I have most of the available census records, death cert, voter reg, military records regarding Manuel including the children except immigration and marriage. I have no idea what part of Faial he came from. The census records point to 1883 as the marriage year to Mary R. Quilla. Thanks!
On Sunday, September 2, 2012 6:19:49 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > I am getting a late start on this but I did find the family in all census > records 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. There is one more child than you have > listed. Here is the 1900 census info living in Eden, Alameda Co. CA: > > Manuel J. Vargas 41, b. July 1878 b. Azores married 17 years (which means > they married abt. 1883 - do you have their marriage record?) came to US > 1879 > wife Mary 35, b.May 1865, 9 children born, 9 children living b. Azores > came to US 1870. > ch: Mary b. Apr. 1885; Annie b. July 1886; Manuel b. Dec. 1887; Joe b. May > 1889; Louie b. Oct. 1890; Frank b. Nov 1892; Will b. Apr 1894; George b. > Feb. 1897; Fortune (son) b. Feb. 1897 (so I gather George and Fortune are > twins). All children b. in CA. > > I tried find his manifest record but so far no luck. If you do not have > the marriage record, I would look for it. > > "E" -- 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."
