Adair, This might be a cousin link somehow. I wish my grandmother had let us meet the family and maybe this would really not be as tough in trying to find info. The Cenus records have my great grandparents in the town of San Joaquin in 1920 and 1930. They have my great grandmother's name spelled wrong. They have my great grandfather and my grandfather's name as Geo Silva. My g uncle is listed as Willie Silva. Other names are spelled incorrect at that time as well. My mother Evelyn Catherine Silva was born around 1940 in the Manteca area. She tells me her grandparents lived out in Merced county, but not specifically where. They are buried outside of Escalon. Her father's birth records are from San Rafael. Her father was a topper for one of the lumber companies when she was a child. Do you have any family that worked in the lumber industry? I do know that the Silva side of our family would have an annual reunion in Gustine every summer. I never attended it though. I will go through some of my pictures and see if any have Borba for a name. I use Archives.com, so I have the records I have found attached to the person in my tree it goes to. What sites have you used to get information from Sao Jorge? I use a translator on my phone to translate for me. My husband thinks I am crazy to be searching, but I am determined to find the line. Robin Lebo
On Dec 31, 2011, at 15:54, Adair Borba <adair1...@comcast.net> wrote: > Robin, > > I have been trying for some time to connect my Great Grandmother(Jennie > Solomon Silva) to her family. > > She was born in 1856(Sao Jorge), arrived in 1869 to Rhode Island, she married > in 1875 Manuel Ignacio Borba in Rhode Island. They migrated to Northern > California and settled in Sebastopol. > > Joseph(Jose) Solomon 1871 may be her father...Manuel Siva Solomon was her > brother, born in 1851 in Sao Jorge. I believe her brother was in California > or crossed country with them. > > I have a good handle on her children and where they settled, but have not > been able to solidly connect what happened to her brother/family, or trace > her Mother. > > Adair Borba > > > On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:42 PM, PearlCat 500 wrote: > >> Is there anyone working on family history for Sao Jorge? I am from >> the Silva line out of Calhetta. >> Looking for info on g g grandparents, ggrandparents' siblings, etc. >> have posted before. I use Tribalpages. My great grand father was Jorge >> Da Silva, his wife was Arminda Aurora Lui( z or s). George came to >> America in 1898, Arminda came in 1906. I have George's immigration >> papers and the release from the King. I have their marriage paper. I >> have info on all their children. One person helped me find the ship >> they came in on in 1906. But I am stuck going backwards since the rest >> of the info is in Sao Jorge. >> >> When George came in 1898 he had family with him. There were two. The >> others got off in Brazil. There is family in Mass as well. Iam working >> on that also. >> >> Arminda had lived on Terciera prior to Sao Jorge. Her mother had died >> on her family's boat. She was taken to Sao Jorge to be raised by >> family since her father was a ships Capt. >> >> I have some names that were listed on Calif death certificates. On >> George's the name Neves was his mothers. >> On Arminda's the name Diaz was on hers. >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Robin L >> >> -- >> 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."
