Hello Rose, Your name is familiar to me:) My family came from the Warm Springs area and I just recognize your name.....I think my aunt Anita Maciel DeValle mentioned you to me when we were talking about Mission San Jose people....she is deceased now. I grew up in Centerville but went to St Mary of the Palms in Mission San Jose. I feel like you were connected to the MSJ festas.....Do you know Velma Valencia? She is not so well now, but she collected a lot of information on the MSJ Holy Ghosts.....I feel like I saw your name in her hand made book? Also Harvey.....I remember there was an Adeline Harvey that was a hairdresser in MSJ or Irvington? My parents were Isabel Maciel Vargas and Ernest Vargas.....lived in Centerville after WWII. My mom worked for Dr. Grimmer, Dr. McMahon and also Dr. Romito at various times as a receptionist. My mom was also very active in organizations....SPRSI, YLI, etc. Does any of this ring a bell? Just thought I would say hello.......I have lived in Sacramento for the last almost 50 years...so been away from Fremont. If you want to chat you can email me at [email protected]
Susan Vargas Murphy On Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:17:29 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > My great grandmother died in 1953, when I was 5, said name was Caton. > Filomema Polycena. Said her parents were from Flores. Her mother was > pregnant with her, one of 14?. Went to Mass., then Ashland area of Bay Area > because other family/friends lived there. Somewhere around turn of the > century, both parents died of possibly influenza. All children given to > family and or friends. Great Grandma was give to friend of Father's who > lived in Mission San Jose. Married eventually to Manuel Alvernaz from > Pico,changed name to Harvey. I don't know why, maybe sounded more > "Americanized.I was blessed to have known her. She had 4 children, 2 dying > in a terrible home fire when stove exploded., and My Grandmother, Helen > Evelyn Alvernaz Harvey, died in 1970, and Clarence Harvey,died in the late > 1980s.My Portuguese side has connections deeply in Mission San Jose.Family > names, Caetano, Caton, Garcia, Andrade, and Harvey.Would appreciate any > info, especially about Ashland years or those in Massachusetts. Also all > very active in Holy Ghost Festas,Garcia from Castelo Blanco,Fayal. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
