Yes! That matches the names on the baptism records I have found for Velma's father.
I'll see if I can track any of those siblings to the US Eric Edgar On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 8:20 PM, hisalv via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > Eric and Dave > I have Jose Martins Cotta and Maria Balbina in my records Maria.Balbina > is related to my mother from 2nd to 8th cousins. Jose and Maria Balbina > were married Nov. 5, 1869. (1860-1869+006 pg.6 Rec. #10) Sao Pedro, > Biscoites. He was 22 yrs old when he married, and she was 19 yrs old. . He > was the son of Jose Martins Cotta and Maria Ignacia.and Maria Balbina was > the daughter of Jose Martins Ourique and Josefa Constancia . > > I also have three more children for Jose and Maria Balbina > 1 Maria do Rosario b. June 3, 1870, married June 6, 1889 to Pedro de > Sousa, of Angra. (1889-006 Rec 9 pg. 6) > 2 Manoel b. Oct. 7, 1872 > 3 Emilia b. Sep. 27, 1875 > > Helen S > > -----Original Message----- > From: luiznoia . <[email protected]> > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Oct 29, 2015 7:50 am > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Velma Cotta > > The 1913 shiplist shows Francisco came to the US in 1906, and is returning > to his brother Jose Martins Cotta in Sanger, Fresno. Father is Jose Martins > Cotta in Biscoitos > I have no censuses for 1920 for this Cotta family > > This was a very tricky family to sort out. I'm going to post what I have > for the group to see if anyone relates to these families, has worked on > related families, or just for a second look at things. > > First, there are three Jose Martins Cotta who left Biscoitos, Terceira > within a few months in 1901. Two of those came to the Tulare, Kings, Fresno > area. Two of them had brothers named Francisco. > > One of the fathers was Jose Martins Cotta, and one was Manuel Martins > Cotta. > > I do not have draft notices that fit the two who appear on the 1910 census > in Kaweah, Tulare > > I have no clear death record for Frank M Cotta. > > > I'll post a number of records in a few messages > > Eric Edgar > > *Descendants of Jose Martins Cotta* > > > *Generation No. 1* > > *1.* JOSE MARTINS2 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)* He married MARIA B > ALBINA, daughter of JOSE OURIQUE and JOSEFA CONSTANCIA. > > Children of JOSE COTTA and MARIA BALBINA are: > 2. i. JOSE MARTIN3 COTTA, b. 19 Mar 1882, Biscoitos, > Terceira, Azores; d. 12 Jun 1961, Chino, San Bernardino, California. > ii. FRANCISCO MARTIN COTTA, b. 21 Nov 1884, > Biscoitos, Terceira, Azores. > > > *Generation No. 2* > > *2.* JOSE MARTIN3 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J**OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)* > was born 19 Mar 1882 in Biscoitos, Terceira, Azores, and died 12 Jun 1961 > in Chino, San Bernardino, California. He married MARIA M CONCEIACO 12 > Sep 1901 in Lowell, Massachucetts, daughter of JOSE CONCEICAO and JOSEFA. > > > Children of JOSE COTTA and MARIA CONCEIACO are: > i. MARY M4 COTTA, b. 31 Jan 1903, Taunton, Bristol, > Massachucetts; d. 15 May 1990, Tulare. California; m. SOUZA. > 3. ii. VELMA COTTA, b. 15 Mar 1910, California; d. 30 > Jan 1971, Tulare. California. > 4. iii. ROSE ALICE COTTA, b. 1913, California; d. 24 Sep > 2014, Tulare. California. > > > *Generation No. 3* > > *3.* VELMA4 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*3*, J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J**OSE** > M**ARTIN*1*)* was born 15 Mar 1910 in California, and died 30 Jan 1971 in > Tulare. California. She married (1) MANUEL M COELHO 1923 in Tulare, > California. She married (2) JOE G HUGHES 1933 in Reno, Nevada. > > Child of VELMA COTTA and MANUEL COELHO is: > i. EDWARD5 COELHO, b. 1926, California. > > > *4.* ROSE ALICE4 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*3*, J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J* > *OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)* was born 1913 in California, and died 24 Sep 2014 in > Tulare. California. She married JOSEPH LEAL, son of LEAL and BORGES. He > was born 08 Feb 1910 in Azores, and died 28 Dec 1999 in Tulare. California. > > Children of ROSE COTTA and JOSEPH LEAL are: > i. DOLORES5 LEAL. > ii. LUCILLE LEAL. > iii. IRENE LEAL. > iv. MARY LEAL. > v. ALICE LEAL. > vi. TERESA LEAL. > vii. LAURA LEAL. > viii. JOSEPH LEAL. > ix. JAMES LEAL. > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:33 PM, nancy jean baptiste < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Congratulations! What a thrill it must be to talk with your cousin! Your >> mother's sisters daughter! Thank you for sharing this mystery as it >> unfolded. For those of us who are your cousins, there's still that mystery >> of "how/who/ when? Do you have a connection to the Azores yet? I know there >> was talk of looking at the passports. You already have your MTDNA...right? >> >> Best regards for the continued story unfolding.... I like >> Belmira....aka, Velma......married at 13....you have a good story there. >> >> Nancy Jean >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Velma Cotta >> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:43:34 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> How wonderful! So many of us have watched this quest unfold and it is so >> nice to read of your success! >> >> Susan Vargas Murphy >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Dave Worman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Success!!! >> >> Thank you to each and every one of you who have spent time searching on >> my behalf and to each one of you following this thread. I could not have >> done it without you. You are an answer to my prayers! God Bless you! >> >> I have been searching for Velma Cotta, my birth mother, for most of my >> adult life with no results beyond finding out her name and marriage to my >> birth father. Due to the help from members of this group - she has been >> identified and I have been able to locate and contact my actual, real 1st >> cousin! A child of Velma's sister! >> >> The information came in a little bit at a time but then quickly once we >> were pretty sure we were on the right trail. Understanding the name change >> from Belmira to Velma was really the first clue. Then census info, >> newspapers articles, tracking the people who might be the right family, >> finding graves, then obituaries of Velma's parents (thank you Sequoia >> Genealogical Society!) and then the obituary of Velma's sister. I don't >> have permission to name the people who actually found all this but you can >> find them on this thread :) They did all the important work as I have no >> clue. >> >> To you who have been searching, too. Keep looking and trying and I hope >> for your success! >> >> Thank you, >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Yeah, that's the spelling. I knew it looked a little off! >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> 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. 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