I have a Manuel Silva born 1/1851, immigrating in 1877,his father
Joseph Salamina Silva 1821, his wife Mary P.(Maria?) born 1/1854, and
his sister Jennie(Eugenia?) Solomon Silva born 1857. Jennie married my
Great Grandfather(Manuel Borba) in Rhode Island and settled in
Northern California.
Don't know if this matches any of your information, my information on
the Silva side is very vague.
Adair Borba
On Oct 17, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Cheri Mello wrote:
Repost for Michael Silva, venetianphoenix at gmail.com:
I'm brand new to this group but joined looking for more information
on a Manuel Silveira and I'm wondering if we are referring to the
same one. My great grandfather was John Silva (born Joao Silveira in
approximately 1870), younger brother to Alex & Peter Silva
(Alejandro & Pedro Silveira), who emigrated from Sao Jorge to
America in approximately 1905 to follow his older brothers who had
left years before. On John's death certificate, it lists a Manuel
Silveira as his birth father, but that's about the extent of any non-
anecdotal information I have going back that far. The anecdotal
evidence is that John stayed behind (too young to leave when his
older brother's did) to take care of his parent(s) and then when
they passed, he was eligible for military conscription but did not
want to join up. The mythos goes that he had a priest fake his
death, presumably via sickness/disease, and then secretly smuggled
him along with others onto a boat which took him to Massachusetts.
That said, unlike many Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, John
didn't settle in New Bedford, but rather took a train out west where
his brothers Alex & Peter had done well for themselves in Glendale,
Arizona and Alameda, California, respectively. We are also uncertain
if there were other siblings left behind on the island. The birth
date we have for the oldest known sibling, Alex, is 1860. Presumably
that would make Manuel born around 1840 or earlier. Does this sound
like the same Manuel Silveira to you? Any help here would be
appreciated. I'm planning a research trip to the Azores in the Fall
of 2014, but would love to have a hot trail of evidence to travel
back there with.
Thanks for your time.
Michael Silva
Washington, D.C.
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Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das
Tainhas, Achada
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