At 08:49 PM 1/19/2012, you wrote:
Repost for Emil, silveira.emil at <http://gmail.com>gmail.com
I am just posting a hello to all. I have interest in Family from
Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Brazil and Terceira. I have been cleaning up
my files and have made many corrections. I keep monitoring the list
and all though silent most of the time, I check each post against my
recorded information.
Best to all
Emil
Emil Silveira
Currently Researching:
Names and Places;
Avila, Horta, Angustias, Faial
Silveira, Horta, Sao Salvador, Faial
Leal, Horta, Angustias, Faial
Vargas, Horta, Almoxarife, Faial
I, too, am searching for ancestors from Faial. One branch is,
according to information from my great-aunt, from Flamengos: family
names Pereira (da) Rosa, Silva, Fialho, Gonsalves.
The earliest dates I have are for Thomas Pereira Rose, b. 1833 in
Flamengos, Faial, d. 1929 in Fremont (Alvarado), CA. He married Maria
Claudina Fialho in Mission San Jose, CA, dau. of Joao Fialho and
Maria Claudina. According to the notes from my g-aunt: Thomas Rose
came to San Francisco on a whaling ship & jumped ship to go to the
gold fields during the Gold Rush. He returned to the Alvarado area
and bought 17 acres from George Patterson with proceeds from his gold
panning. After a few years he paid passage for Maria Claudina Fialho
to come from the Azores to marry him. He did not know her personally,
so in essence she was a "mail-order bride." She stayed with
relatives in Decoto (Union City) and he gave her six months to decide
if she wanted to marry him. The property remained in the family until
Thomas's daughter, Rita, sold it in 1958.
[Rita was the second child, born June 06, 1872, in Fremont
(Alvarado), CA, and died April 1967 in Fremont.] I do not (yet) have
birth and death dates for Thomas Pereira Rose, Jr., the oldest child.
Thomas & Maria Claudina's third child was my g-grandmother, Anna
Eugenia Pereira Rose (b. April 22, 1878, Fremont (Alvarado), CA; d.
December 31, 1963, Fremont). Anna Eugenia married Manuel Gonsalves da
Silva on Dec. 30, 1893, in Fremont (Centerville), CA. I have a
picture of my g-grandparents & their 7 living children from c. 1939
(my mother identified everyone in the picture for me); I knew my
G-Grandma Silva, though not well (I was 14 y.o. when she died).
Do any of these people sound familiar? For now, I am hypothesizing
that Maria Claudina Fialho came from Flamengos, Faial. I am not
certain what village Manuel Gonsalves da Silva was from, but he also
was an immigrant from Faial, possibly(?) Flamengos. Too bad I wasn't
interested in family history when my G-Grandma Silva was still alive. :-(
I am eagerly awaiting the time when the Faial records come on-line,
though I may be able to make a trip to Faial before that, given the
slow pace of digitizing and up-loading. |-O
Joan Jurancich
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