Trying to narrow down a death date. In interviews of a 90-something year old cousin (though another cousin), he remembers his grandfather dying after his marriage in 1945. He can't recall if it was before or after the birth of a particular child in the 1950s. I was told this ancestor died in the 1960s (1961) and my cousin, Altino, in Canada, was told in 1966 or there abouts. So my answer is between 1945 and 1966. Although I sent Joao Ventura to look in the 1960s, he didn't find it.
Altino was told, by this uncle, that there was a flood in Povoacao, the year our ancestor died. So they had to guess at his age and they made him 101 or 105 (I'm mixing up the stories between my American end and Altino's Canadian end). The ancestor was born in 1861. So initially, I took it at face value. But in pressing the grandson who, today, is in his early 90s, he can only state that it happened after his marriage in 1945 and there was a big flood in Povoacao. Around June or July. They were harvesting wheat (OK, I'm from America - I thought wheat came from really flat areas, like Kansas!). I tried googling for floods in Povoacao, but I only find the mudslide from the 1990s. But this ancestor died the year of the big flood in Povoacao. Is there any history buff on this list that knows of a flood in Povoacao in the after 1945 through the 1960s? I'm guessing because my ancestor died in Vila Franca that they couldn't get word to Povoacao due to the flood to get his birth to figure out his exact age. And I'm guessing that a guy in his 90s can look like a guy in his 100s back in the 1940s, 50s, or 60s. Thanks, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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."
