Hello Tony, Although we don't seem to be related, my husband's gr gr grandfathers both traveled on the Water Lily to the Goldfields in Australia. They were from Ponta Delgada. They were about 16, and 18 and they traveled with their father, Antonio José de Lima and his brother in law, JJ Borges.
You mentioned an expedition. Does anyone have more information how I can find out more about that? I'd like to put it in the family history for those individuals. They eventually returned to the Azores and married their first cousins. The family story was that they did find gold. They were actually part owners of the Humbug Hill Sluicing Company in the Creswick area. Have you been able to search in the Creswick and Clunes Register and Advertiser to see if your ancestor is mentioned there? The minors took each other to court for the smallest thing and as a result, I have copes of the many times our ancestors appeared in court and their investigators levemente in the cases. I also got information on their involvement in the Humbug Hill company. It really helps to know about their life and struggles there. I got copies of these newspaper articles from the PROV (Public Records Office Victoria.). These are precious family history. If I can help in some way, let me know. These ancestors walked the same roads. Maria Elena > On Jul 20, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Repost; not included in the original (Tony, tony_amarant at hotmail.com): > > I'm very interested in this particular family group and would like to know > more about the descendants of Goncalo de AMARANTE. I believe I am a > descendant of Jorge de Oliviera AMARANTÉ and his wife Iria Vieira AZEVEDO > through their son António de Azevedo AMARANTÉ. Is anyone interested in > exchanging information? Regards Tony > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > >> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> Repost for Tony, tony_amarant at hotmail.com >> >> Hello Eliseu, >> >> My great grandfather was Manoel Amaranté (mistakenly listed below as Manuel >> Amarante) and he came from the town of Manadas, Sao Jorge so I'm very keen >> to understand the source document of your post. I was aware he came out on >> the "Water Lily" but haven't been able to find much more than that. What >> else can you tell me about the expedition? Also I'm wondering whether your >> location of " Fores Crick mines" should or could be Forest Creek Mine? >> Forest Creek near Castlemaine, Victoria was a well known goldfields area >> that was dotted with mines and small individual "claims" often referred as >> "diggings". My g/grandfather obviously moved on from the "expedition" as I >> have found records of him in other goldfield areas of Victoria eventually >> settling down in place called Wattle Creek where he operated a quartz >> crusher for a time before marrying and becoming a farmer. Hope to hear from >> you. Regards, Tony. > > -- > 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.
