Hi - I am unsure where they originated from, I only know the Azores right now. I saw Sao Miguel on a US Census but they could have just left from there. Cheri said from my DNA the middle islands are the most likely.
On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 8:19:23 AM UTC-7, EResendes wrote: > > Do you know where he was from. I have seen Secio (nickname) in Faial da > Terra, Sao Miguel but it isn't very common. > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 5:36:11 PM UTC-5, Kim S wrote: >> >> Hello - I am hoping someone can help me or point me in the right >> direction. >> >> My great-grand parents immigrated to the US in 1902 from the Azores (I >> believe Sao Miguel). My great-grandfather has a very uncommon name, Manuel >> Secia born est 1877 and my great-grand mother has an extremely common name, >> Maria de Mello born est 1868-1874, so both are hard to trace. I have looked >> for both and can not find the last name Secia in Portugal and I can not >> find a Maria de Mello around 1868-1874 that got married immigrated to the >> US. They did have one child in the Azores Mary J Secia 1901 before they >> immigrated but I can not find anything on the birth. I did take a DNA test >> and it has linked me to a couple distance cousins in the Azores with the >> last name of Goulart but we can not figure out how we are linked. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > -- 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.
