Sammie,
Do you know from which island your great-grandfater was? That will help
NAME: ManoelFaria
BIRTH: abt 1877 - Azores;St Michael
DEPARTURE: Mlichaels
ARRIVAL: 2 Nov 1907 - New York, New York
RESIDENCE: Azores, Autonomous Regions of Portugal
NAME: ManoelPFaria
BIRTH: abt 1877
DEPARTURE: St Michaels, Azores, Portugal
ARRIVAL: 9 Jan 1907 - Boston, Massachusetts
RESIDENCE: United States of America
On 4/9/2014 11:50 AM, S. Faria Lepre wrote:
Hi Cheri,
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I just assumed that since my subject
heading said California, people would know that's where I was talking
about. Port Costa is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County,
CA. Manuel was living there in 1900 apparently. After that, most of my
records had the family living in Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA.
Thanks too for the clarification on the name. I figured that Manoel
was the Portuguese spelling. Funny, last night after posting this, I
was digging around in ship passenger lists and found a Manoel, but
whoever transcribed the information thought the "o" in his name was an
"s" and so now there are several records that say "Mansel" Faria! All
the name spelling changes sure makes it hard to track a specific
person! :)
I found several records then in the ship passenger lists, with many
Manoel's and many surname variations like de Faria, Ferreira, Pereira,
Farie, Farria, and Farias. The only one who was close to the age my
Manuel was said to have been during immigration was a Mansel (Manoel)
Faria who was 18 (year of birth abt.1875) and on the ship Peninsular
which arrived in NY, NY 9 May 1893. He was a laborer and from Fayal,
Azores. He was going to Fall River, MA. The dates are a little off
from my Manuel: my records had his immigration year as 1894 when he
was 17, and his year of birth as 1877. The dates and ages from the
ship's record I found last night are off about a year or two, so not
sure if I have the right person still.
I also don't know if Manuel was on a ship that went directly from the
Azores to San Francisco or if he was one of many Manuel Faria's who
went to Boston and then to Fall River, MA.
Sam
On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 11:11:09 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote:
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]
<javascript:>> 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
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