Hi John, That is part of my problem. The biological father is from Riberia Sica, S. Jorge. However from the information Laura was not born on the island. As for her birthdate again no clue I know the biological father was born in 1845 and the half brother was born in 1892. The Laura Moniz/ Mitchell I found that I think may be the one unfortunately has several birthdates listed on US Census and in the end her death certificate ranging from the dates 1868 -1880. On most of the census her birthplace it ranges from Azores to Westward Islands. However on the oldest sons birth registry it says Pico for both Frank P Mitchell and Laura. Again my search is a total shot in the dark. My Uncle (by marriage) was asking because I have at least 7 generations back for both my parent maternal and paternal side with copies of marriage and death certificates (thanks to technology). A lot of it is because both my parents or from Sao Jorge and we only immigrated when I was a young child and my parent knew a lot of verbal history. Thanks for any help. H
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 5:40:18 AM UTC-5, John Raposo wrote: > Helda, > LL > Can you give us an approximate place of birth and also, do you know where > in the Azores (parish and island) Laura would have been born in? Even > guesses will be helpful and would help filter out the Lauras who are not > matches. Thanks! > > John M. raposo > On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:33 PM, Helda Pritchard < > heldaprit...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > I am trying to help my Uncle find his aunt. As my mom and I have been > doing our family tree my Uncle who is in his 80's has asked if I could help > find his missing aunt. My Uncle's father and Grandfather had always talked > about "Tia Laura". His grandfather had her before he married so she was > older then the half brother. All we know is that Laura had gone to the > states she was born several years before her younger half brother. She was > living in California in the early 1920's as her half brother had visited > her and sent his father photos, one of them had two men and it said on the > back these are Laura's two oldest sons the boys were close to the their > Uncles age. Another clue we have is the year 1943 that was written on my > uncles grandfathers records but with no correspondence to why. > Doing research I found a Laura Moniz/Mitchell that is about the right age > and did live in California at about the right time. She had sons that would > be about the right age and she did die in 1943. These could all be > coincidences. I am hoping that maybe one of her family members is doing > family research and stumbles upon this. As Laura was a illegitimate then > her father would be listed as incongnito on her birth certificate. I would > be able to provide Laura's family with 5 generations back on the fathers > side. The woman I think could be the missing Laura is in some records > listed as Laura Moniz sometimes she is listed as Laura Mitchell. She was > married to a Frank P Mitchell they lived in Glouchester Mass and had > several children Joseph, Leonora (Nora), John, Anthony, Aurthur and Manuel. > She died on March 4th, 1943 in Alameda California. > Again I would happily scan the photo online to prove that this Laura is > the right one. > > I know this is a long shot but you never know unless you ask. > Helda > > > -- > 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 <javascript:>. > 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.