Linda, Thank you for your interest and help. Checked the link but don't know if Edna Velma Cota would be the same person or not. As you think, I have looked at a lot of "Velma" records wondering if they could be the same person but I have no way to know for certain. I lost contact with Velma when I was a toddler.. didn't even know her name until recently.
Thanks for your suggestion of an Americanized name of Vilemina/Velmina - certainly could be. That would broaden the search a lot. Perhaps your mother would be a source of information? And she may have changed her last name from Hughes back to Cotta after the divorce??? Or she may have re-married??? As you can see, I have more questions than answers. Dave On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:24 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > I know you've been searching for a while, so this is probably a dead end > you've already pursued, but here's a death record for Edna Velma Cota from > Tulare, CA > > https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC3-5LB > > Tulare is only a few miles from Hanford. > > Some other thoughts (again, probably things you've already considered): > > My understanding is that "Cota/Cotta" is a name that's most commonly found > on the island of Terceira, and that on Terceira the densest distribution is > around Doze Ribeiras, Santa Barbara and Altares. > > Maybe Velma was an Americanization of Vilemina/ Velmina (I'm not sure of > the spelling-- I'll ask my mom if it's something you'd like to know for > sure). One of my great-aunts was born in Santa Barbara, Terceira about the > same time as your Velma Cota, and that was her given name. > > best wishes, > > Linda > > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 12:49:17 PM UTC-7, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> Marilyn, >> >> Thank you for your interest. >> >> The marriage certificate shows her name as Velma Cotta when she married >> Joe Hughes in 1933. Her age was 24 and she lived at 230 Ivy St., Hanford, >> CA. She had been previously married and was divorced in 1928 - no >> indication of her married name. >> >> Research shows that Herculano & Belle Lopes built the house at 230 Ivy >> St, Hanford, CA and lived in it during the 1930's and beyond. >> >> On my original birth certificate her maiden name is given as Velma >> Cotta. It also indicates that she was born in California, no city or area >> was specified. If Joe Hughes furnished this information it may be >> unreliable. >> >> She and Joe Hughes were trying to become Hollywood actors. I cannot find >> a divorce but they separated sometime around 1937-38 or so. >> >> That sums up most of what I know about her. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Marilyn Thompson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Do you have any additional information? Born Northern, Central, Southern >>> California? Married names? >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Dave Worman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> First, Thank You!! to each one of you who have spent so much time >>>> trying to help me with this search. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I am still searching for information on Velma Cotta, born about 1910 >>>> probably in California. Divorce 1928 - married again 1933. In 1933 >>>> lived at 230 Ivy St., Hanford, CA with Belle and Hercules Lopes. Have >>>> hit a brick wall here and am still wondering about her. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And to those of you who have not yet done the DNA testing, please test >>>> because you may be able to help people with brick walls like me. 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