Hi Nancy. My Grandmother was born in Almagreira and she was also Cabral. I hope you are lucky next time, and hope you enjoyed visiting Santa Maria.
Ângela dos Santos Loura 2014-08-09 20:18 GMT+01:00 nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]>: > Well Liz you probably will have an amazing adventure in the future! I'm > constantly surprised at how these things happen. Of course, none of it > would have been possible if Margarida hadn't answered me right away since I > have no idea when I might make it back to Santa Maria! So huge thanks go to > her and my friends and husband for being such willing participants in my > journey! > > Over and over my FTDNA results have informed and inspired me as well as > filling in so many of the blanks I've had regarding my ancestry! > > Nancy Jean > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] A Family Finder story. > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:00:19 -0400 > To: [email protected] > > > What a wonderful story and I hope someday to have the same kind if > adventure. So for now I'll just be jealous. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 9, 2014, at 1:42 PM, nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > We came to Pico in June and have been looking forward to our trip to Santa > Maria. I have this dream of finding the houses/ruins of all 8 of my great > grandparents. So far I've found my de Lemos from Sao Jorge and the spot > where my Cardoso from Candelaria lived....alas, the house was torn down 3 > years ago and a new modern house is being built in the spot where it stood. > > My husband and I went on the ferry (over 12 hours!) with Tomas Leal and > his partner for a week in Santa Maria. We went to my Great > grandmother, Catharina Moreira Cabral's village of Almagreira. I had no > clue where to start looking or who to ask. The cemetery was full of Cabral > and Andrade. I knew some of them were probably related but Catharina left > Santa Maria in 1882 and since the records for Santa Maria haven't been up > long I haven't determined her siblings or much else about the family > although I have the generations behind her which take me way back! > > My computer in Pico is very slow and quite iffy so I haven't been in FTDNA > much since I've been in the Azores. The night before we were to leave Santa > Maria I decided to look at Family Finder to see if I had any new matches > since I've been here. Right away I saw a new 3rd cousin match.....she > didn't have her gedcom up but she had her family names, Cabral and Andrade, > so I knew she was related by Santa Maria ancestry. I believe she's a list > member, Maria Margarida Quea. > I wrote her immediately and she responded right away from California. > > Her mother was born in Almagreira. She told me to go to the market, > Clotilde in Almagreira and that the woman who owned it was her 3rd cousin > and was a Cabral. When we arrived at the market the daughter, Isabel Cabral > Andrade was there and was very welcoming and helpful. I'm assuming that > we're cousins since Margarida is her cousin as well as my cousin. Isabel > knew very little of her ancestry but did recognize some of the names I > showed her on my tree as ancestral names. She also pointed up the hill to > her grandfathers house which was rebuilt on the family land and his > brothers house is right next door to it. We went up there and no one > appeared to be home but right next door in the field was a very old > ruin.....lovely with a caved in roof and trees growing up the > middle......classic ruin made with rubble and stucco. again, my intuition > told me that this was Catharina's home before going to the states.....I > have no proof although we did go back to the market and ask Isabel if this > was part of the Cabral family and she confirmed that it was although she > wasn't sure whose it had been. I have pictures and for now it's Catharina's. > > Isabel also told us that there was another family member who does > genealogy, her cousin, Jimmy Coelho, (another of my Santa Maria family > names). She didn't know his phone number but said to go to Sao Lourenco and > just ask and someone would know where to find him. I had a very strong > intuitive flash to stop at the first café rather than the one we were > headed to and when I went in and asked if the man knew Jimmy Coelho he said > yes and pointed to the house immediately behind the café! We went and > knocked and 2 men on the street saw us and came to see what we wanted. It > was Jimmy Coelho and his father, Joao! They have the same great great > grandfathers name that I have, Antonio Joaquim Cabral, and while we have > made a certain connection it appears we're also cousins. They live in the > states and Jimmy will be joining our list. > > Needless to say, I was very happy and content. Santa Maria is one of the > very loveliest of the islands! I have many pictures and if anyone would > like to see them I'm happy to send them off list. > > Thanks to Family Finder I found a very tangible connection to my Catharina > and cousins! 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