I did find one son buried in the Half Moon Bay Cemetery, Antonio S. Quilla. His mother (Wife of Joao Souza Quilla) was living with her other son (Manuel Quilla) in Salinas when she died. The father (Joao Souza Quilla) was not listed in the 1910 census records as being in Salinas. So baring a divorce he must have died before 1910. I was lucky to find a Quilla relative that I had never met, online. Her husband is not in my direct line but has a book on the family history that was done by his aunt who has passed on. The book had a print out from 1994 from the LDS. It stated that Joao Souza Quilla was buried in Half Moon Bay. So i really don't know how she knew this. The print out could have been information she collected and shared with the LDS. The search goes on!
Thanks Mary... On Sunday, September 2, 2012 6:50:24 PM UTC-7, Mary Bordi wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2012, at 10:52 PM, John Machado <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > I am also searching out for the Surname Quilla. Joao Souza Quilla (aka > Joachin Souza Quilla), born 20 Dec 1832, from Santa Cruz, Graciosa, , > Portugal who married Maria I. Dioga Nascimento, born 20 Dec 1839, of Santa > Bárbara, Azores, Portugal(assuming St. Jorge). Quilla I believe is the > Americanized version of Coelho. Joao Quilla I believe migrated with a > daughter to San Mateo, Half Moon Bay, CA. The daughter is Mary R. Quilla > (married Manuel Vargas listed above). I can not for the life of me find a > death record, ship, burial or census record for him to prove he made it > here. His son Manuel Quilla of Salinas, Ca was written about in a book > that spoke of him coming to america to join his sister and father who > proceeded him. > > I am not sure if this is the same family but...there was a "John Quillo" > farming on the San Mateo County coast (Half Moon Bay area). I could not > find that spelling there on a census on ancestry.com. However my mom's > first cousin married a woman who I think was a granddaughter. By that time > they were using the name Coelho and living in or near Tracy, California. > > Mary Bordi -- 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."
