Thank you - I think this is him! I'm so glad I connected with you here!! Obrigado!
On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 4:14:46 PM UTC-7, Azoreanno wrote: > > Here is the link to the page. Beginning of this birth is in previous page > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1880-1889/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1880-1889_item1/P92.html > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 18, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Eric Souza <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > WOW! This is amazing information! Can you send me the link where you found > this? This is the first real-looking lead I've had in a long time!! Thank > you! > > - Eric > > On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 12:00:08 PM UTC-7, Azoreanno wrote: >> >> Eric >> >> Based on my experience I would say The combination de Sousa Borba is more >> common in Calheta followed by Topo. >> Since you researched Calheta I went to Topo records and found one >> Alexandre, born in August 1882. He was son of Manuel Jose da Cunha, >> shoemaker and Rosa Delfina, seamstress. Paternal grandson of Antonia de Sao >> Jose and maternal grandson of Antonio de Sousa de Borba and Ana Delfina. >> The godfather was a Alexandre de Sousa de Borba (most likely a maternal >> oncle/cousin) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Eric Souza <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm researching my genealogy, and trying to find information about my >> great-grandfather, Alexander Souza. >> >> We believe Alexander Souza was born on São Jorge in early 1883 (possibly >> late 1882?). He immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area (don't know the >> year), and lived in Sausalito, CA. He married Mary Catan Mancebo on May 6, >> 1907, and they had my grandfather, Edward Souza, in 1909. Alex died on >> March 13, 1915, in Sausalito. Mary died shortly after, and my grandfather >> never knew any other details about his father. Other documents show he may >> also have been known as Alexander Souza Borba or Alexander S Borba ... is >> it accurate that the last name would be Paternal-Maternal, so Souza as the >> father's paternal surname and Borba as the mother's paternal surname? >> >> We don't know the town he is from, or any information about other >> relatives. I looked through the parish baptism records here on the >> CulturaAcores site >> <http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/?serie=0&ilha=4&concelho=20>. >> >> Unfortunately I didn't find any records that looked like they could be him. >> >> Any advice for how to further research this would be great! I've been in >> touch with the Star of the Sea parish in Sausalito, and the Portuguese Hall >> in Sausalito, but so far, no luck. >> >> Thanks, >> Eric Souza >> [email protected] >> Skype: ericcsouza >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >> <11-Apr-1907-Alex-Souza-Mary-Catan-Marriage-License.jpg> >> >> <Aleck-da-Souza-Passes-Away.jpg> >> >> <Alexander-Souza-and-Mary-Catan-Mancebo.jpg> >> >> -- > 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] <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
