Barbara, I've never seen the name Netto in Flores records. Enos ( Inacio) is seen in the Santa Cruz, Flores area, especially around Cedros. Take a look at Celeste's post a few back with the
attachment for Frank Enos Sousa. Eric Edgar On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:56 PM, BJB Designs <bjbdesi...@cableone.net> wrote: > Debra, We are also researching the Netto family line from Flores. > Joseph Silveira Netto married Mariana Francisca Enos in Hollister CA. in > 1891. They had 6 children the youngest was Dorothy M Netto who was my > husband's mother. Verbal family history has the family originating in > Flores. We have documentation that Jose returned to the Azores in 1894 and > he returned with a Manuel Enos aboard the Peninsular to New York. > Do we think we have any Enos or Netto family connection? > Barbara Blackie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Debra Wolgemuth <wolgemut...@msn.com> > *To:* Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Monday, June 07, 2010 2:52 PM > *Subject:* RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Flores Genealogy and Drinking Society > > 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 > > > > -- > 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. 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