Rosemarie; The beneficiary name on the record shows “Maria” which was my grandmother’s name. Many times you find a record that has the same exact name as your ancestor only to find out it isn’t your ancestor later on. The name “Maria” is almost like no name since so many of the females had that name. As in this case, I’m often stymied as to how to be sure I have the right person….
There are many stories about this grandfather and I would love to find out just where and in what circumstances he did die. I was surprised to find a UPEC record with, perhaps, his death date and benefits being paid out if he had, in fact, died in the Azores.. but; if they paid out benefits to people in the Azores when someone dies in CA, it would also make sense that they paid them to people in CA when the person died in the Azores. Thanks, Sam 😊 Sent from Windows Mail From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Sam, the monies would have been paid to whoever he named as the beneficiary on the policy. What that person would have to show as ‘proof’, who knows. It is not stated on the death claim registers. I do know that many of the single men named their parents or just Mom as the beneficiary and that they lived in the Old Country. When they got married they then changed the beneficiary to their new wife and then later if the wife died they changed it to their children if they had any. How the UPEC paid the people in the Azores is a mystery to me because most of the time there is just a name listed with Sao Jorge or Flores etc.! Rosemarie -- 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.
