On Jun 11, 2:35 pm, Leonard Silva <lensi...@lenstudio.com> wrote: > Family stories say that he came as a 15 year old stowaway with an older > cousin who abandoned him in Boston.
My great-great-grandfather Caetano Freitas was also supposedly a "stowaway." I wonder if this may be a euphemism for "draft dodger"? Due to the mandatory military service for boys 14 and older, many families clandestinely sent their sons off with American whaling ships, which would stop in the Azores looking for crew. The ships would anchor in the harbor, and families would row out to them with their boys at night. This could also be where he learned English, depending on how long it took him to actually get to the US. Steve -- 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."
