Thank you Shirley! Yes this conforms with other information I have seen. I'm not too worried about the difference in listed ages, especially for Maria, who must have been around 2 if her brother was already 7 months old.
I know about the Bob de Mello book and have found records online from the Hawaii State Digital Archives. Do you have a copy of the CONSULADO GERAL DE PORTUGAL EM HAWAII records, or are those available online as well? Thanks again for all your help. Mary K On Feb 20, 4:18 pm, "Shirley Allegre" <shir...@digitalpath.net> wrote: > Here is what I found: > > Source: IMMIGRATION FROM AZORES TO HAWAII 1879-1883, > AUTHOR: Bob de Mello > page: 317 > > PINGAO, Jose de Medeiros, age 29 * > Father: Jacinto de Medeiros > Mother: Ana Jacinta > From: Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel > WIFE > Maria da Conceicao, age 26 > CHILDREN > Manual 4 > Maria 1 * > Jose 7 months > SHIP: Hansa > > Source: CONSULADO GERAL DE PORTUGAL EM HAWAII > ship: Hansa > Passenger # 1072 > > Jose de Medeiros Pingao, age 27 * > from: Sao Miguel, ---- Vila Franca > SPOUSE > Maria da Conceicao, age 26 > CHILDREN > Manuel 4 > Maria 2 * > Jose 7 months > > There is a difference in ages for Jose and for Maria. > > Hope this helps. > Shirley in CA > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "m_kent" <m_k...@comcast.net> > To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 9:09 AM > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rio de Janeiro on S o Miguel? > > There was a family story that my g-grandfather was from a Rio de > Janeiro, and it was written on my g-grandmother's prayer book, along > with her birthplace (Ponta Gar a - spelled Punta Gassa). It isn't > recorded in any articles or official documents. We never knew whether > it referred to a birth place or somewhere he had lived, but the Rio de > Janeiro notation appeared to refer to him, not her. > > According to my research so far, both g-grandparents were born and > baptized in Ponta Gar a about 1855. They were married there in 1876 > and had 4 children within the next 5 years. The couple's names are > Jos de Medeiros Ping o and Maria Amelia da Concei o da Costa. They > later dropped Ping o. > > I don't have a specific reference from Ancestry for the Boston > arrival--sorry. > > I was wondering if anyone was familiar with a Rio de Janeiro on S o > Miguel, because it would solve part of the puzzle. Both g- > grandparents immigrated to Hawaii in 1882 (then on to California about > 1885). We have no evidence he or they ever went to Brazil, but are not > sure where to look for it, except in passport records. I've found > passport records and ship passenger lists showing their Hawaii > journey, but nothing for Brazil. > > If there is no evidence there is or was a Rio de Janeiro on S o Miguel > island, this family story remains a mystery. > > Mary K > > On Feb 19, 7:57 pm, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mary K, > > > When you say that Rio de Janeiro was listed as the birth place...where did > > you see this listed? In his obituary? On something else? Also when you > > said you saw it arriving in Boston, you saw that on Ancestry.com? Can you > > list the specific date on that so those with Ancestry can take a look? > > > Cheri Mello > > Listowner, Azores-Gen > > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > > Tainhas, > > Achada > > -- > 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 > athttp://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."
