Elaine, the information I received from Maria Cristo's brother's
great-grandson, Dickie, was that he had found her arriving in Boston on the
Credic. At that time, I did not look at the actual passenger list. I don't
have any information that puts her or any of the family on the island of Santa
Maria.
Eliseu, I can't be sure that Maria Cristo was baptized "on the spot" before she
married. I did look at her marriage to Filipe Perreira da Silva (or several
other surnames they used over the years of their marriage; Perreira, da Silva,
Silva, Perry). He is buried here in Hayward, CA as Fillip da Silva. His
gather is also buried in the same cemetery; surname, Perry, as is his brother.
So, surnames also vary. Celeste Perry [email protected]
On Sunday, November 1, 2015 3:07 PM, "E" Sharp" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Celeste,
I don't know if this makes a difference but I looked up the ship's manifest and
it says she was born in Santa Barbara (City), Santa Maria(Country). Is there
such a place as Santa Barbara in Santa Maria?
"E"
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Eliseu, Here is the original chart that Celeste sent to me many years ago!
Hope it's easier for you to read.
Rosemarie [email protected] Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and
Pico, Azores,Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Rosemarie! Would you mind to send the the ancestors of Maria in another
format. I tis very hard to read. Muito Obrigado,Eliseu Pacheco da SilvaAzores
(S. Miguel, Graciosa, Faial); Mainland
(Alentejo)(http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel?lang=en) De:
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Em nome de Rosemarie
Capodicci
Enviada: 31 de outubro de 2015 20:33
Para: [email protected]
Assunto: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Cristo Morais, Lomba da Santa Barbara,
Sao Miguel, Azores Celeste, do you think that she may not have been baptized in
the Azores (or the record was lost) and she was re-baptiaed here in the USA
before her marriage??? That happened in the Azores (not here) to my
greatgreatgrandma, records were not available at the time of her marriage so
she was re-baptized right before she married. Just a thought.
Rosemarie [email protected] Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and
Pico, Azores,Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at
2:26 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote:
Boy Celeste, you are such a great researcher! I know that you have been looking
for Maria Cristo for years (I still have your info on my desktop!) I hope that
someone out there has her in their database and is wondering where she came
from! Good Luck and continue your search. As you are aware, if you have been
watching the list, Dave W. finally found his birth mother's family just this
week! So, continue and hope that the info will come to light soon.
Rosemarie [email protected] Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and
Pico, Azores,Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at
1:31 PM, 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote:
It has been a long time since I tried to find documentation for the birth of
my husband, Robert Edward Perry’s, paternal grandmother. I call her the,
“elusive Maria Cristo.” I began my search in 2001. At that time, there were
limited resources on line so I contacted relatives and researchers I found
living in Rhode Island and MA. The oral history I had did not go very far back
in time until I found a great-grandson of her brother, Jose. That helped some
since I then knew the village in Sao Miguel where the family lived before
Seraphine, her brother, immigrated to RI. I have been able to collect
information about the lives of those of her family that immigrated followed
Seraphine to RI from the census and marriage reords. In 2007, I visited Lomba
da Santa Barbara and found that all the church records I needed were in the
archives in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel. I spent a week going through the church
records looking for my “elusive Maria Cristo.” Maria Cristo’s parents had
names that were not very common so the task was easier than it may have been.
Joao de Morais (several spellings) and Jacinta Libianna (several variations of
spellings) were not as hard as some names to pick out in the records. I found
Maria Cristo had several siblings and I recorded all of them. I had been told
by her daughter, Mary Cruz, that Maria Cristo was 5 years old when her father
died. I looked in all the records up to the time of his death. Found nothing.
In 2009, I returned to Sao Miguel thinking maybe Maria Cristo had been raised
by this family and was not biologically related. Or that she was the daughter
of an older sibling that was not married and raised by her grandparents. I
found that 3 of the older siblings had died young so I ruled them out. Then I
thought the family may have been visiting one of the villages surrounding Lomba
da Santa Barbara when she was born and was baptized in a village that was near
Lomba da Santa Barbara. I looked at all the villages that abutted Lomba da
Santa Barbara and could find neither a Maria born to her parents or to them
listed as grandparents to a Maria. So….I left Sao Miguel with the mystery
unsolved. As I worked more and more on the other 7 Portuguese immigrant family
for me and my husband, I left Maria Cristo waiting for me to take up the
search. I have been following the Azores list daily, with my eye on anyone
mentioning a Maria born in Sao Miguel who could have a connection to my
“elusive Maria Cristo.” None has shown up YET. Any suggestions or help is
appreciated. Celeste Perry [email protected]
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