Does anyone have any of these people in their family trees please? I keep hitting brick walls with each one of these I try to trace. The main ones are Manuel P. Faria, John Enos/Enes Vargas (or sometimes shown as John V. Enos), and John's wife Emma. Does anyone know if "Emma" is a nickname for Philomena/Filomena? Thanks!
On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 9:57:11 PM UTC-6, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Sami, saudade1264 at gmail.com > > My grandfather was Portuguese, and his father was from the Azores. My > great-grandmother's family as well was from the Azores. I have been trying > to find out specifically which Azores island they are from. I am hoping > someone may recognize a name or two from the information I have gathered > these past few years. > > Here's what I have... > > My maternal grandfather: *Lawrence Daniel FARIA*, born 5 June 1907 in > Martinez/Richmond, Contra Costa Co. CA; died 18 Nov 1961 in San Pablo. I > have his WWII draft card and headstone application. > > My great grandfather: *Manuel P. (Pereira?) FARIA* born in the Azores > 1877. His WWI draft card says January. A census says Feb. His year of > immigration is either 1894 or 1895. The earliest census I have from 1900 > has him newly married and living in Port Costa. From 1910 until 1930, they > lived in Richmond, Contra Costa Co. CA. In the 1930 census, he isn't > listed, but someone named "John S." is, and is the same age Manuel would > be. His occupation was as a laborer in an oil refinery (Standard Oil?) I > can find no record of him immigrating, and no death record. It's like he > just disappeared. > > My great grandmother: *Emma ENOS* born in California 12 July 1880; died > 30 Sep 1957 in Santa Clara, but was brought back to be buried at St. > Joseph's in San Pablo, Contra Costa. I believe her parents were *John > ENOS (VARGAS)* born abt.1841; immigrated either in 1860 or 1868, lived in > Concord, Contra Costa County and is a farmer; and a woman named *Emma > VARGAS*. They were married about 1870. > > From my great grandmother Emma's obit, I was able to get the names of her > siblings, and they are present with this couple in several census reports. > Emma's siblings include: > *Joseph* b. abt. 1873 > *Mary L. (DUTRA)* b. abt. 1874 d. 1957? of Concord > *Annie* b. abt. 1882 > *Theresa (NUNES)* b. abt. 1884 of Concord > *Manuel* b. abt. 1885 > *Frank* b. abt. 1887 of Concord > *Angie (MESQUITA)* b. abt. 1889 d. 1972 > *Aggie; nickname for Agnes (BENZ)* b. abt. 1892 > *Evelyn (MCDERMOTT)* b. abt. 1897 d.1966 > > In a census report, John and Emma state they had 14 children, 13 who were > living- so I don't know where the others are listed. These are all I could > find. > > My great-grandparents Emma and Manuel had the following children (besides > my grandfather Lawrence): > *Manuel G. (wife TAMBLYN)* b. 1902 d. 1976 in San Pablo > *Evelyn Mary (KELLY/BLODGETT)* b. 1909 d.1989 in Washington > *John H.* b. abt. 1914 > *Anthony P.* b. abt. 1914 d. 2004 > *Philomena (DAVIS)* b.1915 d. 1936 in El Cerrito > *Margaret M. (BETTENCOURT)* b. abt. 1917 > *Frances Patricia (ELLWANGER)* b. abt.1919 d. 1987 in Santa Clara > *Rose Ann (ATKINSON)* b. abt.1921 d. 2000 in San Pablo > > If anyone knows any of these people or someone who does; knows of any > living descendants who keep good records; or anything about any of them- > PLEASE contact me! Thank you all so much for any help received! > -- 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.
