Mary Jane, It's highly doubtful that you'd find Silvia as a surname. More likely it would be Silva or Silveira. Both appear in the Sao Mateus records.
Gayle > On Mar 10, 2017, at 3:16 PM, Mary Jane Goss <mg...@windermere.com> wrote: > > Information from a death certificate in Falmouth Mass shows Rose E. Silvia > died June 6, 1933 age 68 years 7 months 18 days. It also says her parents > names were Manuel Silvia, from St. Mathews, Pico, and mother Anna Marcia > from St. Mathews, Pico. She was the wife of Joseph Silvia who predeceased > her in 1926. > > > Where might St. Mathews be? Is there a city on the island of Pico named St. > Mathews? Also I am confused by the information because Silvia was her > husband's name. Family lore says her maiden name was Bettencourt or some > variation there of. The census information we have says Jan 1863 was the > Month and Date of her birth but it doesn't seem to be working with the info > on the death certificate. > > > We know this is the right woman because the informant was her daughter. Her > husband's name was reported as Joseph, but it appears it may have been John > Joseph Sylia. The tombstones say Sylva. > > > Joseph Sylvia died May 28, 1926 at age 55. The parents names say "Cannot be > learned" but do say he was born in Portugal. > > > I do not know if I have enough information yet to start looking at records on > Pico. Any insight is appreciated. > > > Mary Jane > > -- > 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
