I just read your post. From the bottom of my soul and heart, thank you. Are you related? Again, with gratitude and blessings,Rose.
On Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:17:29 PM UTC-7, [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.
