Azoreans used both methods, "rounding the horn," and "overland." In the latter 19th century, several of my relatives ended up in CA after having migrated to HI. Some worked out their contracts in HI, and stayed, others opted for the mainland, most to CA. One "rounded the horn" on route to HI, but had to disembark in San Francisco because of a sick child, and, there they remained.
My grandfather's first trip to the US was in 1907; he landed at Ellis Island, NY, then traveled overland to California. Considering that he was 26 y/o at the time, he must have had the adventure of a lifetime. He made two more trips to the US (East Coast), before immigrating with his wife and 6 children in 1924. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Oct 19, 7:07 pm, Lorinda <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to > California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no > other way off before air planes LOL), but did they complete the trip > around So. America and up to California by boat or did they disembark > in New York/Boston and travel by land to California? I've been trying > to find a passenger list with my grandfather/great-grandmother on it > but haven't had any success. > > Lorinda Baker Sevenans (my grand-father Joseph Lewis (Luiz) grew up in > Fairfield, CA) -- 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."
