Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Edward Rodrigues wrote: is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? That occurred to me as I was typing in the few examples I gave. The paper is larger than my scanner, so I would have to stitch two scans together. I will put it on my li

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Sam Koester wrote: I don't think this is too off subjectMy father told me his dad used to walk "over the hill" to the mines. At this point in time they lived in either Milpitas (San Jose, CA area). I think, from the back of my mind, that it was a sulfur m

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel from Azores to West Coast or West Coast to Azor...

2011-01-24 Thread Eric Gomes
My great grandparents (grandfather's parents) Victorino (B:Nov 17, 1883, d Jan. 1951) and Mary Gomes traveled through "the horn" to Honolulu, HI in 1906. My Great-great grandparents Manuel and Mary Rodrigues traveled through "the horn" between 1887 and 1889. I have not researched the ship r

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Edward Rodrigues
is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? Edward Rodrigues Mary Bordi On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- > > I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in August > 1905 that advertised (their words not m

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Sam Koester
I don't think this is too off subjectMy father told me his dad used to walk "over the hill" to the mines. At this point in time they lived in either Milpitas (San Jose, CA area). I think, from the back of my mind, that it was a sulfur mine. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks, Sam

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in August 1905 that advertised (their words not mine) "White male help of all kinds furnished free of charge". It was issued four times daily and I imagine posted various places for people to se

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel from Azores to West Coast or West Coast to Azor...

2011-01-24 Thread cakemom102
My grandmother, Maria de Gloria Silveira from Praia do Almoxirife in Faial, came to Massachusetts in 1892. She lived there for about 8 years and then she lost her job in one of the mills. Her uncle, Manuel Vargas, lived here in Sacramento and he was friends with Francisco Jose Luis who had ju

[AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread celeste perry
From: "eric edgar" To: azores@googlegroups.com Celeste.   Holt is still there on  Roberts Island on Highway 4 a few miles west of Stockton. It was the stop for the factory of Holt Manufacturing Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Manufacturing_Company   This was a major asparagus fa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel from Azores to West Coast or West Coast to Azor...

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
Something else I should have added to my post about my great grandfather coming by train from Massachusetts to California is that we are fairly certain that he already had at least one brother and maybe cousins here in California. He only stayed in Massachusetts to pay off his passage to th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] How to mess up the archives/message board/forum

2011-01-24 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Eileen, If you want to log into the group at Google, you can. That's one way. Or just go to your email, click compose email, type in Azores@googlegroups.com, type in a subject, and away you go. Cheri -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Fo

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] How to mess up the archives/message board/forum

2011-01-24 Thread Eileen Leite
Ouch!! I am the guilty party here(so sorry!!). So to start a new thread do I have to log into the group at Google? Eileen Leite From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:35 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: