*I concur with what Eric said. Any one of those scenarios may have taken place. Another possibility is that they may have been married here in the US. You state that the marriage took place "probably Flores". There have been many cases of Azores Islanders having sent money home to his childhood sweet heart to pay her way over to the US after which they were married here. Have you checked Contra Costa records for their marriage? Have you tried looking for them in parish records of where they may have gone to church (Assuming they were practicing Catholics , If you have not already researched these). Did Manuel or any of the family members belong to any Portuguese lodge or Fraternal organization. They often have good records of their members' family and island connections. Good Luck John Vasconcelos. * On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:29 AM, badger <woodrowme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Family lore and much research has led us to a dead end on the origin of > the Minta name from the Azores. > > We'd sure appreciate some pointers. > > Our oldest known relative with best information is: > > Manuel Minta > > Birth: 17 Jan 1828 in Flores Island, Azores > Immigration: abt 1852 to California > Marriage: bef 1872 to Philomena R Thomas (or Joseph), likely Flores Island > Residence: 1880 to death in Oakley/Antoch area, Contra Costa County, CA > Death: Jun 1918 in Contra Costa County, California, USA > > Scarce Information on his brother and sister: > Mathew Minta, birth abt 1840, likely Azores; 1880 in Contra Costa County > Mary Minta, birth abt 1852, likely Azores; 1910 in Contra Costa county > > Details at Ancestry.com: Minta Family > Tree<http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/45606850/person/6388123471> > > Another source (different birth date): > Greg Small's Genealogy - Manuel > Minta<http://gsmall.us/Family/Gimbel/getperson.php?personID=I00222&tree=Gimbel> > > Thanks from his great grandson, > 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." -- 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."
