I would like to repost the below, in case anyone new may see it this time. In addition, I would like to add that Gaudencio's daughter's oral history indicates he was born in Santa Luzia... with a name like his one would not think it would be so hard to find! Our "Terra" DNA matches have been contacted, and I am consistently being told that their lineage is in Bandeiras /and or/ Santa Luzia.
Thanks, Jeremy On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 11:03:16 AM UTC-8, Jeremy G. B-C wrote: > > Mysterious Terra Family From Pico > > Hello! > > I have 3 immigrant ancetors from the Azores, I have been successful in > trading the lineage of two of them in Sao Jorge. The third, my grandmother, > came from Pico and is a complete mystery - which is truly unbelivable given > the abnormal names of her brothers, and the extent of the info we Do have. > Just can't seem to find any records on Pico whatsoever for them. > > My grandmother's name was Maria Emilia Rosa da Terra. She was born > somewhere on Pico in or about April/May 1854-1860. Most records give April > 22nd 1855. > , but 1858 is prevelant too. She came to the United States in the early > to mid 1870s settling in California. > > She had two brothers named Augusto Garcia Terra and Gauldencio Garcia > Terra. Gauldencio married in Massachusetts in 1873, Augusto never married. > Both brothers had made it to California by 1879 where they were Naturalized > in San Luis Obispo. They were whalers. > > Our working hypothesis is that they may have originated in the Santa Lucia > or Bandeiras area. They were FULL siblings. > > The parents were Joao Garcia de Terra and Maria Rosa. NOT Manuel and Maria > as one record for Gaudencio falsely states. > > #) Gauldencio or Gaudencio "Gaides" (various spellings) Garcia Terra was > born approx. NOVEMBER 1838-1840. He died in 1916 in SLO County CA. > > #) Augusto Garcia Terra was born in abt. 1852, and died in 1929 in SLO CA. > > #) Maria was born about April 1854-1860 and died in SLO County CA in 1942. > Her married name was Reis. > > We have an extraordinary amount of information, and documentation on them > in the United States, but nothing from Pico. > > If anyone can render ANY assistance, it would be gratefully appreciated. > Also if anyone has the name Gauldencio or Gauldencio or Augusto or Joao > Garcia Terra in their databases I would be interested to know! > > Thank you > > Jeremy -- 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.
