Sorry I left out the 2nd Maria, she was 1 year old. Margaret
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Margaret Vicente < margaretvice...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gail, > > It may be coincidental but I have an ancestor from Sao Jose, Ponta > Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores who immigrated to the Sandwich Islands in 1883 > and his family with him. Two (2) of the children were "Maria". His name > was Jose de Sousa Vaz Junior, wife Maria do Santo Cristo and their children > were: Jose, Maria, Luisa and Manuel. He and Maria were both 37 years old > and the children' ages were 12, 10, 7, 3 and 1 year old. > > It is very common to have more than one child with the same first name on > the islands and it doesn't mean that one of them may have died. The church > recorded first names only. > > Let me know if there's a connection and I'll send you what I have. > > Margaret Vicente > > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net>wrote: > >> ** ** ** ** >> >> Wow, I never knew that or at least it wasn’t mentioned when I was there. >> My family is from Ribeira Grande. I will check it out!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Linda Borges Furtado Norton**** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* **azores@googlegroups.com** [mailto:**azores@googlegroups.com**] >> *On Behalf Of *Sam Koester >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:50 PM >> *To:* **azores@googlegroups.com** >> *Subject:* RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Pasty; My ancestors are not from **Sao Miguel** but; I checked out >> this site for the fun of it. What a great site for those of you who can >> find your **Sao Miguel** ancestors there! Pictures and all… >> Wonderful. Sam in Maz**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* **azores@googlegroups.com** [mailto:**azores@googlegroups.com**] >> *On Behalf Of *Chuck Nostrome >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 28, 2011 1:38 PM >> *To:* **azores@googlegroups.com** >> *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I received a copy of the passport appeal which had to be done in the >> Azores before Jacinto Vieira Anselmo and family could leave Sao Miguel and >> go to the ****Hawaiian** **Kingdom**** to work. Apparently they had to >> describe the workers before the passport was issued by the local >> authorities to the Hawaiian ones. They have an emigration museum in the >> province Ribeira Grande on **Sao Miguel**. **** >> >> If you want to do a search the site é http: / / mea.cm-ribeiragrande.pt/. It >> doesn't have alot but will grow. I received this from the curator of >> the museum.**** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- >> 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." >> > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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."
