learned they went with their > father and the father's brother in law. The names were Jacintho Jose de > Lima and Jose Jacintho de Lima. The father was Antonio Jose de Lima and his > brother in law was J. Borges. > > That ship arriving in October (I think) was full of people from the Azores, > judging from the Portuguese names. Who knows that our ancestors might have > known and worked together. the Lima's were partners in The Humbug Hill > Sluicing Company. I don't know what happened to the company. Both brothers > returned to the Azores. One of them married an English girl, Charlotte > Staley who had an 8 year old son who had passed away. They were married > less than a year when Charlotte also died and he buried her in the same > site; I have picture of the gravestone. Charlotte was a fruitier and owned > a store on Albert Street. Jacintho advertised sale of the store in the > Crestwick and Clunes Register and Advertiser selling the store and > belongings and returned to the Azores after her death. > > Maybe, we will find some connection. > > Warm regards, > > Maria Elena (Lima) > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:49 AM, cmurray56 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please help, i dont know how to find records of people leaving Sao > > Roque in 1850's. How do i find these records? > > Francisco Joaquim Muniz b 1838 Sao Roque > > d 1899 Smythesdale,victoria,australia > > Manuel Carreio Muniz b 1827 Sao Roque, d 1882 Creswick, victoria, > > austrralia > > > Parents of the above are; > > Francisco Carreio Muniz b 1803 Sao,Roque > > Maria Joaquina b 1803 Sao Pedro > > > All the records in Australia are spelt MUNIZ. > > Thanks > > Chris > > > -- > > 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."- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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."
