Hi - I am unsure where they originated from, I only know the Azores right now. I saw Sao Miguel on a US Census but they could have just left from there. Cheri said from my DNA the middle islands are the most likely.
On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 8:19:23 AM UTC-7, EResendes wrote: > > Do you know where he was from. I have seen Secio (nickname) in Faial da > Terra, Sao Miguel but it isn't very common. > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 5:36:11 PM UTC-5, Kim S wrote: >> >> Hello - I am hoping someone can help me or point me in the right >> direction. >> >> My great-grand parents immigrated to the US in 1902 from the Azores (I >> believe Sao Miguel). My great-grandfather has a very uncommon name, Manuel >> Secia born est 1877 and my great-grand mother has an extremely common name, >> Maria de Mello born est 1868-1874, so both are hard to trace. I have looked >> for both and can not find the last name Secia in Portugal and I can not >> find a Maria de Mello around 1868-1874 that got married immigrated to the >> US. They did have one child in the Azores Mary J Secia 1901 before they >> immigrated but I can not find anything on the birth. I did take a DNA test >> and it has linked me to a couple distance cousins in the Azores with the >> last name of Goulart but we can not figure out how we are linked. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > -- 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.
