Here's the parents marriage information from Fajazinza António José de Mendonça [f.º de Caetano José de Mendonça e de Inácia Rosa] c. 1850.08.31 c. Maria Inácia do Coração de Jesus [f.ª de António Coelho Ramos e de Maria Inácia].
I have Flores families and Atwater connections. Search this group. I have many posts covering both Eric Edgar On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 4:17 PM, linda <menesesli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wendy, > > I'm new to FTDNA, but it looks like you and your grandmother match my mom > and me. Two of my mom's grandparents were born on Flores, and I have their > lines sketched out to about the mid 1700's/early 1800's. Our connection > might be beyond the range of the existing records, but I'm happy to help > look for a connection. We have Mendonca and Freitas, among other names, in > our tree too. > > If you haven't already got the Flores/Corvo marriage book, I highly > recommend it: > > https://www.amazon.com/Casais-das-Flores-Corvo-Portuguese- > ebook/dp/B00AQAOOF6 > > It's a searchable index of all the marriage records from the two islands. > You can use it to cut down some of the record slogging and to put together > a good provisional tree fairly quickly. > > cheers, > > Linda Meneses > > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:18:50 PM UTC-8, WPederson wrote: >> >> After having my gandmother and dad do DNA testing through FamilyTreeDNA, >> I was able to narrow down my Azorean ancestors to the island of Flores. >> Since then I have found a previously undiscovered 1880 census (Murray, >> Alameda, California) for my gg grandfather Jose Freitas Mendonca (was >> incorrectly transcribed as Mundunco) that shows he was from Flores. I've >> spent the holiday going through Flores baptismal records and found his >> baptismal record as well as at least 3 siblings, all with the same parents >> and grandparents. I'm looking to connect to any descendants but have not >> found any through DNA matching that share family tree names, only Flores >> location. Do any of these names match your ancestors? >> >> Jose Freitas Mendonca b. 1859, baptized 31 Mar 1859, Fajãzinha, Flores, >> Azores naturalized 1888 San Benito County, California, d. 2 Apr 1897 >> Panoche, San Benito, CA >> >> Siblings- >> Mariana Mendonca b.1863, baptized 2 Sept 1863, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores married someone with the last name Joseph and lived at one time in >> Livermore, Alameda, CA >> Thomazia Mendonca b. 1869, baptized 06 Jun 1869, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores married someone named Vierra (Maybe Joseph F) and lived at one time >> in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA >> Antonio Jose Mendonca b 1877 baptized 06 Sep 1877, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores-believe he could be the same as Antonio Jose Mendonca that died 2 >> Dec 1944, Atwater, Merced, CA >> >> Parents- >> Antonio Jose Mendonca, from Flores, Azores >> Maria Ignacia, from Flores Azores >> >> Possible Uncle- >> Joao Freitas Mendonca b. 1822 d. 1 Mar 1890, Fajã Grande, Flores, Azores >> >> Paternal Grandparents- >> Caetano Jose Mendonca from Flores, Azores >> Ignacia Rosa from Flores, Azores >> >> Maternal Grandparents- >> Antonio Coehlo Ramos from Flores, Azores >> Maria Ignacia from Flores, 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. > -- 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.
