Anthony, I have to brush up on my WW's history I do remember reading about the Lusitania Thanks
On Saturday, 14 December 2013 00:05:54 UTC-5, Anthony Soares wrote: > They were also used in WWI, The U. S. protested after the Sinking of the > Lusitania which also killed 128 Americans who were on board. Germany agreed > to change their Rules of engagement but later went back to unrestricted > Submarine warfare in early 1917 as they knew the U. S. was going to enter > the War. I just havn't been able to find out if any of the 5,000 ships > sunk were Whalers attacked on purpose or by mistaken identity. > > On Friday, December 13, 2013 8:35:26 PM UTC-8, Jose A Medeiros wrote: >> >> Anthony, >> >> I believe U-boats were a problem in WWII >> >> On Friday, 13 December 2013 19:46:28 UTC-5, Anthony Soares wrote: >> >>> A possibility would be he stowed away on a whaler and became crew,then >>> jumped ship in Canada,U.S. or Brazil. Never studied the effects of WWI on >>> Commercial Whaling or Passenger ships coming out of the Azores. Merchant >>> ships were definitely targets for the German U-boats that prowled the >>> Atlantic. >>> >>> On Friday, December 13, 2013 12:02:29 PM UTC-8, Jose A Medeiros wrote: >>>> >>>> Rick, the word was that he did not want to drafted into the army >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, 13 December 2013 13:35:47 UTC-5, Richard Francis Pimentel >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *If I were 17 in 1915 and did not want to get drafted for WW I, I >>>>> would disappear too. Or perhaps he joined the army and was missing in >>>>> action. If it were the former he could have died in the Flu epidemic. So >>>>> many people died at that time It is possible his death was not recorded >>>>> or >>>>> any next of kin notified.* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Also did you check just the name Jose Rodrigues? Or any other >>>>> variations you can think of?* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Rick* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Richard Francis Pimentel* >>>>> >>>>> *Spring, TX* >>>>> >>>>> *Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* azo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Jose A Medeiros >>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 13, 2013 10:24 AM >>>>> *To:* azo...@googlegroups.com >>>>> *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Never heard from >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Let me write this in the forum and see if anyone of his family ( if he >>>>> had one ) sees it and might have been looking for his roots >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I had a great uncle named José Rodrigues Roque ( same name as father >>>>> ) mother was Maria da Conceiçao >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> He was born in S. Roque, S. Miguel on February 2, 1898 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Around 1915 at age 17 he disappeared and family never was heard from >>>>> him >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In Ancestry I find nothing under that name >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For 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+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to azo...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>>> >>>> -- For 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. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
