Margaret, I don't mind anyone who is helping me find Maria Cristo's date of birth saying anything that will help me. I have been trying to go through my very old notes and I have found a lot of things that don't make sense.
What I remember and have found notes about is that she came to live with her brother, Serafine. I was told by MC's daughter that her uncle Serapine was already living in RI and that her mother came to be with him. In different census I found that her mother, Jacintha Libiana (many different spellings of her name) also lived with him. I am hoping that there will be some information on the original documents at St. Mary's Church that will clarify when she was baptized. Of course, the information will probably be what ever she said at the time and I am not sure that will be the truth. Again any help (whether it is different than what I have or not) is greatly appreciated. I think that the information you sent awhile back about there being cousins with the same name is probably true. When I visited the archives and searched through every birth record for MC's family, I think I found all her siblings. The first Maria I found I was unable to find any additional information for her. The second Maria I found a death record for her. So, if the first Maria was my MC, she would have been almost 50 when her last son was born. Also, her daughter told me that she was 5 years old when her father died and that would have made her born after her brother Jose who was born in 1883, I believe. So, again, I thank you and everyone who has helped me try to make some sense of this difficult task. Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected] -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 1/12/17, Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: My elusive Maria Cristo To: "azores" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017, 12:51 PM Hi Celeste, Taking another look at your email, and I hope you will not mind me saying this but your reference date above regarding the 1910 Census, showing Maria C. Cristo year of arrival in the year - 1909 - when in fact it lists, year 1905. Both her and Serafim de Morais declared having arrived in 1905. On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 3:30 AM, Aaron Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: Celeste, Can you give us the link to the marriage of Joao Moraes and Jacinta Libianna; or, at least the marriage date and place. Thank you On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 12:14:20 PM UTC-8, celeste perry wrote:Once again, I am posting and asking for any information that will help in my search to find my husband's paternal grandmother, Maria Cristo In the US she used many names: Maria or Mary, Pereira da Silva; Pereira; or Silva. 1. Her name: In 2006, I received an email from a great-grandson of MC’s brother Jose. He wrote “on Ancestry.com he found Maria Cristo immigrated July 31, 1909.”I found an arrival of “Maria Moraes arriving July 31, 1909, age 25, est. birth yr. 1884, F, Portuguese, port of departure: St. michaels, Az, Portugal; ship name, Cretic; arriving at Boston, MA; last residence, Azores, birthplace, St. Barbara, Azores.” I received this information from someone and I never saw the name of the person she was going to. I think she would have come to her brother, Seraphine who immigrated 10/24/1904 and I have found his name as: Serafim Morais/Morris/Moraes in different census. On her marriage record: 11/27/09 she is: Maria de Christ Moraes 2. DOB, where??? : May 22, 1884/1885 Lomba da Santa Barbara, Sao Miguel, Azores, (oral history told to me by her daughter) She married in 1909 and said she was 22 years old (I have the marriage record from St. Mary’s church in Bristol, RI.) Rencently, I noticed that the information I have is on a form filled out by the priest at St. Mary's church in Bristol, RI.) I would like to have someone look at the actual book to see if the priest MAY have written her place of birth. 3. Father: Joao Moraes, he died 4/13/1899, I found his death record in 2006. 4. Mother: Jacinta Libianna 5. When did she come to US: I think she came to the US to her brother, Seraphine Moraes. This is what her daughter told me. It had to have been before Nov. 1909 when she married. 6. In the 1910 census Fellippe E. & Mary C. Silva, are living with Seraphim & Rosa Morais at 15 East Brooks. St. in Bristol, RI she lived on Estbrook St. with her husband, Fillippe Silva. She was listed as Maria C. Silva who immigrated in 1909. 1927-1928, 1929-1930/ 1935-1936; 1937 census, Phillip & Mry Perry, carpenter, live at 66 Blossom St. 1938; 1939, 43, 66 Blossom St. per City directory 1947 moved to Oakland, CA 7. In 2005, at the Oakland FHCC, I found a Maria Moraes arriving 7/31/1909, age 25, est. yob 1884, F, Portuguese; departed: S.Miguel; ship’s name is Crotic; arrived in Boston, MA 8. She was 24 years old when her daughter Mary was born in 1911. Any help in locating a document that connects her to the biological family she and her "sister, Anna" "thought" was her family. When Anna died in her will she left , "to my sister, Mary Perry in Oakland, California, $100.00." I viewed the records for Lomba da Santa Barbara in Sao Miguel page by page and found all her siblings. Although there was no "Maria" born to this family that fit the bill for my Maria Cristo. There were 2 Maria's; the first would have been too old when my Maria Cristo's youngest son was born to have been her. The second Maria, died young. Everyone with whom I have spoken that knew this family all connect her to the family. There is just no baptismal record that I have found to do so. Thanks for any help you can think of that will give me a solid connection. Celeste Thanks, Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected] Celeste Perry [email protected] -- 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 azores+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/azores. -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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]. 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