My great-great grandparents, Francisco Pacheco Marques and Josepha Cabral and their four children (Maria[1], Margarida, Manuel, and Maria[2]) arrived in Hawaii on 4 May 1883 on the SS Abergeldie. They came from the village of Porto Formoso in Sao Miguel. They lived for many years in the Laupahoehoe district of Hawaii Island (the Big Island). My great-grandmother, Maria[1], had six children by her first marriage and four children by her second marriage. We cannot confirm the name of her first husband; however, in the 1900 Census, the last names of her first six children is Goncalves. According to the DeMello Passport Index, a Goncalves family arrived in Hawaii from Porto Formoso on the same ship as the Pacheco Marques family. While it is big guess, villagers did tend to stay together, so Maria[1] may have married a Goncalves child from this family. I will be visiting Sao Miquel in November 2018 and look forward to seeing the village of Porto Formoso. Thank you, Michael.
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