I don’t think I’m related to those families. I believe my family turned up on Flores very early, around 1498. Pirates raided Flores years later I was told, and destroyed the records kept by the Catholic Church. I am related to the Silvers, the Souza family I believe, the Martins from Pico. Grandfather Martin would put on his ‘smoking jacket ‘ in the afternoon, have tea and a pipe of tobacco. He was 6’4” and the strongest man in Hayward in his youth. His wife was Louisa Coelho.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2019, at 2:47 PM, 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dixie; Have you done the FTDNA family finder test? I am a Coelho though my > line is from Santa Maria. Very likely some of the branches went to Flores. > Do you have Rego, Figueiredo, Bairos in your lines? > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > From: Rosemarie Capodicci > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 11:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Gomes from Flores and Martin from Pico; > ToHawaii and California > > 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. 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