Hi Mara, I found one Secia in Portugal born in 1890 and died in 1979 in Lisbon. He is also Manuel Secia and came to the US for a brief period but lived most of his life on the mainland of Portugal. He has one reminding grandson Joao and a great grandson Pedro. I am in contact with Pedro. He reach out to me years ago to see if we are related. This is why I didn't think Secia was shortened because there is one more Secia out there.
Any Secia you find on FB from the US is directly related to Manuel Secia born 1878. He had two sons, Anthony and Manuel Jr that carried on the name. On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 5:47:58 PM UTC-7, Mara wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, Sécia is used as a last name. There's someone with this name on Face > Book. It is also the name of a flower, cultivated in most gardens and > backyards on the islands, sécias, could spot them a distance away for their > bright colours, pinks, oranges and purple. > > > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:17 PM, linda <menese...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> Is it possible that "Cecis" is mis-transcribed? Couldn't the name have >> been Manuel Cecia Fonseca, and then the spelling of "Cecia" changed to >> "Secia"? The sound would have been the same. >> >> >> Linda >> >> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 2:21:55 PM UTC-8, "E" Sharp wrote: >>> >>> John, >>> >>> It was a great guess on my part but I found their ship's records to the >>> U. S. it lists his name as Manuel Cecis Fonseca so maybe this is where >>> he it comes from. I am trying to find him on Passportes. He came from Sao >>> Miguel on the ship Vancouver arriving in Boston May 23, 1903. Any help >>> appreciated as I have a hard time reading these Passportes records. Maybe >>> this will tell us where he was born as the second of the passenger list is >>> missing??? :-( >>> >>> "E" >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:09 PM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < >>> azo...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>>> That is a great hypothesis and I bet it will prove out to be the case. >>>> Fonseca, ''seca...secia". If it turns out to be the case let us know. Fact >>>> is often stranger than fiction. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 4:25 PM, "E" Sharp" <belle...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Kim, >>>> >>>> They came to the U. S. under the surname Fonseca. Maybe they used the >>>> Secia (note FonSECA) in the U. S. I am going to send you further >>>> information to you personal email address. >>>> >>>> "E" >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Kim S <kas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi E! >>>> >>>> I found that publication and added the pictures to my tree on >>>> MyHeritage. The only Secias in the US are from Manuel's two sons Anthony >>>> and Manuel Jr. I'm trying to find the name in the Azores and that's the >>>> road block. >>>> >>>> Thanks for looking into the name for me! >>>> >>>> Kim >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 10:27:20 AM UTC-7, E. Sharp wrote: >>>> >>>> Google the Early Settlere of Mattapoisett Book 2 search Secia and you >>>> will see Mary's De Mello grandmother came from Sao Miguel, Azores. >>>> Interesting story and many pictures of the family. >>>> >>>> "E" >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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+un...@ googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/azores >>>> <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+un...@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+un...@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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- 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.
