I've posted what I know here before and unfortunately, what leads I got have been dead ends. What I do know:
Antonio Dutra b 1827 in the Azores - we believe Faial, maybe Flamengos, but are not sure. He died 7 Apr 1894 in Sacramento CA Katherine (Katie) or Catarina J. Silva b 23 Jul 1845 in the Azores. Died 28 Oct 1902. Married in Sacramento 14 April 1867 The book entry says his last name is Dotria - I have a copy. These were my great grands. Katie Silva Dutra was NOT an Escobar. With all the same names in the Sacramento area, I am always seeing my father, grandfather and great grandparents in someone else's tree! Antone Joseph Dutra b 3 Oct 1877 in Freeport, CA d 8 May 1936 in Sacramento, CA. Wilhelmina Anna Kaminsky b 2 Nov 1883 in Sacramento, CA d 9 Oct 1963 in Sacramento. They married 5 May 1908 in Sacramento. Their family home was on E Street. I visited my grandmother there often. My grandfather died before I was born. I do not know how the great grands got to the area. Once census says they were from the Sandwich Islands, which I understand was how Hawaii was often referred to - all other censuses say they were from the Azores. The Dutras were a farming family and owned a large ranch outside of Stockton, California. They seem to move back and forth from the farm to Sacramento. They had the following children: Marian b 1880 Sacramento m Joseph H. Goulard (6 children) Rose b 1876 Sacramento m William Rico (no children) Mary b 1869 never married Antone Joseph b 1873 Freeport m Wilhelmina Anna Kaminsky (children: Anthony Joseph, Jr (my father), Edna Cecilia, Frank Robert, and Marcel Ernest.) Joseph M - b 1875 - He drowned while swimming in the Sacramento River when he was 21. I have contacted the local Catholic churches in both the area of their farm and in Sacramento and they have no information (or maybe they don't want to look it up for me). I was born and raised in Sacramento but since my grandfather was already dead and my grandmother was not Portuguese, I was not exposed to any Portuguese traditions, clubs or places. My father and his siblings were not involved in the Portuguese community that I can remember. I married and moved away a LONG time ago. I knew both of my father's brothers and my aunt well. I remember meeting my great aunts Rose and Mary. I don't remember Marian, but am now in contact with some of her Goulard descendants. Her son's wife passed away recently and had been a good source of information about where the family lived. Marian Dutra and Joseph H. Goulard were married on the family farm outside of Stockton. That's what I know. After looking for a LONG time for information on my Portuguese ancestry, I did the DNA test. I persuaded my brother to do the Y-DNA test. I'm still after one of my 3 cousins (I only have 3 - all males) to also do the test. When I got my brother's test back - haplogroup T1 and no matches. My ancestors must have just appeared from no where!! Again, I echo Cheri Mello, PLEASE, EVERYONE, GET TESTED!! On Friday, August 24, 2012 11:25:50 AM UTC-7, Shirley Allegre wrote: > > Who are your Portuguese great grandparents? Do you know where they are > from? How did they get to America? > > Shirley in CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kathy P <javascript:> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2012 9:07 AM > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] FamilytreeDNA test > > Everyone should test! The more people who do, the better chances we have > of breaking down those brick walls! I did the FamilyFinder test and have > been busily working with new found cousins! I now have pictures of my > great grandparents, and some solid leads on the parents of my great > grands. HOWEVER, this is my non-Portuguese mother's family. I had my > brother do a 37-marker Y-DNA test and it came back with no matches! > Please, guys, test - I need Portuguese cousins to track beyond my great > grands!!! Who knew that my family was "rare"...Test!!!!!!! > > > Kathy > Genealogists never die, they just lose their census. > Visit my family history website: http://dutraporter.tribalpages.com/ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. 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."
