There are quite a few Medeiros Braga's in Ponta Garca, some in Ribeira Quente and Ribeira das Tainhas with connections to Vila Franca. All of these are related. Anyone looking for Braga's should look in these places and in Faial da Terra and Maia. The exceptions are the ones that come directly from Santa Maria and Ribeira Grand fraguesias. Of course there may be others, but these are the ones I know.
JR On Monday, June 16, 2014 6:26:03 AM UTC-4, John Raposo wrote: > > I do not know if this will help: > > Peter Medeiros Braga, b. in the Azores on 18 Apr 1898, son of António > Medeiros Braga and Jomina (must be spelled wrong) lived in Fall River. > Records indicate he became a citizen on 29 Feb 1932, having come to the US > in 1902. He died in Fall River in 1981. Everybody in Fall River knew him > as he owned a cemetery marker business, Peter Braga Monuments. > > > On Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:09 PM, IslandRoutes < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I am stuck on a genealogy problem until Maia records come online. I found > Antonio Miguel de Braga in the Azorean passport records. His parents were > given as M. de Braga and Ermelinda do Rozario. His wife was Maria da > Gloria Rapoza, daughter of Jose Rapoza and Jacinta Roza de Braga. > > So far, most of the de Braga's in Maia connect to me that was born in the > 1800s. I am related to Maria da Gloria Rapoza's mother. She was the > daughter of Jacintho Jose de Braga and Rosa de Medeiros Pacheco, who are my > ancestors. I descend from their son, Jozimas de Braga. > > I cannot connect Antonio to my tree though. My own research stopped in > the early 1880s. From the passport, Antonio was born ca 1863. Because of > the middle name, Miguel, I believe he may descend from Jacintho Jose de > Braga's brother, Miguel de Braga (m. Emilia do Estrella da Coutto). > > Antonio and Maria had several children. These were born in Maia: > Maria I., Maria S., Hanna, Maria do P. (m. Manuel R. Vivieros), Maria, > Bertha, and Patrocinia. The family came over on the SS Oevenuem in 1895. > Only Maria I. and Patrocinia are listed in the passport/ship manifest. The > other names come from the 1900 census. I suspect Patrocinia and Maria do. > P. de Braga are one and the same person. The others, I am not sure. They > could be children left behind in Maia, then brought to Fall River before > 1900. or the children of relatives, but not not identified as such in the > census. > > There were more children born after they got to Fall River, MA: Glormina > (from the Census, name may be mangled), Lena, Antonio M. (died at age 3), > Irene, Peter (m. Margaret Carroll), Antone (m. Alice McCormack), and Joseph. > > I would sure like to know if and where Antonio fits into the tree. If > anyone is researching this family and knows, I would appreciate it! > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > 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. 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.
