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On Jul 20, 2013, at 2:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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