Thanks so much, Eric.  It is a puzzle!!  Diane

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:59 PM, eric edgar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Diane,
>
> I don't think the Jose Machado Soares on the shiplist for the Patria of
> 1902 is the gggrandfather. If you go to the actual page on the source
> citation, it shows he is on the detained list. Now if you go back to  page 4
> of the actual shiplist , there is more information.It shows his destination
> is Glouchester to the care of Francisco S Machado.. He travels with Maria de
> Conceicao aged 72, and Maria Amelia Mathilde aged 23. It shows his previous
> trip to the US was in 1897. This person was not a US citizen, as evidenced
> by his being held as a "Alien for Special Inquiry"
>
> None of this matches with your other information. He was already using the
> name Sears in 1883, so it's unlikely he would revert to the Soares. See
> attached birth record.
>
> Have you tried ordering a death certificate for him?
>
> My Soares family ( actuall Silveira Soares) is from Lajes , Pico.
>
>   On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Diane Lavely <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  That is my tree.  But I am unable to find further background, and that
>> is what I am seeking.  Thanks.  Diane
>>
>>   On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:39 PM, eric edgar <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>   iDiana.
>>>
>>> Ancestry.com has a Family Tree with this family. You can find it as
>>> Lavely/Hillman/Hiltz/Soares Family Tree
>>> It doesn't show the place in the Azores they come from, but is shows he
>>> is Jose Machado Soares 24 July 1833-12 May 1905 and she is Joaquina Maria
>>> Laurencia 1842-1922.. They have photos of them.
>>> ERic Edgar
>>>   On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Diane Lavely 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Looking for information about my great grandparents, Jose M. Soares,
>>>> and his wife Joaquina M. ??
>>>>
>>>> They were both born in the Azores.  One of their children, Maria
>>>> Laurencia Soares (aka Mary L. Sears) was my grandmother.  She was born
>>>> in Cambridge, Mass., USA 10/23/1883.  Her parents were both born in
>>>> the Azores,  That is all that I know about them.  Does anyone have any
>>>> info, or can you point me in a reasonable direction??  Thanks.
>>>>
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