Hi Mel and Luis, The relatives you are mentioning are related to me by my grandmother, Francisca Carreiro (Remigio) Pacheco from Maia, Sao Miguel Azores. My grandmother came originally in 1905 through Ellis Island but her sponsor didn't show up unit too late and as the ship was pulling out he was at the dock and she and her children were returned but went to Italy for several weeks before returning to the Azores. She then came to the US in 1911 in Fall River but went back to the Azores during the depression in 1929. My mother, Maria do Carmo Carreiro, born in Fall River left at age 15 went to the Azores and returned to the US through Ellis Island with my 7 siblings. Most of us live in the Boston area but some are in VA, NY and NH. My late uncles, Luis,Manuel and Jose are Fransica's children. All of them including my mother are deceased now. The Maria you mentioned who married Andre Serpa was not my mother but my mother's sister, Maira Julia. There is a website called www.amigosdamia.com that has many old photos of people from the Maia. There are many people form Maia living in the Boston area as well as Fall River who are cousins of the family you mentioned. There are more details that my older siblings will recall. The name Muniz is incorrect and is Moniz which is my father's family name. My father's grandparents were from the Alentejo in the mainland from the town of Serpa and they left the mainland in 1850 and came to the US and Canada but returned to the Azores where they raised their 10 children.
PS. My grandmother and also your relatives are related to Gary Remigio Pereira, one of the Canadian Tenors (whose parents are from Maia) and David Leite (James Baird award winning culinary chef and author) and Craig De Mello (Nobel Peace Prize Recipient) for cancer research. You can google them for further info. Maia only has 1800 people and is in the northeast part of Sao Miguel. Look forward to hearing from you. Clara Carreiro Serpa www.janelasparamaia.com On Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:49:04 PM UTC-4, IslandRoutes wrote: > > I've been researching this family associated with my de Braga family > tree and now it looks like I'm double connected. > > Manoel Carreiro (son Jose Carreiro & Maria Augusta do Couto) of Maia, > m. Maria Claudina (dau of Jose Muniz Serpa & Claudina Perreira). They > migrated to Hawaii in 1882 on the Hansa. > > Manoel's sister, Francisca, married on of my gr gr grandfather's > cousin's, Diniz de Braga. They also went to Kauai. > > I couldn't find Manoel's family in Hawaii, but in 1900 two of his > children are living with Diniz and Francisca. > > A couple of years ago, another researcher contacted me about a Manuel > Carreiro of Fall River, MA. It turns out this Manuel Carreiro was the > son of Manoel Carreiro and Maria Claudina. Manuel Jr. left Kauai and > married Annine Cecila Silva in Fall River, MA in 1901. > > I have been trying to learn more about this family because it > fascinates me. I wonder what drew Manuel Jr away from Hawaii. Almost > everyone else in the family who left Hawaii ended up in Monterey Co. > or Oakland, CA. This is my first known instance of a Hawaii cousin > going to Massachusetts. > > Recenlty, I've learned that their may have been more Muniz Serpa's who > came to Fall River, MA. I'm following the trail of Ignes M. Serpa, > dau of Francisco M. Serpa & Ermelinda da Camara, who married my > distant cousins Jacintho Pacheco Remigio in Fall River, 25 Jan 1905. > I'm not certain yet but I believe the Ignes is related to Maria > Claudina (Muniz Serpa) Carreiro. I'm still trying to piece it > altogether, but it appears that their were Carriero's and Muniz > Serpa's of the same family in Fall River as early as 1900 on Columbia > St. They had my de Mello Castanho's living with them which would make > a whole circle of connections to Maia, Ribeira Grande. > > Is anyone connected to the Carreiro/Muniz Serpa/de Braga/Pacheco > Remigio/de Mello Castanho's of Fall River, MA and Maia, Ribeira > Grande? Perhaps there is someone who has the missing clues to the > puzzle. > > Thanks > Mel > > -- 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."
