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, 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.
