Yes, Sao Roque is only 4 km from downtown Ponta --close enough to walk. My father was born there.
Nancy Sent from my iPhone On May 12, 2012, at 11:14 PM, jojo8...@comcast.net wrote: > Hi, > > If I'm not mistaken, Sao Roque is the next town just east of Ponta Delgada > along the waterfront. I think that one of the areas is called Rosta de Cao. > > We drove through there on the way to Povoacao. > Joanne Souza > > > > From: "Betty" <bbffr...@comcast.net> > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:36:56 AM > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel > > Hello, > > I've been wondering which other villages bordered on Ponta Delgada, Sao > Miguel, and I wasn't having any luck with finding a good map for Sao Miguel > on-line. But, I just tried again, just searching for "Sao Roque, Sao > Miguel" and found a Google map which shows Ponta Delgada with some of the > villages very near it. > > http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&q=%22Sao+Roque,+Sao+Miguel%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xb5cd53d0607f475:0xbf373fd412775601,Sao+Roque,+Portugal&gl=us&ei=XjquT62GEIXc0QGKy7yIDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ8gEwAA > > Some I see are: Sao Sebastiao, Sao Jose', Santa Clara, etc. > > My husband's grandfather, Antonio / Anton PACHECO came from Sao Roque, with > a father, Joao PACHECO. I've never had time to find out about other > members of that family. So, I don't know if Joao and Jacintha (COSTA?) > had more children. When "Tony" left for Massachusetts ~1905 as a > 20-yr-old, I don't know who he traveled with, and I don't know who he came > to visit. > > (I've mentioned before that, when Tony was killed in a car accident in 1929, > leaving a widow, pregnant with twins, and 5 young children, his wife (born > Elsie MOURA) was probably very angry being left in this predicament. She > hardly ever spoke about him again, and told her grandchildren that the other > PACHECO's in Cambridge, MA, were not related to them. When I posted > queries, I heard from a researcher who said they .were. related.) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." -- 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."
