Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. The comments regarding
the French influence are quite interesting. I have a number of Sao Miguel
ancestors from the town of Vila Franca do Campo (I think that's correct)
which translates to French Camp. Why would anyone name a town French
Thank you, Herb, that very enlightening!
MaryAnn
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote:
Hi David
I was born in Sao Miguel and still speak Portuguese with the Sao Miguel
accent. It sounds absolutely nothing like Brazilian Portuguese
pronunciation. Its like
I recently spent a day in Sao Miguel on a cruise. I speak very little
Portuguese, but growing up the Portuguese that I did learn was from my Sao
Miguel relatives. I hired a tour guide, recommended by George Pacheco, and
had a fabulous time. The point is: while practicing my Portuguese
My great grandmother died in 1953, when I was 5, said name was Caton.
Filomema Polycena. Said her parents were from Flores. Her mother was
pregnant with her, one of 14?. Went to Mass., then Ashland area of Bay Area
because other family/friends lived there. Somewhere around turn of the
century,
Hi,
If you want to translate FRANCA, Vila Franca do Campo, the translation would be
tax free village!
Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
No dia 14/07/2013, às 13:56, David Perry djperr...@sbcglobal.net escreveu:
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. The comments regarding
the French
I'm Brazilian and so my Portuguese is from Brazil, where I lived most of my
life. Brazil is almost as big as US, having several different accents as we
have here in US if you go from N to S or E to W.
I have been to Portugal and to Azores (Terceira) and I never had a problem
communicating
About education, I think you will notice what I have noticed - it depends on the family wealth.That is at least until schooling became more enforced in the latter 1800s. Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Original Message
OK. A start. Here they are in the 1910 census
Family126 - County Road, Washington, Alameda County CA
Manuel A. Harvey 37 b. abt. 1873 Portugal, married 6 years, 2 children born
2 children living, to US abt. 1900, farmer
wife: Polcena Harvey 21 b. abt. 1889 CA
ch: Helen 4 b. abt. 1906 CA
*Isabella,
*
*For the most part, I agree with most of what you said. I now can
understand just about any Portuguese speaking person so much so that when I
hear someone speaking on the radio, I sometimes have to think is that a
Brazilian or an Azorean? But it took time. It WAS a problem
Repost for Nell,
Does anyone have Angelica Francisca da Silveira (Matos) born in Praia do
Norte, Faial in 1898 in their line? She was my grandmother, and i'm
interested if anyone knows from what part of the world her ancestors were
from. She and her sister were both large, big-boned women,
I believe this is Filomena's birth record:
No first name given Caton female b. 2/20/1890 Provincetown MA
father: Manuel Caton fisherman b. Pico Azores
mother: Philomena (nee Constance) b. Faial, Azores
What do you think?
These parents also had these children:
Unnamed Female Caton b.
Food for thought. I was born and raised in Washington TOWNSHIP. There are
several towns in Washington Township. I believe they were: Decoto, Alvarado,
Niles, Centerville (the center of Washington Township), Mission San Jose,
Irvington, Newark, AND I think Milpitas.
Sam: Was Milpitas in
You can see a lot more here including marriages.
No, I don't believe Milpitas was in Washington Township but; I'm pretty sure
Warm Springs was.
Sam in Calif.
From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Shirley Allegre
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 3:20 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
Okay thanks. Shirley in CA
- Original Message -
From: Sam Koester
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 3:44 PM
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] caton or caetano to ashland area, bay area
from Flores, then Mass., Also Garcia, Alvernaz or Harvey.
1880 US Census
Name: Manuel Caton Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event
Place:Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male Age: 38 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Sailor Race
(Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Azores
Sorry for numerous emails...but search is not so easy. Sure hope this is
them??? This is it for while till I know I have the right
family..E
Name:Manuel CatonEvent Type:Marriage Birth Date:abt 1840Marriage Date:19
Jan 1865Marriage Place:Provincetown, MassachusettsMarriage
Shirley,
I don't know if you are interested but there is a free ebook on the
internet on the History of Washington Township you might be interested in
viewing.
History of Washington Township, Alameda County, California
One more before turning in:
*Name:* Manuel Francis Caton
*Birth:* 26 Dec 1839 in Pico, Azores
*Death:* 24 Feb 1918 in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown Advocate, 28 Feb 1918
Manuel Francis Caton died Sunday February 24th at his Bangs' street home,
aged 78 years, 1 month and 29 days. He
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