Here is my Flores ancestry. It was a blessing to know my great grandparents as
they lived into their late 80's/early 90's. They only spoke Portuguese, but
were very loving to me. I think my relatives were a part of the Flores
Drinking Society too. My grandmother and Ava loved drinking the Port wine
while they were cooking a family celebration meal (soupas, filhos on Ash
Wednesday). Occasionally I think they had too much of the Port wine and the
tongues would get loose. I knew as a very young lady to exit the ranch house
quickly when I started hearing English (generally swear words) because a fight
between Granny and Ava was going to start. LOL
My Flores ancestors:
Me
Debra Irene Rodrigues * 1958 Merced, CA - ...
Father
George Edwin Rodrigues * 1939 Merced, CA - 2003 Merced, CA
Grandmother
Marie Elaine George * 1912 Merced, CA - 2002 Merced, CA
Paternal Great Grandparents
Francisco Jose Jorge (later changed to George in the USA)
07 Dec 1871 Faja Grande, Azores - 12 Dec 1963 Merced,
CA, USA
(Note: Immigrated to Merced County, Early jobs: digging the roads into
Yosemite National Park, working as a farmhand for 20 years before purchasing
his own farm, Alfalfa & Sweet Potato Farmer on Franklin Road next to the Santa
Fe Railroad, Attended and Supported the Buhach Church)
Leopoldina Lucindo Freitas
16 May 1884 Faja Grande, Flores, Azores - 19 Mar 1973 Merced, CA, USA
(Note: Marriage to Francisco was delayed because of the death of her mother.
Lena stayed to raise the younger children for several years. Francisco sent
for Lena to marry her. She traveled with a female companion because it was not
proper for a lady to travel alone. Cannot verify but we think that Francisco
met her in New York City as she entered the USA through Ellis Island.
Francisco, Lena and the companion traveled to Fresno where they stayed with a
Freitas cousin until marrying a few weeks later at a Catholic Church in Fresno,
CA.)
Paternal Great Great Grandparents
Antonio Jose Jorge * 1827 Flores, Azores - ?
Ana de Jesus * 1843 Flores, Azores - ?
Maternal Great Great Grandparents
Jose L Henriques * 1852 Faja Grande, Flores, Azores - ?
Maria Lucinda de Freitas * 1853 Loma Village, Flores, Azores - ?
Debbie Rodrigues Wolgemuth
Researching Jorge, Freitas, Rodrigues, Enos
Flores, Azores, Portugal * Merced and the Bay Area in California
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:32:46 -0700
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Flores Genealogy and Drinking Society
From: gfsjo...@gmail.com
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
I've become envious of the "Ponta Garca Gang" and the "Cabral Travassos Country
Club" and their good fortune in finding cousins. So I hereby establish the
"Flores Genealogy and Drinking Society". We Flores people are not so fortunate
as our more easterly "cousins". Flores was subject to the plunderings of
Pirates and Privateers which took a toll on our ancestors and their
institutions. According to historical accounts, Flores was attacked by
Privateers in the mid 1600's who burned every church on the Island. As a result
most records before the late 1600's were lost. Even the records on neighboring
Corvo go back earlier, to the early 1600's, as I recall.
The earliest documented marriage that I have discovered among my ancestors was
that of Manoel Pimentel to Isabel de Freitas, Nov 26, 1692, Santa Cruz, Flores
who were my 4G Grandparents (He had been married previously, in the 1680's as I
recall). His parents were Domingos Nunes and Marianna Fraga, date and place of
birth unknown although it was probably Santa Cruz, Flores. I would venture a
guess that Marianna was related to Diogo das Chagas, whose mother was also a
Fraga. Her parents were Domingos Fernandez and Catarina de Freitas.
How about it, any cousins out there with these same ancestors?
John Vasconcelos
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