John, if you are still a part of this group, please contact me. I had some stuff come up & I don't think I ever got back to you on this. I am interested in the information you have about the Correia family. Since posting this, I have located the great granddaughter of Maria Madelena Correia MEDEIROS and she gave me information on her line. I am also curious about the Antonia do Sacramento name.
On Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 2:56:06 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 10/7/2006 1:10:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] <javascript:> writes: > > I spoke my grandfather's 80 year old cousin today for the first time. > He told me that my great grandfather had a sister in Sao Miguel in the > late 1950's early 1960's. Her name was Maria Madalena Correia. > He gave her address as: > S Barbara de St Antonio > S. Miguel, Azores > > Would that have been how the envelope was addressed? I see where there > is a Santa Barbara on the island, I don't see a St Antonio. I am > confused. > > He also said that he remembered speaking to his father (my great > grandfather's brother) about leaving the island. > If he remembers correctly, My great great grandfather, Manuel Corre(i)a > took his sons, Henry Jacome, and Clement to the US because of the > government was conscripting men to serve in the military in Africa. He > said this was around 1903. I have census records that show them coming > here in 1910. (I have never been able to locate their arrival in > Massachusetts so I can't say what year for sure) > > Has anyone ever heard of this before as a reason for leaving the Azores > around that time? > > > Santa Bárbara de Santo António is so designated so as not to confuse it > with Lomba de Santa Bárbara near Ribeira Grande. Santa Bárbara used to be a > chapel of the main parish of Santo António além Capelas, but is today an > independent parrish, neighboring Santo António. I have a Maria Madalena > Correia, daughter of Manuel Correia and Antónia do Sacramento, all of Santo > António, who had a brother Manuel, married to Maria Oliveira (married 1 > sept 1918). The line goes back to Afonso Ledo (died 1559). If you need the > information, please e-mail me privately. And yes, it was quite common for > young Azorean men to "dar o salto", i.e. take the leap and have themselves > smuggled out of the islands to avoid conscription. > > Best regards, > > John Miranda Raposo -- 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.
