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I really appreciate all the help...This Jose Francisco aka Joseph Francis is the thorn in my flesh...he's my gg grandpa...his headstone says he was born in Flores..yet I have other things saying Faial...His wife Amelia is as difficult as he is...they used the surname Brio and I have no idea where that came from Calvena Ainsworth > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:02:15 -0700 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: FAIAL > From: bellema...@gmail.com > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > I found a Joseph Francis b. abt. 1832 who came to the US June 25, 1852 > on the schooner Waldron Holmes sailing from Fayal to Boston. It says > he is a mariner. There is also a Manuel Francis on this ship. > > There is a Joseph Francis b. abt. 1832 also on the schooner Abby > Forest who came to the US August 1854, seaman, sailing from the Azores > to Boston. Actually there are 2 Joseph Francis on this ship but he is > 6 years older. > > There is a Joseph Francis b. abt 1832 on the Bark Halifax, September > 1859, sailing from Halifax to Boston, mariner, b. in Portugal > > Looks like it might be the same person going back and forth a couple > of times. Could be him. My grandfather also came through Halifax > once when he sold one of his ship's overseas and was returning home so > don't let that throw you. > > In the 1860 census, there is a Joseph Francis b. abt. 1831, Fayal , > mariner, living on Nantucket Island. (There is something written > after his name but I do not know what it means). There is also a John > and Angelica Francis from Fayal living 3 doors down. > > There's a Joseph Francis b. abt. 1833 living in Calaveras County CA. > > There's another Joseph Francis b. abt. 1832, mariner, living in > Boston, but he is married with a child. > > In 1870 census, your Joseph Francis with wife Amelia are living in > Yreka, CA both b. Western Island with children Mary 4, b. CA, Joseph > 1, b. CA so Amelia must have come to the US before 1871. Living with > them is a Joseph Silva 30 also a miner b. Western Islands. > > Hope this helps. > > "E" > > > _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
