My grandfather is a Medeiros from Faial da Terra, Sao Miguel. There are many Medeiros folks there and I can't recall the source but I read many years ago that the original Medeiros immigrants to the Azores first settled at the eastern end of Sao Miguel. Good luck, David Perry On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:13:08 PM UTC-7, Betty wrote:
> Hi Doug, > > For several years, as I have time, I try to help my husband's cousin with > his MEDEIROS / MIRANDA family-tree. (actually his father's cousin) > He > is more interested in finding descendants of .. Philip and Mary > (MIRANDA) > MEDEIROS, who reportedly had 8 children. > > The 1900 US census for Cambridge, MA, has Mrs. Medeiros as a widow, and > having 6 children with her. The family migrated here in 1889, and the > last > 3 children were born here. It seems Mr. Medeiros died between > 1895-1900, > as he fathered a child in 1895. In 1910, only the 2 youngest, as > teens, > were with her, and I can't locate the older children. > > One side note is that I looked on census pages early this morning, and > there > were 4 other MEDEIROS families, almost in the same neighborhood, and > arriving around the same time, including: Joseph, b1869, Frank, b1857, > Victor, b1862. Mrs. Mary (MIRANDA) MEDEIROS was b1859. The problem > is > that most of them just say born Portugal. > > I'd like to help the cousin find his ancestry. Doug just mentioned that > many MEDEIROS came from Faial and Pico. But, as far as I know, the > cousin does not know where his Philip MEDEIROS, b~1855?, came from. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > P.S. > About a month ago a very helpful researcher offered me information on my > husband's ancestors. He said Mrs. Filomena (da ROSA) MOURA came from > Horta, Faial, but her parents came from both Faial and Pico. She and > Francisco MOURA also married there, and was told their children were born > there. But, Francisco was from Ponta Degada, Sao Miguel. > > By the way, the surviving children were: Manuel, Elzira "Elsie," Ernesto > "Frank," Rosa, and Carolina. (in that order) I read that Ernesto and > Anna MOURA went back to the Azores during 1950's; is it possible they > died > there? > > > -- For 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
