Linda, Interesting! She did go back to Graciosa, where she died. I was told she missed Graciosa.
I will look up the list on Family Search. You have been a big help. Now to find my grandmother's passport. She came at a later date. Colleen Sent from my iPad > On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:28 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > oh, btw, "proprietaria" means that your great grandmother was a property > owner. > > :) > > Linda > > >> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:21:54 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: >> >> >> I'm glad to have helped :D The vocabulary used in the records is limited, >> and with very little practice, you can be reading them in no time. >> FamilySearch.org has a list of words used in the records on their site, and >> that's really all you need to get started. >> >> Here's a transcription: >> >> Elvira Augusa de 30 anos, >> casada com Antonio Augus- >> to da Cunha, proprieta- >> ria, natural da freguesia >> de Santa Cruz ilha Gracio- >> sa deste districto; levando seu >> filho, Joao Augusto da Cu- >> nha de 15 anos solteiro, traba- >> lhador, Alfredo Augusto da >> Cunha de 11, e Rosalia de 6 anos, >> todos da dita freguesia. >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> >> >>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >>> Thank you so very much Linda. That is definitely my great grandmother and >>> her children. My grandmother, her daughter came at a different time. So >>> thrilled to have found this.My skill level is zero! It is good enough for >>> me to be able scan the records on tombo.pt but I'm not able to translate. >>> >>> So excited to share this with a cousin of my father's who happens to be >>> daughter of Alfredo! >>> >>> Obrigado, >>> >>> Colleen >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:41 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Colleen, >>>> >>>> Here's a translation of the top, right corner entry. I broke it up by >>>> lines as they are in the original document so you can compare the two. I >>>> don't know your skill level, but I'd be happy to provide a transcription >>>> too if you're trying to learn to read the records. >>>> >>>> passport number: 838 >>>> August 30th >>>> Destination: United States of North America >>>> >>>> Elvira Augusta, aged 30, >>>> married to Antonio Augus- >>>> to de Cunha, proprieta- >>>> ria, native of the parish >>>> of Santa Cruz, isle [of] Gracio- >>>> sa of this district; taking her >>>> son, Joao Augusto da Cu- >>>> nha aged 15 single, labor >>>> -er, Alfredo Augusto da >>>> Cunha [the age] of 11, and Rosalia [aged] 6 years, >>>> all of the said [i.e., the same] parish. >>>> >>>> Linda >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 4:46:29 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >>>>> I believe this to be my great-grandmother's passport along with 3 of her >>>>> children, Alreado, Rosalia, Joao (Jose)! I know they arrived 9/16/1913 on >>>>> the ship Canopic. >>>>> >>>>> Top right corner >>>>> >>>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914_item1/P118.html >>>>> >>>>> Thank you again for your help, >>>>> >>>>> Colleen Wright >>>>> Researching: Cunha, Bettencourt, Rosa from Graciosa >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
