I have just returned from my trip to Rhode Island to continue my search for my husband's paternal grandmother. I visited St. Mary's in Bristol, RI., the church where she was married and I saw the book where she and her husband's marriage was listed. I had received a copy of the marriage record and verified that the information was the same in the book. I asked about her having to prove she had been baptized in Sao Miguel, Azores and I was told they did not have any information about her baptism. I was on my way back to the hotel from the church when I remembered seeing "file sent" written at the bottom of her marriage entry. I found out where the diocese of R.I. was located and went there to ask for any information they might have of her baptism. I did not get past the clerk at the door. She talked to someone in the "archives" and was told they did not have such information. When I was eating at a Portuguese restaurant, I asked the owner if he knew any Portuguese priest. He gave me the name of a Fr. Escobar and the church were he was living. I went to the church and he was not there; however, the lady in the office was most helpful. She took my information and a copy of the marriage record I had with me. The next day, I received a call from the church office lady and she said father Escobar had contacted the diocese office and was told the archives did not have any records for which I was searching. So, I am back to square one. Someone on the list told me that proof of baptism was necessary for a marriage if the couple was born in another church. Since Maria Cristo's siblings were all born in Lomba da Santa Barbara, Sao Miguel, Azores, that would have been the place of her baptism. As I have said before, I looked at all the baptism records from the time her older brother was baptized until her father died. I found no record for her birth. Below is the information I have send to the list a few years ago for anyone who is new to the list and may have information about my "Elusive Maria Cristo." 1. Her name: In 2006, I received an email from a great-grandson of MC’s brother Jose. He wrote “on Ancestry.com I found Maria Cristo immigrated July 31, 1909.”I found an arrival of “Maria Moraes arriving July 31, 1909, age 25, est. birth yr. 1884, F, Portuguese, port of departure: St. michaels, Az, Portugal; ship name, Cretic; arriving at Boston, MA; last residence, Azores, birthplace, St. Barbara, Azores.” I received this information from someone and I never saw the name of the person she was going to. I think she would have come to her brother, Seraphine who immigrated 10/24/1904 and I have found his name as: Serafim Morais/Morris/Moraes in different census. On her marriage record: 11/27/09 she is: Maria de Christ Moraes 2. DOB, where??? : May 22, 1884/1885 Lomba da Santa Barbara, Sao Miguel, Azores, (oral history told to me by her daughter) She married in 1909 and said she was 22 years old (I have the marriage record from St. Mary’s church in Bristol, RI.) 3. Father: Joao Moraes, he died 4/13/1899, I found his death record in 2006. 4. Mother: Jacinta Libianna 5. When did she come to US: I think she came to the US to her brother, Seraphine Moraes. This is what her daughter told me. It had to have been before Nov. 1909 when she married. 6. In the 1910 census Fellippe E. & Mary C. Silva, are living with seraphim & Rosa Morais at 15 East Brooks. St. in Bristol, RI she lived on Estbrook St. with her husband, Fillippe Silva. She was listed as Maria C. Silva who immigrated in 1909. 1927-1928, 1929-1930/ 1935-1936; 1937 census, Phillip & Mry Perry, carpenter, live at 66 Blossom St. 1938; 1939, 43, 66 Blossom St. per City directory 1947 moved to Oakland, CA 7. In 2005, at the Oakland FHCC, I found a Maria Moraes arriving 7/31/1909, age 25, est. yob 1884, F, Portuguese; departed: S.Miguel; ship’s name is Crotic; arrived in Boston, MA 8. She was 24 years old when her daughter Mary was born in 1911.
Thank you for any help you can give me. Celeste Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
