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> On Mar 12, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Mary Jane Goss <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gayle - you would be related to my husband, his brother and my 91 year old > mother in law! She was very excited to know about her grandmother's origins. > She has 3 other sisters still alive, out of 16 siblings. I can send you an > obit from the library at Falmouth Massachusetts about Rose Emily Silvia. She > was married to a man named John Joseph Silvia who apparently was also from > Pico. > > > > > From: 'Gayle Machado' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:56:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rose E. Silvia born St. Mathews, Island of > Pico born approx 1863 > > P.S. If that tree pans out- we're related several times over. 😀 > > Gayle > > > > On Mar 12, 2017, at 2:09 PM, Mary Jane Goss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am so sorry Cheri - >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-MD-SAOMATEUS-B-1856-1867/PIC-MD-SAOMATEUS-B-1856-1867_item1/P177.html >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Cheri >> Mello <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 1:57:30 PM >> To: Azores Genealogy >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rose E. Silvia born St. Mathews, Island of >> Pico born approx 1863 >> >> I don't see the URL to the baptism in question. >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Mary Jane Goss <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> I appreciate everyone's kind help:)a I am trying hard to read Portuguese >>> and I apologize for my inadequate grasp of it. I found an entry which I >>> think fits the Rosa I am looking for, although the father's name is spelled >>> Silveira (as Gayle cautioned me it is spelled different from Silvia). >>> Mother's name appears to be Anna Maria. >>> >>> It then goes on to mention Maria Ignacio, Solteira, mother of Francisco O. >>> Bettencourt and Michaella Rosa? xxfather? Francisco Jose de Bettencourt >>> Vierra? farmer and xxmother Leonor ? who is dead? >>> >>> >>> From: 'Gayle Machado' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 8:11:52 PM >>> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rose E. Silvia born St. Mathews, Island of >>> Pico born approx 1863 >>> >>> You're welcome. When you finally nail down enough information to actually >>> allow you to research Sao Mateus, feel free to ask for help. There are only >>> a few of us here that research on Pico. There seem to be lots people >>> working on Sao Miguel and Sao Jorge. A few on tiny Flores. But, everyone in >>> the Azores group is friendly and helpful regardless of where they research. >>> My work has been Candelaria, Sao Mateus, Lages, and a smidgen in Madalena. >>> So, if your path leads in my direction. I'll do my best to answer your >>> question. I do have Bettencourts from Sao Mateus. You mentioned that >>> surname as one possibility for Rosa. >>> >>> I might also suggest before you go much further into the records, that you >>> read the article on Naming Traditions. You may already know that surnames >>> did not necessarily pass from father to all his offspring. It's what we do >>> here in the States, but was not the norm in other parts of the world. Good >>> reading. Kathy or Cheri can probably send you a link to the article if you >>> ask. >>> >>> I was only going to have a one sentence response. Sorry I went over board. >>> >>> Happy researching, >>> Gayle >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 3:50 PM, Mary Jane Goss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> That You Gayle, That helps! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>> From: 'Gayle Machado' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 3/10/17 10:04 PM (GMT-08:00) >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rose E. Silvia born St. Mathews, Island of >>>> Pico born approx 1863 >>>> >>>> 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. 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