Sorry but in my memory I co-mingled some whaling crew entries. There are many Francis Joseph, Francisco Jose, or other iterations in the whaling crew database. Many can be eliminated by age or residence. I also eliminated any entry before 1855 since he was listed as a carpenter and not a mariner his son's baptisms that year. That left several that didn't have enough data to be eliminated, but two that had additional data consistent with being my Francisco Jose. It was these two I co-mingled. First was 1855 on the Ship Seconet who was listed as a COOPER but it did not give his age or residence. A cooper would be consistent with Francisco Jose being a carpenter and with Francis Joseph in New Zealand being a cooper. The second was a Francis Joseph on the Bark Gazelle in 1870 which gives his age as 43 and his residence as Sao Jorge, Azores. Either or both of these could fit (or not) my wife's ancestor.
Bill Seidler On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:57:57 AM UTC-8, Bill Seidler wrote: > > Thank you Linda, your insight is always appreciated and helpful. Sorry > for the delay in responding. You are correct that I search for an Azorean > obit for him. I looked through 1911 in Urzelina where he last lived and in > Praia, Graciosa where he was born. The DNA evidence coupled with the name > and occupation circumstance seems very compelling. Another coincidence is > that the New Bedford Whaling Museum database show that the was a crew > member on a Whaler in 1867 named Francisco Jose Cordeiro from Sao Jorge, > Azores, whose job was "cooper". > > Attached are timelines of what I have for him in the Azores and what Tony > (my New Zealand contact) provided from his records. > > Thanks again, > Bill > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/3ad43a6b-141b-45e2-a58a-3ea9823b7bd8%40googlegroups.com.
