These are from the Flores/Corvo marriage book >From Lajes:
Caetano José de Mendonça [f.º de José de Mendonça e de Ana de Freitas] c. 1818.08.24 c. Inácia Rosa [f.ª de António de Freitas Lucas e de Maria Lourenço]. This may be the paternal great grandparents in Faja Grande José de Mendonça [f.º de António de Mendonça, n. Corvo, e de Francisca de Freitas, n. Fajã Grande, Lajes das Flores] c. 1783.09.15 c. Ana de Freitas [n. Fajã Grande, f.ª de Francisco José e de Esperança de Freitas] Eric On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 7:26 PM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the parents marriage information from Fajazinza > > António José de Mendonça [f.º de Caetano José de Mendonça e de Inácia Rosa] > c. 1850.08.31 > c. Maria Inácia do Coração de Jesus [f.ª de António Coelho Ramos e de > Maria Inácia]. > > I have Flores families and Atwater connections. Search this group. I have > many posts covering both > > > Eric Edgar > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 4:17 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Wendy, >> >> I'm new to FTDNA, but it looks like you and your grandmother match my mom >> and me. Two of my mom's grandparents were born on Flores, and I have their >> lines sketched out to about the mid 1700's/early 1800's. Our connection >> might be beyond the range of the existing records, but I'm happy to help >> look for a connection. We have Mendonca and Freitas, among other names, in >> our tree too. >> >> If you haven't already got the Flores/Corvo marriage book, I highly >> recommend it: >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Casais-das-Flores-Corvo-Portuguese-eb >> ook/dp/B00AQAOOF6 >> >> It's a searchable index of all the marriage records from the two >> islands. You can use it to cut down some of the record slogging and to put >> together a good provisional tree fairly quickly. >> >> cheers, >> >> Linda Meneses >> >> >> On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:18:50 PM UTC-8, WPederson wrote: >>> >>> After having my gandmother and dad do DNA testing through FamilyTreeDNA, >>> I was able to narrow down my Azorean ancestors to the island of Flores. >>> Since then I have found a previously undiscovered 1880 census (Murray, >>> Alameda, California) for my gg grandfather Jose Freitas Mendonca (was >>> incorrectly transcribed as Mundunco) that shows he was from Flores. I've >>> spent the holiday going through Flores baptismal records and found his >>> baptismal record as well as at least 3 siblings, all with the same parents >>> and grandparents. I'm looking to connect to any descendants but have not >>> found any through DNA matching that share family tree names, only Flores >>> location. Do any of these names match your ancestors? >>> >>> Jose Freitas Mendonca b. 1859, baptized 31 Mar 1859, Fajãzinha, Flores, >>> Azores naturalized 1888 San Benito County, California, d. 2 Apr 1897 >>> Panoche, San Benito, CA >>> >>> Siblings- >>> Mariana Mendonca b.1863, baptized 2 Sept 1863, Fajã Grande, Flores, >>> Azores married someone with the last name Joseph and lived at one time in >>> Livermore, Alameda, CA >>> Thomazia Mendonca b. 1869, baptized 06 Jun 1869, Fajã Grande, Flores, >>> Azores married someone named Vierra (Maybe Joseph F) and lived at one time >>> in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA >>> Antonio Jose Mendonca b 1877 baptized 06 Sep 1877, Fajã Grande, Flores, >>> Azores-believe he could be the same as Antonio Jose Mendonca that died 2 >>> Dec 1944, Atwater, Merced, CA >>> >>> Parents- >>> Antonio Jose Mendonca, from Flores, Azores >>> Maria Ignacia, from Flores Azores >>> >>> Possible Uncle- >>> Joao Freitas Mendonca b. 1822 d. 1 Mar 1890, Fajã Grande, Flores, Azores >>> >>> Paternal Grandparents- >>> Caetano Jose Mendonca from Flores, Azores >>> Ignacia Rosa from Flores, Azores >>> >>> Maternal Grandparents- >>> Antonio Coehlo Ramos from Flores, Azores >>> Maria Ignacia from Flores, 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.
