*The Parish church in Lomba, Flores (where my father was born) is Sao Caetano. I also have cousins from Lomba with the surname Caetano. * *John Vasconcelos*
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:23 AM, eric edgar <[email protected]> wrote: > Caetano is a common given name and a common surname in Flores. There is no > village of Caetano I've seen there. The link to Azores records online is: > > http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/ > > Without establishing her birthplace, then parents birthplace, the records > are just a blind fishing expedition. > > Eric Edgar > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Cindy D <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
