My earliest Azorean immigrant of Caton/Caetano name was Capt. Manuel (Emanuel) R. Caton to Provincetown, MA., B: 28 May 1862, Santa Maria Isl., Died/Lost at Sea with his whole crew @ Dec/Jan 1918 off Florida coast. He married Ida Silva/Silver, a daughter of Captain Joseph Silva and Rosa Bernardo Silva. He was known as the "Strong man of Provincetown" for supposedly dragging a 400+ pound piece of iron from a P-town shore to his home. They had 8 children born and at least 4 died before age 5. Those who made it to adulthood were: William, Frank Fish, Emma F. and maybe Rosa (unproven). There were at least 2 other Caton men who made their homes in P-town around the same time. John, the gardener, is said to have worked for the artist Charles Webster Hawthorne's property, and the records the artist kept still exist. His granddaughter have them - mentioning John Caton as sitting for her grandfather as a general model, probably mostly when weather would not allow John to do his garden chores. The other man was also named Manuel, and I think this is the one who is your direct. I am very interested in learning more about these three Caton men of P-town, as I suspect they were related somehow. An interesting sidenote: Your "Alverez" sounds a bit like my 3x's great grandmother's name of "Alves," but I suppose they are entirely different names - like Johnson and Johnston? Some Caton's are still in the Cape Cod area, and my research with them is going slowly. I live in Arizona.
Lynn Wilson Pritchett Azorean heritage: Caton/Caetano, Alvez/Alves, Cabral, Silva, Rodrigues, Luz/Luiz/Luis On Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:17:29 PM UTC-7, rose.zb...@gmail.com 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. On Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:17:29 PM UTC-7, rose.zb...@gmail.com 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. On Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:17:29 PM UTC-7, rose.zb...@gmail.com 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 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.
