Doug, Not sure but it looks like there may have been 2 Portuguese Joe's. Here is a newspaper article of the one I previously sent info on in 1915 paper:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19150319&id=ONtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KPQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3482,3832352 The other looks like a Portuguese Joe Silvey from the BC area. "E" On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking more closely and maybe this isn't the same person I thought. > But the stories are very similar. Portuguese man married a native > American/Indian, and lived in British Columbia, Canada, a big success, > known as Portuguese Joe. > > If you're reading this, Manuel, is this the same person I researched for > you back in 2001? > > I found it curious, to say the least, that someone named Joao would be > called Joe. Why not John? > > The man I researched was not Joao. He was Jose. Did they just mix this up? > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Joe aka Joao Ignacio aka John > Enos - Seattle Empire Hotel > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, March 10, 2014 1:35 pm > To: [email protected] > > Yes, interesting. > I am distantly related. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Joe aka Joao Ignacio aka John > Enos - Seattle Empire Hotel > From: Marilyn Thompson <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, March 10, 2014 1:22 pm > To: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > > Thanks for sharing. Not related, but interesting story > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:16 PM, "E" Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is an interesting story. Maybe one of you might be related to his >> family?? >> >> >> http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/mar/10/then-and-now-spokanes-empire-hotel/ >> >> " >> > -- > 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]. > 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
