Yes, yes....I will accept your offer & Thelma & Louise it with you to the Salt Lake Conference !! Miracles happen in soooo many ways! Thanks Prima. Have always wanted to go....mainly to meet everyone on the list & my new found cousins. I'll be Thelma or was it Louise that was with Brad Pitt?
Pat ---- Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Prima how about I drive to Vegas and pick u up and we Thelma and Louise > it to Salt Lake next year for the Azores conference??? > > Sent from my iPhone > > 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. 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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