Are there records for Emigration from Azores to Australia? Sorry I am coming in on this post a little late. I just realized that I was supposed to have had a great uncle that went to Australia from the Azores.
He was born on Sao Jorge. I will have to look up his information Marilyn On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:07 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometime the stories we get handed down are not always 100% accurate, but > have some substance. I am looking for Jose de Sousa Dourado, native of Ponta > Garca, that may have travelled abroad for work, possibly in 1853 and 1863, > when his baptism shows that he was issued two certificates. I was and still > am questioning the story that he went to Australia, but perhaps he went to > Brazil. I am told he never married and had a sister by the name of Jacinta. > There are many Jose's and Jacinta' born to families with the Sousa/Dourado > name. This is why I can't link him to any family. Since he never married and > this one certificate showed up with two certifications, I think this might > be him. > > JR > > On Sunday, October 26, 2014 12:05:05 AM UTC-4, A Faria wrote: >> >> Hi JR, >> >> There was no mass migration from the Azores to Australia although a few >> Whalers jumped ship in the 1800's and I believe some Azorean immigrants to >> Hawaii moved to Australia.. Mass migration from the >> >> Azores I am only aware of Brazil, United States, Hawaii before it became a >> state in 1959, Canada and Bermuda. >> >> I think some of the Portuguese immigrants to Australia were Madeiran >> immigrants that moved from South Africa but Madeira is a separate island >> chain. >> >> A.Faria > > -- > 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. -- 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.
