How exciting for you Eric!
I have the same situation with Rodrigues in my line and the Da Rosa's. Some listings show, Rosa, Roza as well as DeRosa, DeRoza, DaRosa and DaRoza and I've even found them under Rose. I find at time, it takes twice as long to search these family members.searching in the D's then again in the R's. Curious did you find any of these family members below at the UPPEC or UPEC? Did you find a birth record for the daughter Mary Miller? Have you found your Great-Great Grandmother Mary anywhere? Could it be she may have remarried? I'm sure you've checked into all these but thought I'd ask. Congratulations! Robin Borba Besotes Researching: Bettencourt, Borba, Barbe, Da Rosa, Jacinto, Rodrigues, Mattos, Jorge, Souto, Silveira, Canhoto California Towns: Newman, Turlock, Crowslanding, San Jose, San Juan, Tres Penos, Hollister, Watsonville, Pacific Grove, Miliptas Azores: Terceira, Sao Jorge, Faial, Pico, Flores From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Gomes Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:53 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken! Update! I went to Sacramento on April 8th and it didn't move me any closer to finding where he is buried. I did however, get a picture of my other great-great-grandparents gravestone in Sacramento. When I came back home, I had received an email from the County regarding the order I placed for Manuel's death certificate. They said that the could not find it. I responded to them and gave them the certificate number from the California Death Index. Fast-forward to April 13, I received the death certificate in the mail from the County. It told me where he was buried, St. Mary's Cemetery in Oakland, CA. The problem that I ran into that caused the whole fiasco was the fact that he was registered as Manuel Rodriguez in the death index. This was even more apparent on the certificate itself... my great-great grandmother signed the document as Mrs. Mary Rodriguez. I am not sure why she did that because everything else is Rodrigues with an s. On April 14, I showed the Death Certificate to my grandmother and she was impressed that I had found it and was interested in seeing it. During the conversation she reminded me that both of her grandfather's were killed by trains in Oakland and... her great-uncle was also killed by a train. On April 16, I went to the cemetery and had a little difficulty in finding his documents. According to the death certificate, he was buried on June 13, 1927. We went to the journal entry for June 13, 1927 and it said he was buried in Unconsecrated Ground. Dead end... Additionally, it said that he was buried in a 2 foot casket. The first problem was that the people at the Cemetery did not know where the Unconsecrated Ground was from so long ago. It was never marked. I then pointed out to the person that there was another Rodrigues on the page. And he was buried in a marked grave. Well, it turned out that that was my great-great grandfather. While I was looking at the book, I figured I would see if I could find my great-great-grandmother's grave as well, just in case I got out to the gravesite and she was not buried with him. I could not find any records in there journal. I went out to the grave and there was a marker... the photo is attached. There is a Mary buried with him, but she was buried as his daughter. So there is the next brick wall... I now have to figure out where my great-great-grandmother is buried. I looked into the records for the Mary that was buried with him and her name was Mary Miller. She passed on November 14, 1940, cause of death Cerebral Thrombosa at Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro, CA. -- 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."
