Well thank you very much! How do you want me to send the info. I can post or send it privately.
This is a connection to my wife's family. It seems her grandfather was related to the Sousa Dourado's through his grandparents, and inherited property from them. There are at least two by the name of Joao de Sousa Dourado and they all Sousa Dourados descend from the same family. If you don't already know Dourado means gold. So for me this now becomes a mining expedition, just like the people who went to Australia. I have to determine when they adopted the name Dourado, as this seems too good to be true. All the Sousa Dourado's originate from Porto Formoso and settled in Ponta Garca by 1800. I know Eliseu has a close connection with Porto Formoso. The story is that one Jose de Sousa Dourado went to Australia to work and returned wealthy. I will try to get more details to see if it could have have been Joao. This Jose had a sister named Jacinta with same last name. They were godparents to many of my wife's ancestors. Since neither Jose or his sister married, it was my wife's grandfather that looked after them when they were older. Jose has two certifications noted on his birth registry, usually issued for passport or other events. Certified- May 12- 1853 and April 8, 1862 Does this help? Let me know what kind of info you need. JR On Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:53:00 AM UTC-4, cmurray56 wrote: > > Hi JR . > There was a ship called 'The Water Lily" that departed the Azores for > Victoria Australia in the 1800's. > Many of the people from the Azores went hunting for gold in the gold rush > in Victoria Australia. I am a decendant of one. > My GGG Grandfather came from the Azores to Australia and lived in the > Ballarat region of Victoria. He did not come on the Water Lily and im > still searching for details of his arrival. I have his Australia marriage > cert but no entry details. > Maria Lima who is a member of this group , did have relations on the > Water Lily and she kindly gave me a copy of the ships list. I will post it > as soon as I can find it, with the hope that you may find a name on it of > your ancestor. Mariam Lima's ancestors lived in the region of Creswick > and where miners, they have their graves there and are registered. If you > can give me details of youre ancestor , I will go to the library and check > the records to see if there are any for him. > Best Wishes > Chris > > On Sunday, October 26, 2014 2:42:53 PM UTC+11, JR wrote: > >> I am aware of the mass migrations of emigrants from Azores to Brazil and >> USA, and to lesser extent other places. Does anyone know if there was >> migration to Australia and when? >> >> JR >> > -- 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.
