Beverly, I have a thousand or so people on Flores indexed and all the availble resources. However, you are on a thread for a Bartlett family. I am starting a new topic for your Goncalves Pedro from Flores and we'll see if we get some connections. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM, <bmmarc...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Debbie, > > > > My grandmother *Deolinda* (Duilinda,Dalinda take your pick) was born in * > Flores*. That's all I know. On her marriage license her name is listed > as Dalinda Goncalves Pedro. Father *Antone Goncalves *and Mother *Isabel > Pedro*. So I am totally confused as to her last name. I have searched > both Pedros and Goncalves with no luck so far. She had at least 7 sisters > and 1 brother. Brother died at sea and 1 sister settled in Brazil. All the > other sisters came here to California. > > > > My grandmother married Frank B. Avila and they moved here to Buhach > Atwater, Merced County about 1901. Frank and his brothers John, Jose and > Antone all farmed in the Buhach,Atwater area. One sister Rose (married > Frank Dutra) lived across the street from Frank & Deolinda. > > > > My other problem is I do not speak Portuguese, let alone read it. She is > my last grandparent to find and I cannot give up till I do find her.... > > Do you know if anyone has indexed Flores in English? > > > > Beverly Avila Marcelo > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debra Wolgemuth" <wolgemut...@msn.com> > To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 4:10:18 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] looking for information on my g > ggrandfather > > Frank, > > I've discovered from connections on this list, that many of the Azoreans > who came to Merced were from Flores, as were my great grandparents. > > *Debbie Wolgemuth* > Researching: Jorge, Rodrigues, Enos who settled in Merced, CA > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:12:11 -0500 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] looking for information on my g ggrandfather > From: fbartl...@wildblue.net > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > Looking for information on my g ggrandfather and his brother. He and his > brother immigrated to the US in the 1870's-1880's as a pre teen and his > brother > a teen as the story has been told. They came through Portsmouth, NH. My g > grandfather was then adopted by a Bartlett family in NH and later moved on > to the Boston area. Much is known about him from there on. But little > mention of his past. We know his brother moved on very soon after arrival to > Merced > CA. They used an anglicized name something like Gerrivas, Gerevas. or > possibly Gervasio. We know a sister joined the Uncle later on in the 1880's, > but > she went directly to Merced. I am trying to find the family name and the > Azorean island of they're origin. Some had mentioned in the ancestry notes > that > it most likely was a western island of Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, or Flores, > since they supposedly arrived on a whaling vessel. Anyway a trip to the > Azores is on my > "bucket list" but I would like to have a little more info before I go. > > Thanks, > > Frank Bartlett > > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." > -- 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."
