Correction: Two lived to adulthood. Not sure about the 3rd. 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 10:34 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
