Annie, The Carvalho family I worked on came in 1911 to Hawaii, then settled in the Niles, Alameda, California
The parish church for the freguisia of *Bretanha* in the concelho of *Ponta Delgada*, island of* Sao Miguel* is called *Nossa Senhora de Ajuda*, so the records read *Ajuda de Bretanha*. *Nossa Senhora de Ajuda* means Our Lady of Help ( or assistance). There is another freguisia in the neighboring concelho of *Ribeira Grande* called *Fenais de Ajuda*, so it's important to know which one to look in. Paternos- the father's parents, Materno-the mother's parents On differences in names in records- It's common that a persons baptism record, marriage (casamento), and death record (obito) are going to be written by different priests The way they record the names does tend to change. In the marriage record, she was recorded as Maria Jose de Freitas, yes, same person The baptism record shows the given name at birth, but the middle name used later is often the confirmation name. The surname can be the father's, mother's , any of the grandparents, or a combination of those, and maybe an alcunha (nickname) added. Eric Edgar On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Repost for Annie Carvalho, anniesantiago13 at gmail.com > (Note: Because these were multiple messages sent within minutes of each > other, they were being flagged as spam. All responses are being placed > into 1 message on the correct thread. Thank yous were deleted). > > Yes, Emma and her parents are full Azorian Portuguese. Their name was > Tomas, and was changed to Thomas. > They were from the island of Pico. > Are you asking for dates for Emma and JJ Carvalho? > ============== > John, did your uncle own a gas station in Hanford? > ============== > Some of these names are very familiar. > I will look at this closely today. > ============== > I was surprised the passport didn't have her birthdate on it. > Did you see it? > I knew she was born in Santa Cruz - that was a mistake on my part. > Thanks for catching it. > ============ > Eric, that Carvalho family from San Jorge may be my ex-husband's family. > I will contact him and let him know. > ============ > Is Bretanha, Ajuda a place? > I thought it was a family surname. > I found this name carved in the door at the Bishop's prison in St. Jean > Pied de Port when I walked the Camino Santiago. > I have a photo. > I'll try to find it and post it. > ============ > Eric, > When you say "paterno" I'm not sure who this is? > ========== > My grandmother is Maria de JESUS de Freitas, not Maria de Jose de Freitas. > Is this the same person? > Annie > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
