Hi Theresa, Thank you for the offer to help find my Maria Cabral......she has been as much of a mystery as Antonio was......I can't find any record of her coming into the country. All I know is that my Dad thought her name was Mary Cabral.....turns out she is Maria Catharina(?)Cabral...born in Santa Maria....1852 (I think)...her parents were Jose I.and Maria I. and I have no idea what the I stands for....Ignacia maybe?...I just don't know. She and Antonio were married in 1888 in New Bedford.....her first and his second marriage. I love how these ancestors become real people.......I'm so happy today......I can't believe I found Antonio.......Best regards, Nancy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: I found Antonio!!!!!!!!Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:54:05 -0400 Hi, I might be able to help with Maria Cabral from Santa Maria, if you don't have it. Theresa ----- Original Message ----- From: nancy jean baptiste To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:29 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] I found Antonio!!!!!!!! Greetings Group, I am so excited!!!!!! I never thought I would find my paternal ggrandfather...my Dads father and mother were separated when he was 3 and he didn't know much about him or his family.....we had no idea which island he was from or even his real name. My Dad ....Joseph Cardoza Baptiste thought his grandfathers name was Antone C. Baptiste......father of John Cabral Baptiste....father of my Dad, Joseph and his brother John.......Elaine helped me by finding my grandfather Johns birth certificate in New Bedford and it had his parents listed as Antonio T. Baptista from Sao Jorge.....she then found Antonios death certificate so I knew his age...(or so I thought....he was actually born in 1835...not 1838). She also found his marriage to my ggrandmother....Maria Cabral...from Santa Maria....on the certificate....his parents names were listed.....Jose J. Baptista and Agueda M. of Sao Jorge.So.....I started looking at all the baptisms on the CCA site for Sao Jorge ......I looked for 10 years before 1838 and 10 years after 1838......I came across a Baptista family in Ribiera Seca and saw the name a couple of times in Calheta and Norte Peqeno....when the Topo records came on I felt like I'd found a gold mine.....lots of Baptistas........many of them linked to a Jose Texiera Baptista and a Maria de San Jose....... finally this morning I found it......I just sat and stared at the record in disbelief!!!! Antonio....son of Joam Jose Baptista and Agada Maria!!!!!! Grandson of Jose Texiera Baptista and Maria de San Jose!!!!! I know it's him........ Could some one else read the record with me so that I have a complete translation.....? It's on the CCa site....Topo Baptisms for 1828....page # 152...... Thank you to all of you and especially Elaine!Nancy Jean Baptiste (a) You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. See how<BR_________________________________________________________________ Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/wedowindowslive.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!20EE04FBC541789!167.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_092008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
