Wow, Debbie!!! My great-uncle John's wife, born Leopoldina Fagundes in 1881 in California -- daughter of Francisco and Virginia, immigrants from the Azores, though on which island as yet unknown to me -- was listed in one of the US Census enumerations with the first name "Lena," although she later switched to "Pauline." I'm uncertain where she died, although she's buried in Turlock, and in the 1930 Census her widower and two of their children were all living in Merced County. Any chance she's the same Leopoldina as yours?
Also, did we already establish our being related? My father's maternal grandmother was born Isabel T. Jorge in Ponta da Fajã Grande, Flores, in 1854. I can send you her baptismal info privately, if you wish. Katharine. On Jan 30, 4:40 pm, Debra Wolgemuth <[email protected]> wrote: > While living in America, my great grandmother (Ava), Leopoldina always went > by Lena and great grandfather (Voo), Francisco went by Frank. > > Debbie Rodrigues Wolgemuth > > Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel), > Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown) > Immigrated to: Merced, 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."
