I have Soares ancestors from Pico that settled in California. I also have many ties to Merced County through my Flores ancestors and a large Flores database'
You can contact me directly at noblanktree at G mail dot com Eric Edgar On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:12 PM John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> wrote: > Gwen, > My gggrandfather Jose de Freitas da Caldeira was born 02 Aug 1774, > Caldeira, Mosteiro, Lajes das Flores, married 29 Aug 1796 at Nossa Sra dos > Remediios (in Fajazinha) to Ana Pimentel, born 10 Oct 1776, Lajedo, Lajes > das Flores. They were the parents of my ggrandfather Francisco de Freitas. > Caldeira is a small settlement (of about 2 or 3 houses) in the next valley > over the hill from Fajazinha so the residents were parishinors of Nossa Sra > dos Remedios. (Caldeira literally means crater and was the site of an > ancient volcanic crater) So Caldeira is a location name and his full name > could be translated to "Joe Freitas from Craterville" These suffixes > (especially upon immigration) have a tendency of becoming the official > surname. So we might be cousins! > I have 3 or 4 more generations back, so if you are interested, email me at > GfsJohnV at gmail dot com. > John Vasconcelos > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 9:14 AM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Repost for Gwen, 123caldeira at gmail.com >> >> Recently did Ancestry.com DNA, am now backtracking to find info on >> paternal side (already had maternal DNA matches and know many maternal >> first-third cousins). >> >> My paternal grandmother's name was Mary Sears in some records, but Mary >> could be Maria, and Sears could be Soares. No middle name known. She >> died in Merced County in March, 1965, and was born about 1889 possibly in >> Pico, Azores. We have nothing on the yr she emigrated nor port of entry, >> but family story is she worked on a sheep ranch in Idaho for a few yrs >> under sponsorship of an uncle (no name) and may have had at least one >> brother here in the US (we think it was Anthony or Antonio Sears/Soares). >> She married Joseph Freitas Caldeira (we think from Flores, Azores) in >> Contra Costa Cty in 1911, then settled in Gustine, CA, had 5 living >> children, including my Dad, Joseph (Jr). Joseph Freitas Caldeira 1921 >> death cert says his parents were Frank Freitas Caldeira and Mary Sousa of >> the Azores. We have no info on Mary's parents' names; picked up the Pico, >> Azores birthplace from a Google Group string from 2013 which seemed to >> match my grandmother's dates. Using DNA matches from maternal relatives >> I've picked out names of 2nd and 3rd cousins in my own DNA matches that I >> believe may be related to me through my paternal grandfather/grandmother; >> no responses yet from messages sent through Ancestry.com so think I need >> more names/info on both paternal grands. >> >> I'd appreciate help picking up info or links on both of my paternal >> grandparents, but especially on my grandmother Mary/Maria Soares/Sears >> e.g. we'd like to find out if her maiden surname was really Sears or Soares >> or something else as my DNA ethnicity groups show unexpected possibility >> of non-Portuguese lineage in the paternal greatgrandparent generation >> (Italian and Irish in very high percentages). Thanks, Gwen >> >> -- >> 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. 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.
