Apparently, you haven't tried to research the Elllis Island records - you can get some really interesting spellings on Portuguese names there also. That's why its called re-search - you never get it right the first time...
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 11:50:56 AM UTC-4, 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]> 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. 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