Note a correction: Birthdate for Maria should read, Dec 20- 1867, baptism was in new year, Jan 12- 1868.
JR On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 12:50:00 PM UTC-4, Michael Giffin wrote: > > Many thanks for this JR. > > On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 11:16:33 AM UTC+10, Michael Giffin wrote: >> >> 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. >> > -- 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.
