He's,Hermano: at one point when I had already searched in Sao Pedro, Sao Jose and didn't find them, I was so very "sure" they would be in the Sao Sebastao parish. That was a disappointment and I no longer get my hopes up the way I did that time. Thank you so much for your efforts. I know somewhere I will find them. I will certainly celebrate with the group when I do. :).
On Friday, January 10, 2014, Hermano C. Pires wrote: > Hello Maria Lima > Becau se mentioned somewhere that you thought he was from Sao Sebastiao, I > just looked in Ginetes for the whole year of 1874 and din't find him :( > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Where else to look for Moniz Machado > ancestors > From: [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:22:53 -0600 > To: [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > > Hi John and Margaret- > > Thank you for helping me try to find the elusive Domingo's Moniz Machado > Birth info. Although I have basic information for him, I can't go back any > further than his parents because I don't know which freguesias in ponta > Delgada they were from and up to now i haven't found them. > > John, I will study the link you sent again in more in depth because the > dates are off but the Names are similar. > > I received Domingos' birthdate from his daughter who was my mother in law. > From census records, it appears both Domingo's and his brother Clement, > immigrated in different years. Domingo's immigrated in 1885 at age 11. > Their parents were Jacinto Machado and Emilia Moniz. I will look Again > through the Sao Jose baptisms in search of any one with those parents. > They also had a sister named Maria. (She married a Peter F Silva in > Boston and had a daughter named Beatrice (Pimentel) born in 1900. ) > > Margaret, I knew Domingo's had traveled to the Azores and visited his > brother in law, Manoel Almeida. Domingo's' wife was Maria Georgina > d'Almeida and they married in Boston. When he traveled to see that > relative he was already a dentist and she was expecting a baby and didn't > travel with him. He sent her a stash of postcards sometimes sending 2 or 3 > a day. He mentions seeing a relative named Captain Mello. I also have > Maria Georgina's mother's passport which shows Maria Georgina's parents > were from the Sao Jose parish of Ponta Delgada. > > To me there is some mystery that I may never solve with Domingo's because > my mother in law always told us he was raised by the Jesuits. Apparently, > he had a "guardian angel" who helped him get an education. He was able to > get into Tufts University and become a dentist. I have his graduation > picture and certificate. He was married during the time he was in dental > school. > > But I just could not find his birthplace in order to trace the family. I > also tried learning which Jesuits in the Boston area would have raised him. > > > Thank you so much for helping me- > > > Maria Elena > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 10:59 AM, JR <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Are you sure about the birth date for Domingos? And where did you get the > birthdate information? I ask because I found this, which looks like your > ancestors. > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1880-1889/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1880-1889_item1/P191.html > > JR (John Roias) > > On Friday, January 3, 2014 12:43:28 PM UTC-5, Maria wrote: > > I have an ancestor who is a mystery in that I've searched all Sao Miguel > records and can't find him in the his birth year. His name was Domingo's > Moniz Machado; nor his brother "Clem". Must be Clemente (?) Moniz Machado. > > Their parents were Jacinto Machado and mother was Emilia Moniz Machado. > > Thanks to this group for posting the link for the Portuguese newspapers > housed at the Dartmouth library. I stumbled on their sister, Maria M > "Marshall" sister of Clemente Machado. I knew they had a sister but had no > idea how to find her until I could find the parents. It was exciting to > actually find her. > > For years I've been searching for the 2 brothers to take the line back. I > think this is a dead end but I'm not giving up. Every time a new parish > was posted on the CCA, I thought Aha! This is going to be the one. But > sadly it was not. Now I'm going to go through each parish again to the > years before and after their supposed birth years. > > Are there any other records from Sao Miguel that are not on the CCA? Any > ideas where I might find where in Sao Miguel they were from? All his > document just say Sao Miguel. Domingo's birthdate is 8 February 1874; > Clemente born 9 Feb 1869 and I only have the death date of the sister, > Maria M Marshall who died 8 August 1954. All three died in Boston. > > Any ideas? Thanks. > > Maria Elena > > > -- > 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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