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 <[email protected]> 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 [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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
