The ship they sailed on, the Swanley, picked them up 20 Oct 1909 at Ponta Delgada. It lists all of the family as born in Ponta Garca
There is no 1909 Ponta Delgada passport available. Have fun slogging through the baptisms Eric Edgar On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:01 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > I stand corrected, "Ponta Garca" :) > > Hey, Jennifer, do you know your Great grandmother's birthday (month & > day)-- or even any of her sibs? If so, you could go through village by > village, checking the date in each one. It's a brute force method, but it > might work. > > Linda > > > > On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:53:48 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: >> >> >> Hi Jennifer, >> >> I believe the name on the manifest is "Maria Apolinia da Garca". >> Apolinia is a given name, not a surname. >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8:40:28 PM UTC-7, Jennifer w. wrote: >>> >>> would anyone out there happen to have any information on the corriea >>> family from sao miguel?? my great grandmother was born there and i have >>> been unable to find information on their family prior to coming to the us. >>> any help and or direction would be greatly appreciated, i have been at a >>> stand still for a while now and i am beginning to lose hope...lol. here is >>> the vitals on my family that i have so far, some of the birth years are >>> estimates but they are very close. thank you very much for any information >>> you might have that can point me in the right direction. >>> >>> joao corriea >>> maria p. corriea >>> >>> their children: >>> manuel corriea b. 1895 >>> maria r.corriea b. 1904 >>> georgina corriea (my great grandmother)...b.1906 >>> joao corriea b 1909 >>> >>> according to georginas death records her mothers maiden name is benza, >>> however, on the ship manifest when they left portugal, it states they were >>> living with a mother in law, not sure who's it was, but the name is not >>> benza, in fact i am having a hard time even making the name out...maybe >>> someone can help with that...lol. ill attatch it here just in case someone >>> might recognize it. it looks like alholinia, but im not sure and i have >>> never seen that name before. >>> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
