Sammie, Since you are writing to a worldwide audience, you're going to have to put more clarification on some places. No clue where Port Costa is.
At the time your ancestor was born, the spelling was Manoel. He probably learned to modernize after his immigration. Feria would be a non-Portuguese person guessing how to spell Faria. Many immigrated to the eastern ports: New York, Boston, Providence, New Bedford. Then many went overland to CA. A few did go around the horn and immigrated through San Francisco. Some went to HI first then CA. A 30+ pages of "how to" can be found on the Azores Gen Web here: http://goo.gl/4CHqo1 On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:04 PM, S. Faria Lepre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm researching my family and keep hitting a brick wall trying to pin down > the right person....My great-grandfather was Manuel P. Faria. I've also > seen his name spelled Manual, and Manoel. I've also found records on > Ancestry where our last name was spelled Feria. I have a U.S. Census record > from 1900 which has him listed as Manuel Feria, born 1877, married to Emma > Feria (Her maiden name was Enos), Marriage year 1900. Manuel was 23 at the > time of that census and living in Port Costa. Immigration year is listed as > 1894 and he was 17 years old at that time. I have searched and searched. > There are a lot of Manuel Faria's out there! I cannot find a record of his > birth, his marriage, or his immigration. His birth year changes depending > on what record I'm looking at: it varies from 1876-1878, as does the > immigration date: 1894-1895. I found more census records on him and Emma > from 1910 and 1920, but in the 1930 census the head of household becomes > John S. Faria, and by the 1940 census, Emma is the sole head of household. > I cannot find a death record on Manuel to explain this, and I'm perplexed > as to who John S. may be. I cannot find anything on Emma Enos either, at > least not the one I'm looking for. Manuel and Emma had 9 children and all > appeared to have been born in Contra Costa, CA: Manuel George, Lawrence > Daniel (my grandfather), Mary Evelyn/Evelyn Mary, John H., Anthony, > Philomena, Margaret, Frances, and Roseanne/Rose. > > I also have a question about immigration. When people left the Azores > during that immigration I gave previously (1894-1895), did they always go > to Boston or New York or other eastern port, or were there ships that took > immigrants directly to California? > > Thanks so much if anyone can help out here or for any ideas. I'm just > starting out and already I'm confused! ;) > Sammie > > -- > 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. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
