Thanks Anita for your own interesting story. Yes, I did try using the Francisco Jose moniker but so far no luck with that even. We suspect he angliscised his name which may make it harder to trace and even more so if he has dropped off the last "portion" of his birth name or changed it completely as some did!. I haven't been able to find which ship he supposedly jumped from either which doesn't help. I did read when scanning the shipping records, there were instances of escaping sailors drowning in their attempt to jump ship. Guess I'll just to be patient and apparently I am not, judging by the re-action from my sister & niece when we shopped for clothes for my mother yesterday. I'll leave women to shop alone in future lol. Tony
--- On Wed, 23/5/12, anitawanita <[email protected]> wrote: From: anitawanita <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Francis Joseph To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 23, May, 2012, 2:50 AM Hi Tony, My GG Grandfather was also from Flores, Azores (Ponta Delgada)... Left as 14yr old & jumped from a whaling ship in Wellington at about 18yrs. Eventually became naturalised & married an English Settlers' daughter - they had 9 children in NZ. We found that his name changed from the original, perhaps officially when signing his naturalisation documents...The NZ family knew him as Manuel Jose Bernard, yet he was Jose Bernardo de Almeida at birth. He has a few relatives also called Francisco Jose, but the DOB does not match - could be a cousin! We've pieced together much of Manuels tree re ancestors thanks to this group & 'Azores Nation' website... Still hoping to find some more of his siblings & their descendants. Let us know how you get on, Anita On May 19, 3:49 pm, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > Francis Joseph was born in 1833, some where in the Azores. His Father was > carpenter named Antonio. We don’t know the name of his Mother. Francis > left the Azores as a young boy and > spent some years on whaling ships before “jumping ship” in New Zealand. He > was then 34 years old and spent the next 50 years living here. He never > became a naturalised citizen of New Zealand. In 1883, at the age of 50 > years he married an English woman in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand > and they had 3 children. Francis died there in August 1917 aged 84 years. > We do not know which island he came from and if anyone in the room has any > connection or knowledge of him or his family I’d be very grateful to hear > from you. He is my Gt Grandfather. > My Uncle who knows less than I do told me that about 30 years ago a lady from > America came looking for our family. Perhaps we have some American > relatives? Thanks, Tony -- 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." -- 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."
