Congratulations, Mario! Go and enjoy your trip and visit your 'homeland'!!
Rosemarie
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Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores,
Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 9:29 AM Billy Shear
wrote:
> Update:
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> I found most of
Update:
I found most of the information for my grandparents,my father, aunts &
uncle. Here are the names.
Manuel da Silva born July 18, 1880 from Arrifes, Sao Miguel. He left on Oct
23,1919 landed in New York Oct 31,1919 paid for his own trip, had $16.00 on
him. SS ROMA His Wife Maria da Lus da
So true. I enjoyed reading your grateful expressions about your ancestors.
Beautiful that you treasure the gift they left. I think your trip will be so
sacred to you as you walk the places they walked and experience being there.
Keep us posted.
Maria Elena
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Hi Cheri,Deb& Elaine
I don't think it matters if I'm a Silva,Barabosa, Mello or Mendona, we are
all from the same gene pool. My grandfather left his beloved country to
find a better life. He left first, and saved enough money to have my
grandmother and their four children come to the greatest
Mario,
It might help to think of this more like a treasure hunt - or a mystery to
investigate. Even on the U.S. side I'm finding digging up information to
be a challenge - my grandfather came over via the passports as Antonio De
Mello Barbosa, but got listed in the first U.S. Census here
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