My two grandfathers were born on Sao Miguel island.
My paternal grandfather was naturalized in Oakland, California.
My maternal grandfather was naburalized in a town on the West side of
California. I think I got his records from San Bruno.
Shirley in CA
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From: "Steve Peters" <spp1...@gmail.com>
To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 7:42 AM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Travel to California
Debbie, this is good info on the train system, thanks. We should keep
in mind also that the First Transcontinental Railroad was not
completed until 1869. Not sure what that meant for rail travel before
then. Maybe you could get a train part of the way? And then what? I
still wonder how my gg-grandfather Caetano Freitas got to the San Luis
Obispo area from Pico. We know he came on a whaler, but where did he
land? Could have been Boston or New Bedford, could have gone around
the horn, could have gone to Hawaii first. The 1900 Census says he was
naturalized in 1865, but who knows how long it took him to get to the
US, or how long he was here before he was officially processed? Were
people also naturalized on the West Coast, and if so where? I assume
that was something that happened immediately upon arrival.
Steve Peters
Researching Freitas (Pico) and Avellar (Flores or Pico?) in Avila
Beach/San Luis Obispo area
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