Hi Tony Cheri is correct about the documents that will lead you to know where in the Azores he came from.
If you could find the wife's name then you could look on pioneer index for more info. That is how I discovered info that lex ne to uncover much about our 2 gold miner great grandfathers (actually my husband's). If ge married an English girl, maybe she was Wesleyan. I learned that they were dissenters fm the Church of England, as was the case in one of our ancestors. Your gr grandfather was born a few year before our 2guys 1836 and 1838 but there were several siblings born before them. They were drawn to Australia by the goldfields. Any family stories that would give more of a clue? I was able to get the marriage certificate for my husband's gr grandfather and that's how I knew they were married by theWesleyan minister. I alzo found them on unassisted passengers comment on the ship Water Lily in 1853. Are there museums in the New Zealand area where they preserve names and history like they have in Victoria. Try cemetery where the family lived. Sounds like stayed put in one area (?) so if he was a carpenter maybe he made furniture- the old newspapers had many ads. I learned slot about out guys from the Creswick and Clunes daily Register and Advertiser. Then I sent away to the public records office Victoria for each of 18 articles where their names are mentioned. It is tedios but peopke in Victoria were amazingly helpful as I live in the US. I hope you keep looking and you will find him. My husband's gr grandfathers were J J DE LIMA and their father was Antonio José. Best of luck Maria Elena On May 19, 2012, at 2:49 AM, "Tony" <tone2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Francis Joseph was born in 1833, some where in the Azores. His Father was > carpenter named Antonio. We don’t know the name of his Mother. Francis > left the Azores as a young boy and > spent some years on whaling ships before “jumping ship” in New Zealand. He > was then 34 years old and spent the next 50 years living here. He never > became a naturalised citizen of New Zealand. In 1883, at the age of 50 > years he married an English woman in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand > and they had 3 children. Francis died there in August 1917 aged 84 years. > We do not know which island he came from and if anyone in the room has any > connection or knowledge of him or his family I’d be very grateful to hear > from you. He is my Gt Grandfather. > My Uncle who knows less than I do told me that about 30 years ago a lady from > America came looking for our family. Perhaps we have some American > relatives? Thanks, Tony > -- > 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."
