Hi Emil & Dot, Thanks for encouraging me to travel to Toronto to meet my Machado Avila Pico cousins. But $$$$ prevents me from doing those trips at this time of my life. But you never know, miracles happen.
Speaking of miracles, I just found my Machado Avila grandmother's first born child on Ancestry. For over 12 years, I searched for this baby boy named Manuel, per my mother. I still remember the large framed picture on the wall of this baby surrounded with roses. I was told he had passed away before he was a year old. My grandparents, Thomas Pereira Jorge de Escobar & Maria Conceicao Avila, were married in New Bedford in 1898. They appeared on the 1900 RI census as Thomas & Mary Perry. No children. But today, thanks to Ancestry, I found Manuel P George b. June 7, 1899 in Fairhaven, MA. That's their first born. All the details match. Still haven't been able to find a death record in MA or RI for baby Manuel. Years ago I phoned all the town vital statistic offices in MA & RI but never found the birth & death record of this child. No death records appeared online either. Sometimes people we contact do the best they can but don't search adequately enough... so persistence pays off. This family of mine has used the surnames, George, Jorge, Perry, Perry Jorge & Pereira. As we all know, this is what makes our Portuguese research so challenging. Ancestry is free till tomorrow for their New England Collections. Patricia ---- [email protected] wrote: > Hi cousin Pat, > > I am glad that you found some useful information in the update. A few > years ago Dot and I were able to get her mother's adoption records opened and > that led us to Prince Edward Island, Canada and her mother's scottish > ancestry. We went there and met her mother's only living brother who was in a > nursing home and had never knew he had a sister. It was a great experience. > He treated us as though he knew us all his life and was extremely happy as > were we. Please don't wait if you can go to visit your Canadian relatives, > our tomorrows are often wasted. Dot's uncle Finlay died a few months after > our visit with him, but he is still alive in our genealogy and grateful > memories. We meet many cousins and have made many new friends. > > Emil > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Patricia Butcher > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:21:52 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Machado Avila from Sao Jorge to California > > > > > Cousin Emil,Thank you so much. You simply amaze me!!! My Toronto Canada Pico > relatives told me I would have to visit them to get the details. Never know. > I might hop a plane one day. I do know that one of the Machado Avila sons, > not sure which generation, did move to Terceira. > > Pat > > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:16:02 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Machado Avila from Sao Jorge to California > > Hi Pat, > I have some additions on your line attached. I don't find any of the others > Patricia Phillips is looking for. Sorry. > > Emil > > ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: > [email protected] Cc: Cheri Mello Sent: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:26:18 > -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Machado Avila from Sao Jorge to > California Hello Patricia Phillips, My grandmother, Maria da Conceicao > Avila born in Ribeiras, Pico in 1873 is from the Machado Avila line from > Ribeiras, Pico. My great Uncle,Manuel Machado Avila, b. Feb 10, 1878 had 2 > sons but I have no names or birth dates, all from Ribeiras, Pico. His one > daughter, Maria Moniz Jorge was born in Ribeiras abt 1908. They immigrated to > Toronto, Canada. Maybe those sons island hopped? My ggrandfather, Manuel > Machado Avila b. July 1, 1790 in Ribeiras, Pico had 2 sons that I have > birthdates on & no further information. Antonio Machado Avila b. Jan 19, > 1837 & Jose Machado Avila b. March 17, 1841. Maybe, they island hopped too. > The ones that did immigrate changed their names just as yours did, Machado > to Avila & also Avilla. Good luck in your search..... Patricia Las > Vegas, NV ---- Cheri Mello wrote: > Repost for Patricia P, > patricia.phillips1 at earthlink.net > > > I am relatively new to > discussion groups through Google. > > My Great-Grandfather was Joseph > Machado Avila, and I have his birth > location as Sao Jorge, Azores. I > understand he went by the Machado last > name when he decided to locate > permanently to the United States. My > Mother’s cousin advised me he changed > his name to Avila after establishing > himself in business with a gentleman > who must have carried the Machado last > name. Initially, the family went by > the spelling “Avilla”. > > His mother’s name as I understand it was > Francisca de Avila. My Great > Grandfather’s death certificate lists the > name of his father as Joseph M. > Avila, and his mother’s maiden name is > noted as Anna Francis. For a long > time, I understood his name to be > Joseph Machado. My Great Aunt Ann Avila > completed the death certificate > record. He was born December 25, 1850. He > died March 9, 1924 in Newman, > California. He had thirteen children: Nine > boys and four girls. One > boy passed away in infancy, William. The last > son was named William > Joseph, but the other seven boys carried the middle > name Machado; Daniel, > Anthony, Joseph, Manuel, Frank, John, and George. > > Regards, > > > Patricia Phillips > > -- > 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. 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