Eleanor, I am so happy and excited to hear from you. I have lots of questions. Edgar advised me of the infant Arthur Perry Madruga, born December 11,1894 and died October 12, 1896. I am not aware of an infant girl or her death - that would make eight children. I will check the city archives and search for the older sister? You said your mother was named after her older sister who died as an infant. Manuel Madruga's mother was Mary P. Joseph (Madruga). Do you think your mother was Possibly named after her. I need to check for her death record as well. She is listed in the census as a bookkeeper - I believe she ran the grocery store. To further complicate my search, Edgar has sent me a number of genweb pages where the dates seem to be those of our ggrandfather and gggrandfather. However, on closer examination the Manuel Madruga born Pico 1819 married Maria Josefa Piedade - still sounds correct - died May 10, 1909 Pico. Our Maria P. Joseph - Mrs. Manuel Madruga - our gggrandmother lived in Gloucester, is reported in the census as the bookkeeper. It was John Perry Madruga, my grandfather who died in the 1918 epedemic. I'm not sure of the time of Williams death but he was born September 1890. I believe he died of epilepsy.
Do you have any pictures of any of the Madruga's? Your grandmothers brother Manuel married Jennie __, they had a son Robert who married Gloria Swinson. They lived in Manchester, MA. I am married to Gloria's youngest brother Harold Swinson. I have many family connections and stories to share with you. If you would, please share your personal email with me so that we may continue to communicate. Ginny (Madruga) Swinson ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Levine To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching Madruga, Cardoza - Azores I am the granddaughter of Mary P. I have a great deal of information. The first Mary died as an infant. There were 7 not six children. My grandmother was named after her older sister who died as an infant. Was your grandfather William he died in 1918. I believe the other brother, john, was left with medical problems as a result of the 1918 epidemic. I am the daughter of Florence Phillipa. I lived with my grandparents and spent a lot of time with my grandmothers relatives. The great grandparents and other relatives are buried a the calavery cemetery in Gloucester, ma. Sent from my iPad On Feb 2, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Ginny Swinson <[email protected]> wrote: I have been following your group for several months and am amazed at how so many of you have been able to locate where you ancestors came from. I have been researching intermittently for 50 years and have had little success. My great-grandparents, Manuel Perry Madruga (b. about February 15, 1852, Azores) married Phillipa Perry Cardoza, (b. about August 25, 1865, Azores) in St Ann's church, Gloucester, MA, April 18, 1883. They had six children: Mary, March 9, 1889; Willie P.,September 26, 1890; John Perry (my ggrandfather) December 6, 1892; Gertrude, August 10, 1896; Manuel Perry, October 8, 1899. All were born in Gloucester. I have been unable to get baptismal records because the church says that their records are with the Boston Archdiocese. I spent eight hours at their archives and there are no records there. They arrived before Ellis Island. I can find no naturalization papers for them in Gloucester. All birth and death records indicate only Azores. I am getting old and would like to visit the village where they came from and to finally connect with my Portugese heritage. My grandfather died in the 1918 epidemic and so any connection to the past wast lost. PLEASE - anyone - HELP. I need advice and direction. Virginia (Ginny) Madruga Swinson -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
