Celeste.wish I knew you were here we could have gotten together. I’m in Newport for a couple of weeks.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2018, at 1:44 PM, 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > > -- > 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.
