In some old family letters in Portuguese dated 1913-1938 to my great- grandmother in Northern California (a native of Ponta da Fajã Grande das Flores) I've found the following names, which I've listed alphabetically below, along with year(s) of letter(s); some names have different spellings in different letters. All the letters except one are from Ponta, and all but two have dates.
Please let me know if you recognize any of these names! Also, has anyone ever heard of a place near Fajã Grande called "Grota Seca" (= dry cave or grotto)? Obrigada, Katharine. ARMAS, Fernando - 1920 FRAGA, João de Freitas de - undated FURTADO, Isabel [Oakland, CA.] - 1921 FURTADO, Manuel Luiz - 1936, '38 LIZANDRO, José - 1921, '36 LIZANDRO, Manuel - undated REIS, Srs. de - 1923 RODRIGUES, Antonio - 1938 SERPA, Ignácio - undated SILVEIRA, Ana Floripes (Floripe, Fluripas) da - 1917, '20, '21, '26 SILVEIRA, Maria Mateus (Matheus) da - 1913, '15, '23, '25, '26, '38 VALADÃO (Valladão), Antonio - 1913, '26, undated VALADÃO, João - 1921, '23, '26, undated VALADÃO, José - 1921 VALADÃO, José Antonio - undated VALADÃO, Senhor - 1913 Mentioned without surnames (alphabetically by first name here, Portuguese-style): Conceição - 1925 José Caetano - 1926 José Inácio da Levada - undated Jose Ignaçio da Lucenda [?] - 1925, '26 Manoel (or Manuel) Caetano - 1915 Manuel Inácio - 1926 Maria Joaquina (aunt) - 1913 Senhora Pulcena Roza - 1938 -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
