Hi Robert, Portuguese last names can be frustrating, to be sure! Rosemary gave you a great site to get started, and it has some good info on the naming practices.
I had a quick look for Maria's baptism in the baptism books for Faja Grande around the date that you gave for her birthday, but I didn't find her. You should double check, because I could easily have missed her. Or, possibly the date you have for her birthday is off a year or two-- it happens. last page of 1889: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1861-1889/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1861-1889_item1/P425.html first page of 1890:http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1890-1910/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1890-1910_item1/P1.html However, in the 1902 baptisms, I found a Francisco born to a Francisco Rodrigues Coelho and Maria Emilia Fernandes. Here's the page with the record: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1890-1910/FLR-LF-FAJAGRANDE-B-1890-1910_item1/P205.html If your Frank's birthday matches this baby's record, then these are likely your great grandparents. best of luck with your research! Linda On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 2:34:55 PM UTC-8, Robert Gonsalves 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.
