The 1913 shiplist shows Francisco came to the US in 1906, and is returning
to his brother Jose Martins Cotta in Sanger, Fresno. Father is Jose Martins
Cotta in Biscoitos
I have no censuses for 1920 for this Cotta family
This was a very tricky family to sort out. I'm going to post what I have
for the group to see if anyone relates to these families, has worked on
related families, or just for a second look at things.
First, there are three Jose Martins Cotta who left Biscoitos, Terceira
within a few months in 1901. Two of those came to the Tulare, Kings, Fresno
area. Two of them had brothers named Francisco.
One of the fathers was Jose Martins Cotta, and one was Manuel Martins
Cotta.
I do not have draft notices that fit the two who appear on the 1910 census
in Kaweah, Tulare
I have no clear death record for Frank M Cotta.
I'll post a number of records in a few messages
Eric Edgar
*Descendants of Jose Martins Cotta*
*Generation No. 1*
*1.* JOSE MARTINS2 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)* He married MARIA B
ALBINA, daughter of JOSE OURIQUE and JOSEFA CONSTANCIA.
Children of JOSE COTTA and MARIA BALBINA are:
2. i. JOSE MARTIN3 COTTA, b. 19 Mar 1882, Biscoitos,
Terceira, Azores; d. 12 Jun 1961, Chino, San Bernardino, California.
ii. FRANCISCO MARTIN COTTA, b. 21 Nov 1884, Biscoitos,
Terceira, Azores.
*Generation No. 2*
*2.* JOSE MARTIN3 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J**OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)*
was born 19 Mar 1882 in Biscoitos, Terceira, Azores, and died 12 Jun 1961
in Chino, San Bernardino, California. He married MARIA M CONCEIACO 12 Sep
1901 in Lowell, Massachucetts, daughter of JOSE CONCEICAO and JOSEFA.
Children of JOSE COTTA and MARIA CONCEIACO are:
i. MARY M4 COTTA, b. 31 Jan 1903, Taunton, Bristol,
Massachucetts; d. 15 May 1990, Tulare. California; m. SOUZA.
3. ii. VELMA COTTA, b. 15 Mar 1910, California; d. 30 Jan
1971, Tulare. California.
4. iii. ROSE ALICE COTTA, b. 1913, California; d. 24 Sep
2014, Tulare. California.
*Generation No. 3*
*3.* VELMA4 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*3*, J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J**OSE**
M**ARTIN*1*)* was born 15 Mar 1910 in California, and died 30 Jan 1971 in
Tulare. California. She married (1) MANUEL M COELHO 1923 in Tulare,
California. She married (2) JOE G HUGHES 1933 in Reno, Nevada.
Child of VELMA COTTA and MANUEL COELHO is:
i. EDWARD5 COELHO, b. 1926, California.
*4.* ROSE ALICE4 COTTA* (J**OSE** M**ARTIN*3*, J**OSE** M**ARTINS*2*, J*
*OSE** M**ARTIN*1*)* was born 1913 in California, and died 24 Sep 2014 in
Tulare. California. She married JOSEPH LEAL, son of LEAL and BORGES. He
was born 08 Feb 1910 in Azores, and died 28 Dec 1999 in Tulare. California.
Children of ROSE COTTA and JOSEPH LEAL are:
i. DOLORES5 LEAL.
ii. LUCILLE LEAL.
iii. IRENE LEAL.
iv. MARY LEAL.
v. ALICE LEAL.
vi. TERESA LEAL.
vii. LAURA LEAL.
viii. JOSEPH LEAL.
ix. JAMES LEAL.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:33 PM, nancy jean baptiste <
fishsongf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations! What a thrill it must be to talk with your cousin! Your
> mother's sisters daughter! Thank you for sharing this mystery as it
> unfolded. For those of us who are your cousins, there's still that mystery
> of "how/who/ when? Do you have a connection to the Azores yet? I know there
> was talk of looking at the passports. You already have your MTDNA...right?
>
> Best regards for the continued story unfolding.... I like Belmira....aka,
> Velma......married at 13....you have a good story there.
>
> Nancy Jean
>
> ------------------------------
> From: azores@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Velma Cotta
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:43:34 -0700
> To: azores@googlegroups.com
>
>
> How wonderful! So many of us have watched this quest unfold and it is so
> nice to read of your success!
>
> Susan Vargas Murphy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Dave Worman <dvco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Success!!!
>
> Thank you to each and every one of you who have spent time searching on my
> behalf and to each one of you following this thread. I could not have done
> it without you. You are an answer to my prayers! God Bless you!
>
> I have been searching for Velma Cotta, my birth mother, for most of my
> adult life with no results beyond finding out her name and marriage to my
> birth father. Due to the help from members of this group - she has been
> identified and I have been able to locate and contact my actual, real 1st
> cousin! A child of Velma's sister!
>
> The information came in a little bit at a time but then quickly once we
> were pretty sure we were on the right trail. Understanding the name change
> from Belmira to Velma was really the first clue. Then census info,
> newspapers articles, tracking the people who might be the right family,
> finding graves, then obituaries of Velma's parents (thank you Sequoia
> Genealogical Society!) and then the obituary of Velma's sister. I don't
> have permission to name the people who actually found all this but you can
> find them on this thread :) They did all the important work as I have no
> clue.
>
> To you who have been searching, too. Keep looking and trying and I hope
> for your success!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, that's the spelling. I knew it looked a little off!
>
> Cheri Mello
> Listowner, Azores-Gen
> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das
> Tainhas, Achada
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