Haha Dano! Yes, I've tried the Ellis Island ones. And yep, there are some very creative ways of spelling the same name! In my case, I found a Manoel spelled "Mansel" because someone couldn't read the record and thought the "o" was an "s".
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:41:32 PM UTC-5, Dano wrote: > > 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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