I know from an autobiography of my husband's grandfather that he stowed away on the Moses B Tower in October 1898 at age 18. Heading for Boston, was discovered and he says treated very badly -wrote about terrible storm that came and where he was placed on the ship. He was 18. he made it to America, became citizen. Whar a gift to find his notebook among my in law's possessions when they past away. It's a miracle it wasn't discarded.
Maria Elena On Mar 29, 2011, at 7:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Steve > > Patsy and I felt that our family left Soa Miguel not only for a better life > for their family, but so that their sons would not be drafted. Out family > left the island in 1880. I know that's about 15 years after your family, but > I did find in researching that young boys were being drafted at 14 years of > age. > > There is a bit of discrepancy with birth years from the ship's manifest and > the island birth records. They were younger on the ship's manifest making > them not eligible for the draft for another year or two. > > Ally > Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel > Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro Miguel, Faial > Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge > > > > In a message dated 3/29/2011 1:44:17 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > The family story is that "Caton" came to the US in 1865 or 66, having > "stowed away" on a whaling ship in order to avoid military > conscription. I have no idea if this is true, knowing how family > stories can mutate over time. But a quick glance at Portuguese history > shows no war going on at that time, so the draft dodging story seems a > bit suspect. > > -- > 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."
