My mother was born in Fajazinha, Flores in 1894 and lived there until 1928 when she immigrated to the US to marry my father who had immigrated in 1908 from Lomba, Flores. She and my father were "introduced" by her brother my, uncle Joe, who immigrated in 1918 and met my father who was working as a ranch hand at the same ranch in rural Fresno County. The two became friends and my mother and father started writing. Some of my mother's letters survived in a closet drawer in the house I grew up in and where my sister and brother-in law still live, They were written in a beautiful script. None of my father's letters survived but she referred to previous letter's she had received from him.
On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Samantha B <samch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Culturally how common was it for women to be literate/educated at the turn > of last century. I'm intrigued as it was the bride who signed the marriage > record and not the groom. > > TIA > Samantha > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
