Debra, I have Leopoldina and family in my files. Lena F George dod 3-19-1973 Merced
born 16 May 1884 in Faja Grande to Jose Lucindo de Freitas Henriques and Maria Lucinda. I have different dates for her arrival and marriage. She arrives 25 June 1909 aboard the Gallia, Flores to New York. Line 4 Leopoldina Lucinda Freitas 25 yrs to join brother Laureano Lucindo de Freitas in Fresno. It shows father Jose Lucindo de Freitas, Faja Grande as home address Fresno marriage book has 5 Sep 1909 The George spelling is more common than Jorge in Flores records, especially in the Lajes concelho. Eric Edgar On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Debra Wolgemuth <[email protected]>wrote: > My Azorean relatives came from Flores and settled in Merced. Many of > their neighbors were Azorean Portuguese farming alfalfa, sweet potatoes, > tomatoes, peaches, apricots, almonds and walnuts. > > *My Grandmother's Lineage* > My ggf, Francisco Jorge/George, immigrated from the Azores (Flores) in > 1889 and moved to the Merced area. He helped build the roads to Yosemite > and brought gold down from the hills back to Merced. He then worked in > various farmhand jobs, saving money to buy a farm in Merced (west of > Merced, toward El Nido, a small farming community). > > In 1905 he brought his bride, Leopoldina Freitas (also from Flores), to > California and married her in Fresno with her cousins in attendance. They > sold the first farm and purchased their final farm of 40 acres off Franklin > Road (north of Merced and bordering Atwater near where Castle AFB would > eventually be) in the Buhach Colony. The Buhach Colony had a LARGE group > of Portuguese farming families in the area. The local Catholic Church was > in the Buhach Colony. That Catholic Church was where we went for the > annual Pentecost celebration and sopas meal. The Buhach Colony surrounds > Highway 99 from Franklin to Buhach Roads. > > *My Grandfather's Lineage* > We do not have as much information about this side of the family with > surnames of Enos, Silviera and Rodrigues, as my father met finally met his > father as an adult. The Enos (my ggf) family were farmers and lived in the > Buhach Colony too. His wife was Maria Silviera (my ggm)and I don't know > much about them or exactly what island they came from. > The Rodrigues side I haven't discovered much about as my ggf was Manuel > Rodrigues (a very common name) and he died in the flu epidemic of 1917/18 > right after my grandfather was born. Don't know how Manuel's family > immigrated to California, but wonder if they came through Hawaii, as one of > my uncles has strong Asian characteristics in his eyes. > > Debbie Rodrigues Wolgemuth > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 09:05:33 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dias/ Silviera/ Henriques/ Fraga 1800 - > present > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > John, > > Post what you have on the Central Valley folks. My mom's family settled > from Modesto and Ceres down to Atwater, I've researched many families from > that area, > > Eric Edgar > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:35 AM, john kracha <[email protected]> wrote: > > It appears that ancestors originated in area of Cedres, Flores, Azores and > settled in Central Valley of California. Mostly near Modesto. Since Cedros > is relatively small, there is some historical connection still remaining. > Can you help fill in? The google sites that I have researched do not > identify paternal/ maternal lines. > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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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