Depends on when it happened. My maternal grandfather left the island of
Flores on a whaling ship about 1869. I don't know all the details but
basically, they went around the horn of south America and eventually ended
up hunting whales in Alaskan waters. His ship was caught in the big freeze
of
My great-grandfather Manoel Correia Athayde came through Providence and stayed
with his Conde cousins before heading out to the bay area of CA. He had stopped
in Manaos in Brazil for a while before that tho and stayed with an uncle there.
There's still family in Manaos that my Uncle met in the
2011 16:07:45 -0700
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel to California
From: lseven...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
other way off before air planes LOL
Lorinda,
My relatives came in by boat to Rhode Island, and then migrated to
Sonoma/Napa Valley.
Adair
On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Lorinda wrote:
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
other way off
My Grandmother, Maria de Gloria Silveira, from Faial, came by boat to the
East Coast in 1892 and several years later, traveled to California by
train. My Grandfather, Francisco Jose Luiz (Lewis) and the rest of his family
that followed later came around the Horn about the 1870's.
: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel),
Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown island)
Immigrated to: Merced, CA
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:07:45 -0700
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel to California
From: lseven...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Does
Lorinda,
my Luiz family came from Lagoa (Rosario), San Miguel and mostly settled in Fall
River, MA. A few were thought to have moved on to CA. Was your Great
Grandfather from the same area?
Joanne
Joanne Medeiros Grota Mercier
Researching Bretanha (Medeiros Grota, Sousa), Lagoa (Luiz) and
This is a good question. I was told that my Grandfather came to the US in
1920 and was poor and was 15 years old and travel by train to CA. Not
sure how or what trains or anything but this was told to me
Bob Camacho
Researching the Island of Terceira for
da Costa, Evangelho, Pacheco,
My great grandparents on my grandmothers side, arrived in Hawaii from the Azores on May 4, 1883 on the S.S. Abergeldie, My great grandparents on my grandfathers side arrived in Hawaii on Mar. 4, 1886 on the S.S.Stirlingshire from Madeira. My grandparents married in Hawaii and later moved to Calif.
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
other way off before air planes LOL), but did they complete the trip
around So. America and up to California by boat or did they disembark
in New York/Boston and
Many came thru Boston, New Bedford, and Providence and made their way to
CA. So look for ship's manifest there. Do you have any idea when Jose Luiz
came to the US?
E
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Lorinda lseven...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans
My grandparents came thru Providence and then took a train to California.
This was in 1920 1922.
Linda Leitz
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:36 PM, E Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
Many came thru Boston, New Bedford, and Providence and made their way to
CA. So look for ship's manifest there.
Lorinda,
I have a Frank Lewis (Luis) in my family from Ribeira Seca,s.Jorge. Any
connection.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 19, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Lorinda lseven...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the
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