Elaine, Funchal is Madeira island. Your people are from Ribeira Quente on Sao Miguel island, one of the 9 Azores Islands. The Madeira Islands (2 of them) are a different archipelago.
I have no idea what Shirley is talking about. What do you have for the kids of Joao Ignacio de Lima and Francisca Rosa de Mello from Ribeira Quente? I have 6 kids, with 3 living to adulthood. I haven't run across a Joao. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Elaine Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Margaret, > > I found on ancestry a NY immigration: > > New York Passenger List, 1820-1957 > Year: 1907: Arrival, New York, New York; Microfilm > Serial: T715, 1897-1959; Micriofilm roll: roll 0885; > Line 24; Page Number: 85 > > Looking at the record again, I realize it has a different birth city - > Funchal, so while the age is right, this may not be him. But if you look > up the page, Joao is line 28 that was the name I saw and jumped to the > conclusion it was him. > > Its interesting to know that they would name their kids the same name - I > guess George Foreman wasn't the first to do that, then! ;} > > Shirley, I do find the 14 year old Joao confusing, as there is a Virginia > that was born in 1893 to Joao and Francisca, so unless there was a multiple > birth or they adopted a child, he doesn't make sense. But everything else > matches up in terms of ages and names/parentage. > > Elaine > Elaine > > On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:37:45 PM UTC-5, Mara wrote: >> >> Yes, and yes, it was. Some times up to 4 and 5 Marias >> >> If you look at the 17 year old Maria, record # 52 year 1890, on the top >> right page, 6th line down, it reads...."secunda de nome", second of the >> name. This confirms she is the 2nd Maria of this family thus far. >> >> Elaine, You mentioned Maria's Dad arrived in the USA same year, May 6th? >> What documentation do you have to prove this? Francisca's passport # 675 >> states she is 52 years and a widow. >> >> >> -- > 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.
