jumped ship = crewman who abandoned the ship at a port Sonia
Sónia Pacheco Librarian Archivist Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives Claire T. Carney Library University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 Tel. 508-999-8695 Fax 508-999-8424 Email spach...@umassd.edu Web site: http://library.umassd.edu/paa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Francis Pimentel" <rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:41:49 PM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joseph F Ramos (Sao Miguel) + Rosa F Gomes (Fayal) Marriage -1879 I thought “Jumped Ship” meant he was a crew member and was still obligated to the Captain (Ship owner) to complete his contract of employment. A person that snuck on board a ship is a stowaway. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of luiznoia . Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 2:57 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joseph F Ramos (Sao Miguel) + Rosa F Gomes (Fayal) Marriage -1879 You can see they were still using the Ramos surname in 1883 when daughter Mary was born. It took a lot of manipulation to make this record readable. She is at the bottom line. Eric E On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Cheri Mello < gfsche...@gmail.com > wrote: Alan F, "Jumping ship" refers to sneaking on the boat. See the John P. Colleta's "They Came In Ships" for a full explanation. If he snuck on the ship in the Azores, he would have been discovered and counted on the American end. Pretty hard not to be discovered during a 2 or so week voyage. I doubt that being poor had anything to do with it. Mine were pretty poor upon entry too. Who knows why our ancestors did some things. A "how to" is on the Azores GenWeb here: http://goo.gl/3KZnNs You have to know when your ancestor sailed and then you have to look at the Passaportes page by page and hunt for them. Cheri On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Alan Francis < alanfranci...@gmail.com > wrote: Thank you again, Cheri. Re family heritage, family lore is that Joseph "jumped ship" in Boston and may have been here illegally. I know they were rather poor for those times. That may explain their reluctance to be known as Portuguese. Any recommendations as to where to go next to research the family? I looked at the passaportes records but didn't know how to find a particular name as there wasn't a search box. On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 9:34:31 PM UTC-4, Alan Francis wrote: I just joined this group so forgive me if this is not an appropriate request. I found a marriage record for my great grandparents, I think. It seems my great grandfaher's surname was Ramos, not Francis. I am trying to verify this information. My problem is in trying to decipher the handwriting on the marriage record. I am not sure of the spelling of Ramos. Can anyone help me with this? I appreciate the help. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . 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