Hi Elle! Yes, I've come across several of those surnames in addition to my own: Enos, and Vargas in particular. Thanks for writing- I will look into those names!
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:26:37 PM UTC-5, Elle Dwyer wrote: > > H Everyone, > I have been following your group for the last few weeks and can't believe > my first time writing is in a reply rather than a question. Although I do > not recognize the family you are talking about, some of the names mentioned > are very familiar to me. My grandfather, Antonio Ignacio Faria (Ignacio > becomes Enos in the U.S.) > went to Contra Costa around 1899 to join family members that had left > Capelo, Faial earlier. He eventually came back to Taunton, MA and settled > there with the wife he married while in Contra Costa. I have been > researching this side of my family for a year and there are surnames Faria, > Ignacio, Ignacia, Vargas, and Pereira. I have looked at many ship records > and found many Farias coming into New Bedford, MA, Providence, RI and New > York City, and then continuing overland to the West Coast. If you can't > find any information listing the island your Farias came from, it wouldn't > heard to go into the Azores Gen Web site for Capelo, Faial. I will also > search to see if I can find any connection between our families. Maybe we > are related. Eleanor Faria Dwyer > *From:* Pam Santos <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* "[email protected] <javascript:>" > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 9, 2014 3:11 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA > > Manuel Pera Faria > > <https://secure.ancestry.com/VitalChek/selection.aspx?su=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dmanuel%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dfaria%26msydy%3d1877%26msdpn__ftp%3dcontra%2bcosta%252c%2bCa%26cpxt%3d0%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3daf2%26cp%3d0%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d2233949%26recoff%3d6%2b7%26db%3dCAdeath1940%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d52&ce=2&na=Manuel+Pera+Faria&ge=Male&fn=&mn=&ed=1943&co=Contra+Costa&st=CA&h=> > Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Sep 1869 Birth Place: Other Country Death > Date: 29 Nov 1943 Death Place: Contra Costa > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Pam Santos <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > > he also could of come to California via Hawaii > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Manuel Martins > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > > Here's a 1920 census, It does show as Manuel P Faria, 2734 Pine 26th St > Contra Costa, CA > > Manual P Faria > [Minne R Faria] > [Manuel P Farris] > Age: 42 > Birth Year: abt 1878 > Birthplace: Portugal > Home in 1920: Richmond, Contra Costa, California > Race: White > Gender: Male > Immigration Year: 1894 > Relation to Head of House: Head > Marital Status: Married > Spouse's Name: Emma Faria > Father's Birthplace: Portugal > Mother's Birthplace: Portugal > Home Owned: Own > Able to Read: Yes > Able to Write: Yes > Household Members: > Name Age > Manual P Faria 42 > Emma Faria 39 > Manual Faria 17 > Lawrence Faria 12 > Evelyn Faria 10 > John Faria 6 > Anthony Faria 5 > Philomena Faria 4 [4 3/12] > Margaret Faria 3 [3 0/12] > Frances Faria 1 [1 6/12] > > On 4/9/2014 1:03 PM, luiznoia . wrote: > > Sammie, > > The draft notice here, with wife's name, shows he is Manuel P Feria born > Jan 1877 > > The John T Faria on the 1930 census seems to me to be the same person as > Manuel. He may have taken american name. The age and immigration dates > match. > > On the 1940 census, note that although Emma is the head of household, she > is listed as married and not widowed. > > Emma's death record > > FARIA EMMA 1880 07 12 mothers last-VARGAS fathers last-ENOS > FEMALE CA SANTA CLARA 1957 09 30 77yrs > > > Eric Edgar > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:50 AM, S. Faria Lepre <[email protected]<javascript:> > > 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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