Hi Tony, Cheri must be out of town since she hasn't answered you so I'll try to give you some info to further your research.
I don't know what types of records you have in NZ to trace Immigrants but I'm sure that there are some. You need to try and see if Francisco/Frank became a citizen and perhaps those papers will give you an Island to search, at least. Try to get all of the paper available on him and his wife; will, birth/baptisms of children, marriage record if in NZ. How about his obit, death certificate etc. If he became a citizen there should be some kind of paperwork that was filled out at the time renouncing the King of Portugal. They only way to find out the Island name other than by oral history is by his paper trail. Hopefully one of the papers left behind will have your clue. You really will not be able to search in the Azores until you at least have an Island name. Hopefully this will get you started! Rosemarie > Hello Cheri, My great grandfather is reputed to have come from the Azores > as a sailor/whaler and apparently jumped ship here in NZ. Unfortunately, > not a lot is known about him. We think he anglicised his name to Francis > Joseph. My query to you is this, can you give me any clues as to what it > may have been before the change? We have no idea which island he may have > come from. From his marriage certificate I see he was 57 years old when > he married a very much younger woman here in New Zealand. They had only > one child. The marriage certificate just says he was born in Portugal. I > worked out he was he was born in 1822. Perhaps some one in the group may > know something anyway here's hoping on this very "long shot". Thanks, Tony > > --- On Thu, 7/7/11, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigrants to Canada are Online > To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 7, July, 2011, 4:38 AM > > > Dick Eastman posted this today about immigrants to Canada (1865-1935) from > the Library and Archives Canada (LAC): http://goo.gl/oPnPp > > -- > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > > #yiv1808238421 #yiv1808238421avg_ls_inline_popup{padding:0px > 0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;font-size:10px;text-align:left;line-height:130%;} > > -- > 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."
