Here are links to Robert Santos's excellent study and stories on the migrations. You might find your immigrant ancestors' story here. I did!
Robert L. Santos California State University, Stanislaus Librarian/Archivis Azoreans to California: A History of Migration and Settlement http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/azorean.html Stories of California Azorean Immigrants *An Anthology of Personal Life Sketches* http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/sketches.html Eric Edgar On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM, A Faria <antoniof1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Initially what brought an influx to California was the Gold Rush. Sea > Captains and the crews were abandoning whaling ships in the San Francisco > Harbor to go panning for gold starting in 1849. Most Portuguese however > quickly turned their interest to the farmland particularly the dairy > industry initially. I believe it started in Marin County and the East Bay > area then they moved into the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valley > because of cheaper farmland. There are many examples particularly of those > that arrived at the turn of the century of creating substantial wealth in > farming. There still are about 1,000 Portuguese families involved in the > dairy industry in California most trace to the islands of Terceira and Sao > Jorge but there are also some from the islands of Pico, Faial and Flores > and Sao Miguel I personally have never met a dairyman in California from > the islands of Santa Maria, Corvo or Graciosa although I'm sure there are > some. > > On a personal note my maternal grandmother was from a family of twelve, 10 > of her siblings immigrated to the US all to Bristol, Rhode Island first, > five moved on to California because of interest in farming 5 remained in > Rhode Island, their surnames were Brum Cardoso, anyway the immigration laws > became very restrictive in the 1920's because of that my grandmother and > her twin sister the two remaining youngest siblings never made it to the US > they were planning on eventually making their way to California. > > Antonio > > > > > On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:08:17 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> Diane, >> >> In my research it seems like families went to the east coast for >> factories and mill work and to the west coast for dairy and agriculture. >> I'm sure others may have other scenarios. >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
