Thank you so much! First of anything I have ever seen on them. (I have been distracted on other lines since I wrote this) Family tradition has it that Luzia died in the flu epidemic. My grandmother was named for her.
Out of interest, I had my maternal DNA done (my Azorean side) and it came out Portuguese and German..I think I have seen something somewhere about a colony of Dutch settlers from Flanders on Sao Miguel, is this correct, does anyone know? On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 3:39:31 AM UTC-4, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: > > Hi! > > Luzia Águeda Ledo was born in 20.7.1865. Matriz( Nossa Senhora da > Estrela), Ribeira Grande. She married in 28.1.1895 in Matriz Ribeira Grande > to José da Costa Menezes born 31.1.1866, Matriz da Ribeira Grande. He was a > carpenter. (The Ledo are cousins of me) > > It’s a start!!! > > Muito Obrigado, > > *Eliseu Pacheco da Silva, “sharing is the best way of growth… so stay > gold!”* > > *Azores (S. Miguel, Graciosa, Faial); Mainland (Alentejo)* > > (http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel?lang=en) > > > > > > > > > > *De:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *Em nome de *[email protected] > <javascript:> > *Enviada:* 22 de agosto de 2016 01:47 > *Para:* Azores Genealogy <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Assunto:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Menezes genealogy, Sao Miguel > > > > Hi all, > > > > New to list - my ggrandfather Jose da Costa Menezes was born 1900 in > Ribeira Grande and emigrated to America between 1916 and 1918. Once in > Massachusetts, he married his cousin, Maria das Merces. She was also from > Ribeira Grande, born in 1903 or 1904. Her father was Jose da Costa. Her > mother, I believe, was named Luzia Ledo. She arrived in New York in 1919 > with her father (who had been in America for 12 years, the story handed > down is that he returned to get his daughters after their mother died from > the Spanish flu). The sisters were Maria Conceicao, Maria des Anjes, and > Luzia. They left behind a brother, Angelo Costa Menezes. Waiting for them > in Fall River was Jose da Costa's brother, Gabriel da Costa. Jose Menezes > and Maria Merces, or Mercedes as we know her, were married in New Bedford > in 1923. They moved to Cambridge, MA by 1924, where they had a number of > children. Jose Menezes, or Joseph, died in 1972, Mercedes in 1983. > > > > I have combed the baptisms looking for Jose Menezes - his dob is 9/16/1900 > - but did not find him. Mercedes is a bit more complicated as the date of > birth I have for her is 1902, which we know was not true, but was stated to > make her older so she could work. (this caused her a problem when she > tried to get Social Security). I believe it was resolved as 1903, but her > Massachusetts Death Index dob is 1904. I will have to check both years. > The date is 5/28. > > > > I'm looking for any confirmation on these families... > > > > thank you! Kerry Sullivan > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > 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] <javascript:>. > 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.
