*The following was copied from the PFSA web site.* *John Vasconcelos*
Chartered on August 1, 1880, the Portuguese Society of America (PFSA) is the result of the Merger of four great societies as of January 1, 2010: Conselho Supremo da Irmandade do Divino Espirito Santo do Estado da Califórnia (Supreme Council of IDES) Conselho Supremo da Sociedade do Espirito Santo do Estado da Califórnia (Supreme Council of SES) Conselho Supremo da União Portuguesa do Estado da Califórnia (Supreme Council of UPEC) Conselho Supremo da União Portuguesa Protectora do Estado da Califórnia (Supreme Council of UPPEC) The merger resulted in the PFSA now having the largest membership and the financially strongest Portuguese Fraternal Benefit Society in the Nation. The PFSA Home Office is located in San Leandro, CA and the Society is licensed to transact business in California, Nevada and Rhode Island and has 67 fraternal councils (local subordinate chapters). We are proud of the dreams and vision of our forefathers and continue to honor their vision by succeeding and meeting the challenges of the XXI century with dignity and pride On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > SES is probably Portuguese for Sociedade do Espirito Santo or Society of > the Holy Spirit. I'm guessing FM may be the area of California. What city > was your ancestor in? > > > On Jan 28, 2018 2:29 PM, "Gordon soares" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone ever heard of the SESFM Portuguese lodge in the Calif area? > Manual Machado Soares was supposedly one of the 6 founding members and was > the President for awhile. He is my grand father born in Pico.I don’t know > what the SESFM stands for. > > Gordon Soares > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
