[AZORES-Genealogy] new to the group/100% Azorean grandparents,
My four grandparents were all from Sao Miquel, and while I have been able to find some information about the ones on my mom's side, I have had less success on the other side which ironically has more living relatives in it. Anyway, here goes, My mother was names Alzira Margarida Machado and her parents were from Lagoa. She still has relatives there and I met her first cousin five years ago who still lives in the house my grandfather Jao Faria Machado grew up in on Rua das Furnas. My grandmother grew up in the same neighborhood and her name was Maria DaCarmo Andrade/Andre. She had a sister named Maria Augusta who married Jose Faria (grandfather's first cousin) They all came to the US in the 1920's and from what I can deduce through the port of Boston. My father's family is more complex-there were 9 adult children and only some lived nearby-there is still one left who is soon to be 91. The marriage record shows them as marrying in Fall River, so we don't know if they met here or already knew each other, but we suspect it was here. His name was Manuel deSouza aka Manuel Sousa Miquelina and the marriage certificate lists his birth place as San Vincente in Sao Miquel, She is listed as Maria Izabel Rocha aka Isabel Rocha and a birthplace of Santo Antonio in Sao Miquel. Does anyone have a connection or information that might be helpful with any of them or how to find info. I did learn on my trip, that Lagoa has its own dept of records, but the other two would probably be available in Ponta Delgada, but when I tried to get info there, it was impossible to get anywhere in the only 3 days we were in town. Suggestions?? -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new to the group/100% Azorean grandparents,
Thank you for this information. I will research the dates a bit--I am pretty sure that the grandparents on my fathers side were 1875 and 1879, and on my mother's 1890 and 1892. All of them are buried nearby, so I will visit the gravesights to try to narrow this down. I appreciate you writing back, Fred Souza On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: FSouza, You have names and places, but didn't post any dates. You mention people coming to America in the 1920s. I'm going to assume that these people were born before 1910 or so. Records older than 100 years are held at the regional archive. For Sao Miguel, that's in Ponta Delgada. Sao Miguel has microfilm from the beginning of what exists up to 1800 or 1883 in some freguesias. So you only need to cover the gap between 1880 and 1920. The address for Ponta Delgada (and for the other 2 archives for those who want to know) is here: http://goo.gl/rd0Gs There is also a link for a sample form letter at the top. Some Sao Miguel records are starting to come online. There are some for Lagoa that go up to 1905: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/?serie=0ilha=2concelho=15 Sao Vicente Ferreira and Santo Antonio (if you are talking about freguesias and not churches) are both in the council (county) of Ponta Delgada. Those records are not online. So if your ancestors were born after the early 1880s, you will have to write (link provided above). Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. Thank you, Frederick Souza 19 Owen Drive Stonington, CT 06378-1012 860-535-2670 fsouz...@comcast.net -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new to the group/100% Azorean grandparents,
FSouza, Is this your family on the 1910 Fall River, Ward 7, Bristol Co. MA census Surname is misspelled to MICHAELEAN Manuel S. Michaelean 34 (so born ca 1876) b. Portugal, came to US 1885; Mary I. 28 (born abt. 1882) b. Portugal came to US 1881, married 11 years, 8 children born, 6 children living, Manuel J. 10, Mary 8, Joseph 5, Frank 4, John 1 yr. 11 mos, Antone 5 mos. All children born in the US. E -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new to the group/100% Azorean grandparents,
lots of those names are accurate, but I think the birthdates may be too young. I will take this to the cemetery to see if I find birthdates for Mary and John Thank you On Jun 14, 2012, at 1:08 PM, bellema...@gmail.com wrote: FSouza, Is this your family on the 1910 Fall River, Ward 7, Bristol Co. MA census Surname is misspelled to MICHAELEAN Manuel S. Michaelean 34 (so born ca 1876) b. Portugal, came to US 1885; Mary I. 28 (born abt. 1882) b. Portugal came to US 1881, married 11 years, 8 children born, 6 children living, Manuel J. 10, Mary 8, Joseph 5, Frank 4, John 1 yr. 11 mos, Antone 5 mos. All children born in the US. E -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. Thank you, Frederick Souza 19 Owen Drive Stonington, CT 06378-1012 860-535-2670 fsouz...@comcast.net -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership.
Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new to the group/100% Azorean grandparents,
I think this may be the parents ??- Ship's Manifest - Peninsular sailing from Sao Miguel to New York arriving 5/26/1900. Manuel de Sousa Miquelina 58, (if in US before - yes 1897), Jacintha de Sousa 39, Marianna 24, Marianna 20 (yes 2 named Marianna) . They are going to their son Manuel de Sousa Miquelina living in Fall River. I also found them in the 1910 US Census Manuel 69, Jessie J. 49, Mary AC 19. I am not sure if the 1900 records are on the CCA site or not. E -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership.
