I would start with the Ponta Delgado passports. If he was coming from Sao Miguel he should be on there.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Mary Pimentel Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> 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. > -- 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.
