My maternal grandfather, who was born on Flores in 1852, became part of a whaling crew in about 1869, joining the crew of a whaling ship off the west coast of Flores. Unfortunately, we don't know a whole lot of what happened on that voyage except that they were almost caught in the "big freeze of 1871" in which a number of whaling ships were frozen into the ice in Alaskan waters (some of which were crushed). My grandfather, from the information we have, jumped ship and ended up in San Francisco, I understand that the return from Alaskan waters may also have been via the Hawaiian Islands so it's possible that some crew members jumped ship there. John Vasconcelos
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Richard Francis Pimentel < [email protected]> wrote: > *I think it was common knowledge that whalers from New England would stop > in the Azores and pick up extra crew. After the trip the Whaler would go to > New Bedford or any of the other ports in the US to deliver their catch and > the crew would be paid and then left to their own means without returning > them to the Azores.* > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Spring, TX* > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *"E" Sharp > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:00 AM > *To:* azores > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Stowaways > > > > There is/are ship(s) that brought people from the Azores to the US > illegally and there is no ship's manifest documenting these people so > trying to find them in a ship's manifest is highly unlikely. I often > wondered if these people obtained a Passportes from the Azores since they > entered the US illegally, did they leave the Azores illegally. > > > > "E" > > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:54 AM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Antonio, > > > > At the end of the ship manifest (last page), the Captain (or purser, > whoever) would write a list of the passengers and how many had died, how > many were born and if any stowaways were found. There is no list that I > know of that just lists the stowaways into the USA. > > > > Rosemarie > > > > *From:* Antonio Roque <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:05 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Stowaways > > > > How would they be recorded on a ship's manifesto? > Anyone seen a ship manifesto mentioning a stowaway? > Are there any records of stowaways from the Acores to the U.S.? > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
