Someone found her a year or two ago. I'm not on my computer, but I'm sure you can search the archives for this list and find it. Cheri
On Jul 5, 2018 11:28 AM, "'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy" < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Thank you Elaine. Hope your flight back is better than ours. We had a > delay in Boston and a lot of shaking on our way back. Constant seatbelt > light on. > Celeste > > Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 7/5/18, E. Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The "elusive Maria Cristo" > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, July 5, 2018, 11:19 AM > > Celeste, > > I think I found this several years ago for you > and she was coming to her brother Seraphim/Seraphine. I am > at Boston right now awaiting my flight back to CA. Will ck > more when I get home. > > "E" > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 5, 2018, at 1:44 PM, 'celeste > perry' via Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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