I may have some connection by marriage with Rose Trambas (the spelling I have). Her huband, Jose Abreu, may be the nephew of my grandfather, Joao Silveira Leal.
Jose Abreu settled in the Mission San Jose area of Fremont. In the late 1920s, my grandmother was very ill and my father and his slightly older sister went to live with "Uncle Joe" (even though he was actually a first cousin) and Aunt Rose for a time. I have a few photographs of Joe and Rose leaving for their honeymoon and some other photos of family gatherings in Fremont, though I don't know everyone in these photos, but in one photo a woman standing next to Jose Abreu looks very much like the woman in the photos of Jose and Rose leaving for their honeymoon. I also have a copy of Jose Abreu's passport photo with his signature on it but no date. I don't have life dates for Jose Abreu, but 1897 could be correct, as the next child in the family, Manuel, was born in 1900. Manuel I knew as a child but never Jose for some reason.They were born in Flamengos, Fayal, and emigrated, I assume, in their late teens, probably under the sponsorship of my grandfather's oldest brother Antonio (1869-1939), who was the first of the Leals to come to California In this particular case, Rose Trambas Abreu died and Jose remarried later to Minnie Andrade. Again, I have no life dates for any of them,nor marriage dates. It would be wonderful if these photos are of the Rose Trambas you're looking for. Unfortunately, the Azoreans seemed limited on the number of names they used with their children, so there are so many duplicates. If you think my Jose Abreau is the one who married your Rose Trambas, I'd be happy to send you electronic copies of the photos I have. Also, I have a large pdf file of the Leal family tree, broken down and expanded according to my grandfather's and his sibilings' branches.Unfortunately, no one in my family who would have had any first-hand acquaintance with Jose or Rose is still alive. I have already met with Antonio's daughter, Marie Leal Pine, her husband, Vincent Pine, and their four children (one of whom went to school for a time with another member of this list, Susan Vargas Murphy), trying to gather as much information as they had but though they had some photos for me they had no dates. Even with such sketchy information, I'm happy to work with you on filling in whatever blanks--assuming my Jose Abreu is the person married to your Rose Trambas. Tomas Leal -- -- 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.
