Hi Shirley, My maternal grandfather was born in Pedro Miguel, Faial and was his father, grandfather- grandmother, ggrandfather - mother and gggrandmother. Any matches?? Francisco Rodrigues do Amaral 1879-1953 Senhorinha Vargas Henriques 1896-1933 Joao Rodrigues do Amaral 1850- Maria Tomasia do Rosario - born Madalena Pico Francisco Rodrigues - 1812 -1872 Maria Tomasia -1819 Joao Francisco Rodrigues 1766-1827 Josefa Rita De Jesus 1768-1849 Manuel Rodrigues 1728-1789 born in Salao Maria Rosa 1725- 1805 Best Regards and Merry Christmas! Veronica Perry
________________________________ From: Shirley Allegre <shir...@digitalpath.net> To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Lopes, Amaral, Madruga from Faial and Gloucester, Massachusetts If you would send me some info re: names, dates, anything. I might be able to help you. My mother-inlaw's AMARAL line is from Faial. Shirley in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheri Mello" <gfsche...@gmail.com> To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 9:11 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Lopes, Amaral, Madruga from Faial and Gloucester, Massachusetts Repost for Eleanor, eminniel at comcast.net Rick, Thanks so much for the advice. Hopefully somewhere in all the records a village is mentioned. I have all the dates of arrival for both grandparents Lopez and Madruga. I have their original marriage certificate and his original naturalization papers. All records only state St. Fayal no village. The 1910 Federal Census for Phillipa Cardoza Madruga states birth place as Atlantic Island, Azores. All the children for Manuel Madruga and Phillipa were born in the US. All the Lopez's were born in St. Fayal and became naturalized citizens. Dimingo Lopez came from Spain but move to the Azores when he married his first wife. She died in child birth. Their two sons remained in the Azores. All the children from his marriage to Florinda were born in St. Fayal. They arrived in the US in 1884 with their eight children. A relative told me they came to the US because they hoped to avoid the draft in Portugal because they had seven boys. I have their records and a lot of stories from my grandfather. He lived to be 106. My father died very young and my grandparents helped raise my brother and myself. My mother gave me all the records before she died. I have been searching for months but cannot find anything else. I guess I need to return to Massachusetts this summer and try he check records from East Cambridge and Gloucester. I am sure the spelling of the surnames are correct. I remember my grandfather telling me his middle name was Rodriquez but at Ellis Island they changed it to Roger. I am going to review all the records I have and hopefully a village is mentioned, The website Family Search has a wealth of info and it is all free no membership, etc. Their records are very accurate. I have been researching St. Fayal. I am seriously thinking for traveling there sometime next year as finding my roots on both sides is very important. It's top priority on my bucket list. I am happy I found this group. Thanks again Eleanor -- 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."
