RMac, About the shanghai "story", my ancestor had a similar one.....we were always told that my great grandfather, Jose de Sousa Pereira Mancebo, born Beira/Velas, Sao Jorge in 1838 was shanghaied when he was sent down to the dock to buy a fish.....by pirates! In truth I found him on a whaling ship as a cabin boy at the age of 15.....he stayed with the whaler for a long time....family story is though that he was sold into white slavery and sent to England....no proof of that.....but in 1866 he jumped ship off the coast of New Bedford somewhere and found a relative and had a marriage arranged and married a mail order bride from Pico before the year was out......I believe he was avoiding the draft.....he had no hope of a future in the Azores....he was in the middle of 11 children with several older brothers. He made his living in New Bedford rolling cigars....a skill he had learned in Brazil when the whaling ship was there for an extended period......just as a side note, I've had contact by several DNA 3rd cousins from Brazil....we have yet to find our common ancestor...... Nancy Jean
From: gfsche...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:52:36 -0700 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Jose da Silva, b. about 1833, city?, Faial, Azores - shanghaied age 14 and brough aboad a cargo bark to Long Island, NY - Looking for any information. To: azores@googlegroups.com RMac, You can find maps of the Azores on the Azores GenWeb. http://goo.gl/k1ZDXv (Click on Maps). There is no place called "Sao Miguel" on Faial island. "Sao Miguel" is another one of the Azores islands. Never heard of anyone in the Azores having a family crest ring. Really not sure about that at all. Most claims of "family crests" have completely fallen apart in my research. The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal. They have their own archive system and have digitized their records. You can use Tombo.pt/en to access the records (stay in the left pane until you drill down to Faial). You can research all 12 or 13 freguesias there on Faial and I am sure you will find the birth of a Jose to a parent with Silva in their name. In all of the villages. Kinda like finding a Joseph Smith in all 50 of the states. You really need to do more research here in the U.S. to ascertain his freguesia over there. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
