Rosemary - which location should I look at for his passport if he was coming from Sao Miguel? I'm assuming since they were married here in Boston and came from separate islands and families, that they may have come over at different times and maybe even met here.
On Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 12:23:36 PM UTC-8, rcapodc wrote: > > 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] <javascript:> > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
