Hi Debbie,
My grandmother, Deolinda Pedro Goncalves was from Flores. She married my grandfather, Frank B. Avila, (1901)in Oakland CA. They moved to Buhach Atwater, CA. Merced County had a small farm and raised their family there. My grandfather was from Norte Grande,Sao Joege. I recently found him but I am at a loss with my grandmother. Her father was Antone Goncalves and mother Isabel Pedro . I have been searching the Flores website but cannot find either one of them. No surprise there as I do not speak or read Portuguese.. I am wondering if maybe they might show up in some other list members genealogy. My main problem is that no one knows where in Flores she came from. One her death certificate they listed her born 08 Nov 1873 Azores Island. If you know of, or happen to ever run across these people would you please contact me? I would really appreciatwe it... Thank you Beverly Avilla 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. 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." -- 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."
