Betty, The weekly Portuguese newspaper O Portugal first appeared in New Bedford, Massachusetts, started by Alberto Moura of Chaves, Portugal, who sold the newspaper two years later and moved to California.
Alberto was an Attorney, also had a Portuguese languague paper in Oakland . Mt wife's grandparents bought his house in East Oakland abt 1943 . Many of his books were left behind. I'll look at a connection. Eric Edgar On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:25 AM, bbffrrpp <bbffr...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I found out last year that Francisco "Frank" MOURA and his family > probably lived in Oakland, CA. And I believe that is right beside > San Francisco. So, I'm curious if there was and is a large > Portuguese / Azorean community there. > > "Elsie" MOURA arrived in Boston, MA ~1905, and possibly with a sister, > Rosa MOURA, both young girls. I don't know who they traveled > with. Their mother and younger sister, Carolina, arrived ~1910 to > join them. They had 2 brothers, Francisco MOURA and Manuel MOURA, > and I only have tidbits of information on them. I'm guessing they > arrived shortly after 1910. I don't know if they lived in > different MA cities before they left the state. "Manny" moved to > Brooklyn, NY, where census shows other MOURA families lived. But, > "Frank" moved to reportedly "wine country" in CA. I found out it was > probably Oakland. "Elsie" was my (now) husband's grandmother. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@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." >
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