Mary,I think that I would try to find Manuel J. coming to the USA on the Passport lists. Maybe even Marie Margarida too in the Angra Passport books. You may find a fuller name on the parent's. If you are lucky you may even find the village listed. The only other thing I can think of is to find ALL of the children of Manuel & Maria M. hoping that they may have listed a village on one of the birth records. If not there, the Catholic Church baptismal records for the children.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Mary Pimentel Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi friends: I may have sniffed out a new trail on one of my "Mystery > Maria's" (my GGrandmother). I know about her marriage and death, *but am > working on her birth and beyond (if possible)*. Her marriage in Madera CA > lists her as Mary Souza, and her death in 1903 lists her as being 19 years > old and having been born in Boston USA. She was married and known as Mary > C. Evangelho (married name) by then. I know from her brother's Social > Security record that their mother's maiden name was Costa. > > So here is my new trail: > > *Found birth record for Mary Souza, born Boston USA, 26 OCT 1884.* I > think this is probably her, age and place fits perfectly, and there were no > other Maria/Maria Souza's born around that time. > https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-695K-15?i=203&cc=1536925 > > Record lists her father as Manuel J, from St. Michaels Azores. > Record lists her mother as Maria M, from St. George Azores. > > *Found Marriage of her parents: Manuel J and Maria M, married 30 NOV > 1872, in Boston USA* > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results? > count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Asouza~%20%2Bmarriage_place% > 3ABoston~%20%2Bmarriage_year%3A1872-1872~&collection_id=1469062 > > Record lists him as Manuel J Souza, age 30, Carpenter. Born St. > Michaels Azores, his parents are Manoel and Florinda > Record lists her as Maria Margarida, age 25. Born in St. George > Azores. Her parents are Joseph and Elizabeth. (This is where the possible > Costa surname came from) > > > If anyone has info on Manuel J or Maria Margarida, or their parents - > please let me know. I've started searching the St George records for a > Maria M, born around 1847ish, but have still have a lot of churches to go > through. > > thank you! > > Mary > > > > > > > -- > 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.
