Rosemarie: Thank you very much for the information you have provided. It gives me a place to start. My cousin Rosanne reads and writes Portuguese so between the two of us we should get this figured out with the help of the reference materials.
Thanks again, Bob On Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 6:41 PM Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert, > You have a lot of good info. You really need to go to the AzoresGenWeb > site here: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/ and read all of the "how > too" helps. There is a book that has Flores marriages for the Concelho > (county) of Lages. That would include Faja Grande. > I've found a marrriag of Francisco Rodrigues, age 27, son of Jose > Rodrigues Coelho & Maria de Freitas on 1880.07.08 to a Maria Emilia > Fernandes do Coracao de Jesus, age 15, daughter of Manuel de Freitas > Fernandes & Policena Emilia do Coracao de Jesus. This is probably the right > couple and you should to to the actual church baptisms to look for a Maria > born about the time your grandmom gave as her birthdate. > There is much more info on the AzoresGenWeb site to help you with your > grandfather's side. You will need the island and the village to pursue his > line. > Good Luck, > > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:34 PM Robert Gonsalves <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am having a difficult time trying to find the correct place to search >> for information about my paternal grandparents. I do know that my >> grandmother Maria, Gloria Rodrigues (name from manifest) born 31 December >> 18.89 in Faja Grande, Flores, Azores. Her father's name is listed as >> Francisco Rodrigues Coehlo. She had a brother named Frank R. Freitas, the >> name he went by here in the United States. There is confusion about the >> last names. Her brother Frank (Francisco) had a last name of Freitas and >> was born in 1902. Their father's name is listed the same on both >> manifests. They had a sister named Clara but I can't find anything about >> here. I have no information pertaining to my paternal great grandmother's >> name. >> >> My grandmother was married to Joseph Antonio Goncalves here in the united >> states. I am not sure of which island he came from. He had a brother >> Antonio Joseph Goncalves. >> >> My grandparents immigrated to the US in year 1911 where my grandmother >> worked as a domestic and my grandfather was a farm laborer. They were >> married in 1913 and had two children, Adeline and Morris. My grandfather >> passed away on 31 January, 1919 as a result of the flue epidemic. Also my >> grandmother's sister Clara who was married to my grandfather's brother >> Antonio Joseph Goncalves also passed away on 1 February, 1919. >> >> Later, my grandmother and her then brother-in-law Antonio Joseph were >> married on 12 September 1920. >> They had jointly owned the family farm after their spouses had passed >> away. >> >> The port of entry information for both my grandmother and her brother >> Francisco (known as Frank in US) show the same father's name from Faja >> Grande, Flores, Azores. How to I get started. I haven't a clue of where >> to start except to go to parish baptism records for each parish on Flores >> island and try to find a record of baptism. The last name usage really >> leaves me at a loss in trying to find the right information that matches my >> Portuguese ancestors. >> >> Any advice on getting started would be greatly appreciated. >> >> -- >> 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.
