I have not found any Roberto surnames in the Flores marriage book or the Familias do Lajes book
I have not run into it in any other research on Flores before. Could be an Americanized version of Rodrigues. Eric Edgar On Jul 21, 2015 3:50 PM, "Andrea R" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! I am new to this group and I am researching the following people > (I only have the English names) > > Joseph Joaquim Roberts born 8 Jun 1848 or 1850 1900 census says born in > Flores and immigrated in 1871 died in 1905 in Sacramento, CA but 1880 > census shows living in Emporia, Kansas > > his wife > > Rosa Roberts - maiden name LIMA born 22 Feb 1851 or 1852 1900 census > says only Azores and immigration 1872 death certificate shows father Frank > (Francisco ?) Lima died in 1935 in San Francisco > > daughter > > Clementina Roberts born 23 Oct 1868 1900 census says only Azores and > immigration 1872 died 1945 in San Francisco (married Lansfield) > > son > > Anthony Joseph Roberts born 5 Jan 1870 some places say Portugal and some > say Boston, MA cannot find any records of birth - died in 1937 in San > Francisco > > I searched Ancestry and many sites and could not find anything. I know > few records are indexed and I tried searching the Azores reocrds on their > site but haven't found anything yet. Was hoping to discover what the last > name was originally. I have obtained all death certificates but they are > vague. The only clue was Flores in the 1900 census. > > Thank you very much! This has been interesting as my family didn't even > know they were from the 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. > -- 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.
