When our family left the Azores, they came over in three groups, by way of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the first group were my Great Grandparents and the older boys, leaving two of the younger boys with relatives. In the second group, were my Great Grandfather's older brother and his family and one of the younger sons. Finally when the 3rd small group traveled, the youngest son, now a year older, was chaparoned by my Great Grandfather's sister in-laws, sister, and finally reunited with his family. The sacrifices they made..... AVA In a message dated 1/30/2013 9:42:24 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, pamsanto...@gmail.com writes:
My ex husbands gggreat aunt came with her kids, her husband already passed and her nephew my ex husbands ggrandfather came with her and hid in the mattress she had on the ship. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:45 PM, janet laytham <_jwlaytham@msn.com_ (mailto:jwlayt...@msn.com) > wrote: My great aunt came to the USA with her 6 year old brother in tow. She was 13 years old: her parents and other siblings (including my grandmother) stayed behind. Janet On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Mike <_mgilfilian95@gmail.com_ (mailto:mgilfilia...@gmail.com) > wrote: When it comes to women leaving the Azores to come to the USA, is there any typical situation that would bring them over? coming with parents? coming with husband? would they have traveled over with an older or younger brother? Would she have traveled over alone if another family member already here? I'm trying to find a clue to connect my great aunt Francisca to my great grandfather Jose to maybe narrow down some of the search results for traveling into the USA Mike -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to _Azores+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto: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_ (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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to _azores+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com) . For more options, visit _https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out_ (https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out) . -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to _Azores+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto: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_ (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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to _azores+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com) . For more options, visit _https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out_ (https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out) . -- -- 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_ (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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit _https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out_ (https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out) . -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.