I have Caetano from Lages, Flores in my maternal side, although haven't accumulated enough documentation to know exactly how it all connects. I'm still floundering around with all the surname confusion. My g-g-grandmother was Caetano according to my g-grandmother's birth record from Lages, Flores....heck, I thought Caetano was the name of a village. Learning more as I go along. My g-grandmother came to New Bedford/Fairhaven when she was 15 in 1895, she lived and died in 1957 in Bristol County, Mass.
You can search the Flores church records online which is how I found my g-grandma's birth record. I also found her parents marriage after studying a few Portuguese words to help me and using Bing's translator, I'm sure the administrators have the link they can post for you. Cindy D Out on the hot Kansas Prairie where being steamed means something else. On Saturday, July 13, 2013 2:17:29 PM UTC-5, [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.
