If I may jump in here, I have Flores family connections in both Atwater and Buhach. My maternal grandparents were Jose Joaquim de Freitas and Ana Jose Corvelo from Fajazinha, Flores so that answers one of your questions, Eric. One of my uncles, Francisco (Frank) Freitas, worked in the Merced area when he first immigrated to the US about 1917 before settling down in Fresno. I had several Corvelo cousins in Atwater including Tom and George Corvelo (past supreme president of the UPEC). I also have a more direct Buhach connection, Jim Apolinario (whose mother was a Corvelo, also a past supreme president of UPEC) grew up on a farm in the Buhach area.
I also have a 5G grandfather, Antonio George from Cedros Flores. John Vasconcelos On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 8:31 AM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > Debra, > > Your George family were friends of my great grandparents. My g > grandfather, Manuel Luiz Noia came from Ponta Delgada, Flores to Merced Co > in 1889 also. He chose that area because his father and uncle ( Domingo > Antonio Noia and Jose Coelho Rodrigues) had been in the area 1860-1870 > working driving the gold wagons from Mariposa to Oakland. They had friends > from Flores that settled in Cathay Valley, Mariposa in the 1860s ( Manuel > Jacinto Silva and Manuel Jose Armas) after 10 years working as a foreman > establishing orchards for George Bloss, he bought his own ranch in Atwater > in 1899 > > The Silva place in Cathay Valley seemed to be a social center for the > Flores gang from Merced. From the 1890s into the 1930s even, when the > farming was done in the fall, the men would head up for deer hunting > through the winter. > > > The photo here, from about 1900 shows the young farmhands playing around > on a break. Your ggrandfather may be one of them > > I can probably fill in some blanks in both these families for you. Do you > have a village for the Jorge or Freitas families on Flores? > > 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? 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