It says Cedros on Faial. If you think that's her, go to the Cedros baptisms and look for an Anna born to those parents.
Your message didn't say what led you to believe she was from Faial. Cheri On Jun 7, 2015 7:08 AM, "Kimberly Reeve" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I found my GG grandmother who came from the Azores according to a > marriage document. I am not familiar enough yet with the Passport Registry > to be sure. Here is what I know. Her name was Anna da Gloria Ferro > according to her marriage license she was from the Azores. Her fathers > name was Manuel da Gloria and her mother was Maria Ferro. I'm still a bit > unclear on how the Portuguese surnames work. Also there is a bit of > variation on the name, some records have Fino instead of Ferro, however > since this record was completed at least in her presence, I'm going with > Ferro. Her death certificate list her date of birth as February 21, 1867, > this is fairly consistant across the census records. Census records show > some variation in her arrival date. Two records list 1884 and one lists > 1880. She is not in the 1880 census and likely the last census record was > completed by Anna's second husband who may not have known when she > arrived. My best guess has been that her immigration occurred in 1884. I > have also seen her name as De Gloria and Da Gloria. I visited the Family > History Library last year trying to make some headway on this line. They > recommended the Passport records as a starting place since I did not know > what village she came from. Once she immigrated she lived in San Francisco > and then Berkeley. I am including a copy of the record I found that might > be her. The age is about right, although she really should have been 17 > not 16. It's the 4th record from the bottom. I can't read enough to tell > what the various columns say. Any help would be appreciated. > > -- > 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.
