---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joseph Freitas Caldeira born Flores To: azores <[email protected]>
HI Gregg, On my mother's side of the family, I have a 2ggf Jose de Freitas da Caldeira. Caldeira is an area of the village of Fajazinha just over the hill from "downtown Fajazinha". I think it's place name "alcunha" or nick name. His son, my great grandather, was Francisco Joaquim de Freitas (nothing about Caldeira). His grandsson, Jose Joaquim de Freitas was my maternal grandfather. In some cases, the "alcunha" is not passed down to following generations as in my mother's family. In your case, it appears that the "alcunha" was not only passed down but became *the* surname and the "true" surname (Freitas) was lost. Have you done any research to determine who your grandfather's parents were. Do you have any dates on your grandfather? We might very well be related. John Vasconcelos On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Repost for Greg Caldeira, columboid2010 at gmail.com > > Dear John, > > You were kind enough to post more than a year ago. In doing further > research on my grandfather, Joseph Freitas Caldeira, I have concluded that > he may well have had the last name Caldeira when he landed in the US. I > have yet to find the manifest for his ship, but I am pretty sure he landed > in Providence. He seems to have been born on Flores. We probably are > cousins. How would I find his origins--I assume baptismal records--on > Flores? Did you have relatives by the name of Avila in Calfornia, from > around Tulare? > > Greg Caldeira > > -- > 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.
