I can explain some of that. Lawrence's wife Ruth deserted the family sometime after my mother and her twin (Doris and Deloris) were born in 1933, and 1940 when they were all living with Emma, Lawrence's mother. Lawrence enlisted in the military in 1942, so the girls stayed with their grandmother Emma.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 11:03:16 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Sam F, > > When dealing with census records, people only drill down to the county > level. The rest is meaningless for the audience. Besides, some of those > census tract names change! > > You're going to have to do as many things as you can in the link that I > provided to my how to. You need your island that he came from and what you > really need is the freguesia. Manuel Faria is common. It would be the > same as if someone contacted you and asked for help in finding John > Williams in America. > > It is odd that the the "M" for married is crossed off on both Emma and her > son Lawrence on the 1940 census. And odd that Lawrence is in charge of his > 2 kids. You need to chase both Emma and Lawrence around to figure out if > they are divorced, separated, or widowed. > > > 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.
