Do you have families that settled in *Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon, Sunol* area ?
I'm working on a project for the local museum on the Portuguese setllement here. Azorean Portuguese was a large percentage of the population here before 1900. The first wave around 1870 was mostly from *Flores:* Manuel Jose Damiao ( Manuel Joseph) b 1833, Santa Cruz, m. Eugenia Silveira of Sao Jorge Francisco Goncalves de Fraga ( Frank G Frager)b 1848, Ponta Delgada m. Barbara Silveira Inacio, Barbara S Enos) b 1847 Flores Jose Rodrigues Paulo b. 1869, Caetano Rodrigues Paulo b 1874, their sisters Ana de Jesus b 1880 and Maria also Ponta Delgada. Francisco Antonio Noia b. 1847 Ponta Delgada >From *Graciosa*: Serino Corriea de Avila b. 1854 m, Francisca Corriea de Melo of Graciosa. She had come earlier with her father Jose Correia de Melo >From *Pico* brothers, Jacinto Antonio Rosa( Jason Rose) b 1850 and Jose Melo da Rosa (Joseph M Rose) b. 1860 and their cousin: Manuel Silveira Andrade b. 1855 brothers Jose Neves ( Joseph Nevis) b 1843, Francisco Neves ( Frank Nevis) b. 1857 in Candelaria, Madelena Antonio Goncalves da Rosa ( A G Rose) b 1824 Santo Antonio, Sao Roque >From *Faial *: Antonio Fialho da Rosa (Antone Silver)b. 1853 in Salao. m. Maria Simas Silveira b. 1864 in Lajes, Pico Manuel Pereira da Rosa b. 1852 Jose L Luis ( Joseph L Lewis) b 1844, m. Carolinda Augusta Carias b. 1849 in Calheta de Nesquim, Pico Frank F Avilla( likely Francisco Ferreira de Avila) b. 1871 , as I also have a Jose Ferreira de Avila b. 1866, Azores residing in Pleasanton >From *Sao Jorge*: Jose Perreira da Rosa ( Joseph P Rose) b. 1844 Velas. >From *Santa Maria*: Ignacio Jose Bairos ( Joe Enos Bairos) b. 1849 Assuncao, Vila do Porto. m. Rosa Silveira b. 1860 of Sao Jorge >From *Sao Miguel:* John James Amaral b. Mar 1899 in Povacao ( son of Joaquim Amaral b. 1872 Lomba do Cavaleiro and Maria Leite. Joaquim and Maria settled in Providence, Rhode Island with their 10 children in 1900) I have 499 people in my file. There are many families whose origin in the islands is not yet discovered. I have many Silva, Avilla, and Rose families There were many land sales offers and advertisements in Portuguese languague newspapers in the 1880s-1910s for the Pleasanton area. Many of these families have intermarried over the years. Feel free to contact me privately Eric Edgar > For 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." > --- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
