Sounds like someone has found the baptisms so you need to search for other children. 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 4:49 PM Robert Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
