Eric another good source that could fill in your gaps for your great grandparents could be from the Portuguese Genealogical & Historical Society of Hawaii 810 North Vineyard Blvd, Room 11, Honolulu ,Hawaii 96817 telephone (808) 841-5044 They have a computer database of portuguese immigrants to Hawaii 0f over 262,000 names dating back to the whaling and plantation era. They are a non-profit organization manned by unpaid volunteers they survive on membership dues and donations. Edward Rodrigues
On Dec 9, 2013, at 2:23 AM, Eric Gomes wrote: > Hi group, > > I have been thinking about my great great grandparents lately. They are > Manuel Rodrigues and Isabel Marie ???. They are my grandmother's paternal > grandparents. From what I can gather, both were born in the Azores (not > sure where yet.) However, there was an age gap of 14 to 16 years between > them. He was born in 1854 and she was born in 1870 - 1872. According to the > 1920 census, he immigrated to Hawaii in 1874 and she in 1890. Unfortunately, > the census takers made an error here because according to the 1900 Census > when they were living in Hawaii, their oldest son was born in Hawaii in 1886. > My great-grandfather, Joaquin Rodrigues was born on the Big Island on > December 1, 1897. > I do not know her maiden name and my grandmother cannot remember it. She is > now 87 years old. I have also tried to locate both of them on the passenger > lists on LUSAWEB.com without success. I presume they were married in Hawaii. > I am wondering if there is a resource for church records on the islands? > > In some of the census's, it says that she was Naturalized. I am going to > check to see if she is in the databases at the local court house the next > time I am over there. Just wanted to bounce this off the group and see if > anyone else has any ideas. > > The family moved to California by the 1910 Census. > > Any thoughts will help. > > Thanks > > Eric Gomes > Castro Valley, CA > -- > Eric Gomes > Castro Valley, CA > > Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman, > Rodrigues, and many more. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
