What a wonderful story! Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:36 AM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Repost for Dixie Schafir, dschafir at aol.com (which is the registered > email to this list - the alternative that she provides does not type out > the "at" so it is obscured by the Google Group List-serv). > > I tried to change my Email address as I have a new one: it is > [email protected] > > My grandmother’s family name is Coelho: They came from Flores. They owned > Sulphur Springs in Hayward, CA. The women used to do their laundry in the > creek, and hang their clothes on the bushes to dry. > They came around Cape Horn by sail, via Hawaii. > I still have Portuguese relatives on Oahu. That is why so many of our > people had Elephant Ears growing in their yards - they are poi plants. I > guess they came to CA that way because of the winds. > Some of my relatives on Oahu owned Dutch Boy Paint for years, maybe still > do. > > When they came to CA the debarked at Alviso landing and walked to what > became Hayward. > > My Grandfather’s family name is Martin and came from Pico around Cape > Horn. They landed in Yerba Buena, which became San Francisco. They found SF > so lawless they migrated across the Bay to ranch. Their ranch is now part > of Turtle Rock Ranch State Park over by Mt Diablo. They moved on when their > house was destroyed in a earthquake. > My grandfather Anthony Martin was Hayward’s blacksmith and wheelwright for > years. His place of business was on A Street. His house was across the > Street from All Saints. He was a extraordinarily strong, and like most > Victorians skilled at many tasks. He put the copper dome on the Old Hayward > Library (now demolished) He also took his blacksmith rig out to Crow Canyon > when they were grading the road through there and changed out the Mule’s > shoes. When pulling the graders the mules would go through 2 pair of shoes > a day. I once saw him change horseshoes on a horse when he was in his 70’s. > He was unbelievably fast! > Grandfather Martin was such a staunch supporter of the Church the Pope > sent him a Certificate praising him and offering perpetual blessings. He > once went back to Spain to fetch a new priest for the congregation. There > was some sort of Civil War raging and hechad to roe in from the ship to get > the priest. They had a rough time of it to keep from drowning. > He and the priest would go down to Santa Cruz and fish all day with Mr > Stagnaro while the family would camp on the beach in front of what is now > Penny Arcade. Grants would stand on the gunwhales, cigar clamped in his > teeth, and fish all morning that way. > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_GH3WmCP96nBAvtUKykeKQOZR8ix9ETBrXvNgmx5uk9Ng%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_GH3WmCP96nBAvtUKykeKQOZR8ix9ETBrXvNgmx5uk9Ng%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKnzR7n1QrZr6awaGUaWkpGyUUdwLnz8jLJ%3D%2B%3DyFXJpOABP8yQ%40mail.gmail.com.
