Hi, Yes the Francisco De Simas is the one I found also. The information that I have from a relative that has now passed is that he left Portugal as a teenager so this does fit. He seemed to think that he ran away from his family rather then just leaving.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:18:17 PM UTC+13, NancyC wrote: > > Amy, the City of New Bedford's Official Website contains crew lists for > whaling vessels, which you probably have already discovered. It is > possible to search by ship's name. > http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html > > I found Francisco de Simas listed as a Boy in the voyage of the Jeannette > departing in 1842. I think the Boy is usually very young. Notice he did > not receive a "lay" (a share of the income from the voyage). Since he > isn't listed as leaving the vessel, he probably stayed on the ship until it > returned to New Bedford in 1845. Notice that his first name is given as > Francisco rather than Jose. Are you sure this is the right person? > > Good luck with this. > > Nancy > > > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Richard Francis Pimentel < > rfrancis...@comcast.net <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Amy, >> >> This sounds like a tough one. The key to searching in the Acores and >> Portugal for that matter is to know what Freguesia (town) and Parish your >> ancestor came from in the case there is more than one parish in a town. >> What >> information do you have about the whaling ship Jeannette did you find him >> on >> a crew list. The Acores and the whaling industry are entwined in that >> Atlantic whalers would stop in the Acores for supplies and hire crew to >> work >> on the ship. Many of the crew men would then leave the ship when it >> reached >> port in New England. The term "Jumped Ship" means that the person left the >> ship without completing his contract or obligation. When he left the ship >> at the end of the voyage with his pay in hand is different than jumping >> ship. So it is possible that your ancestor did this and after spending >> some >> time and his money in New Bedford he went back to work on the Jeannette >> and >> disembarked in Australia. This is all speculation on my part and what is >> needed is a paper trail that would reveal a Freguesia in the Acores or on >> the mainland of Portugal. >> >> > -- 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."
