Someone found her baptism and posted it to this list. I'm sure someone can type "elusive maria cristo" in the archives and find the former thread. :-)
On Jul 5, 2018 4:41 PM, "'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy" < [email protected]> wrote: > Found her where? I will wait until you get back home and lead me through > the archives to the email you mention. Thanks Cheri. > Celeste > > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 7/5/18, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The "elusive Maria Cristo" > To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 5, 2018, 3:34 PM > > 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" > <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ -------------- > > On Thu, 7/5/18, E. Sharp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The "elusive Maria > Cristo" > > To: [email protected] > > 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 <[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 > > azores+unsubscribe@ > 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+unsubscribe@ > 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+unsubscribe@ > 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 [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. 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