Joseph Ramos' occupation on his marriage register is "Fisherman". Your explanation seems likely.
On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 12:30:21 AM UTC-4, Dano wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > Re -jumping ship: I'm not sure whether the time frame is right for your > GGF, but, the Azores was a fairly regular stop for American Whalers to > replenish supplies, or, to replace missing crew members. Many times some of > those crew members *did* mysteriously "disappear" during the night, when > the ship was within sight of land - especially any New England Port; that > may also have been the reason why family members were cautioned not to tell > anyone their true nationality. > > As for the Passaportes website - I'm afraid that you'll need to do that > search the old fashioned way - diligent, line by line, page by page, > searching. Sometimes it will be quick, other times, you may never find the > record (there are gaps in the records). If you are fortunate, much info > will be had; such as: dates and places of births/baptisms, earlier family > members, etc. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 2:29:30 PM UTC-4, Alan Francis wrote: >> >> Thank you again, Cheri. Re family heritage, family lore is that Joseph >> "jumped ship" in Boston and may have been here illegally. I know they were >> rather poor for those times. That may explain their reluctance to be known >> as Portuguese. >> Any recommendations as to where to go next to research the family? I >> looked at the passaportes records but didn't know how to find a particular >> name as there wasn't a search box. >> >> On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 9:34:31 PM UTC-4, Alan Francis wrote: >>> >>> >>> I just joined this group so forgive me if this is not an appropriate >>> request. >>> I found a marriage record for my great grandparents, I think. It seems >>> my great grandfaher's surname was Ramos, not Francis. I am trying to >>> verify this information. My problem is in trying to decipher the >>> handwriting on the marriage record. I am not sure of the spelling of Ramos. >>> Can anyone help me with this? I appreciate the help. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GngMQrNYxo8/VZMXj6KqscI/AAAAAAAAC20/7xbNLBayr-U/s1600/Ramos%2BHandwriting.jpg> >>> >>> -- 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.
