Eliseu, let me know if you want info on Luzia Ledo's daughters. One of them is my great grandmother. I am trying to track down the other three who came to the U.S.
best, Kerry On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 3:39:31 AM UTC-4, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: > > Hi! > > Luzia Águeda Ledo was born in 20.7.1865. Matriz( Nossa Senhora da > Estrela), Ribeira Grande. She married in 28.1.1895 in Matriz Ribeira Grande > to José da Costa Menezes born 31.1.1866, Matriz da Ribeira Grande. He was a > carpenter. (The Ledo are cousins of me) > > It’s a start!!! > > Muito Obrigado, > > *Eliseu Pacheco da Silva, “sharing is the best way of growth… so stay > gold!”* > > *Azores (S. Miguel, Graciosa, Faial); Mainland (Alentejo)* > > (http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel?lang=en) > > > > > > > > > > *De:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *Em nome de *kerrysu...@gmail.com > <javascript:> > *Enviada:* 22 de agosto de 2016 01:47 > *Para:* Azores Genealogy <azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *Assunto:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Menezes genealogy, Sao Miguel > > > > Hi all, > > > > New to list - my ggrandfather Jose da Costa Menezes was born 1900 in > Ribeira Grande and emigrated to America between 1916 and 1918. Once in > Massachusetts, he married his cousin, Maria das Merces. She was also from > Ribeira Grande, born in 1903 or 1904. Her father was Jose da Costa. Her > mother, I believe, was named Luzia Ledo. She arrived in New York in 1919 > with her father (who had been in America for 12 years, the story handed > down is that he returned to get his daughters after their mother died from > the Spanish flu). The sisters were Maria Conceicao, Maria des Anjes, and > Luzia. They left behind a brother, Angelo Costa Menezes. Waiting for them > in Fall River was Jose da Costa's brother, Gabriel da Costa. Jose Menezes > and Maria Merces, or Mercedes as we know her, were married in New Bedford > in 1923. They moved to Cambridge, MA by 1924, where they had a number of > children. Jose Menezes, or Joseph, died in 1972, Mercedes in 1983. > > > > I have combed the baptisms looking for Jose Menezes - his dob is 9/16/1900 > - but did not find him. Mercedes is a bit more complicated as the date of > birth I have for her is 1902, which we know was not true, but was stated to > make her older so she could work. (this caused her a problem when she > tried to get Social Security). I believe it was resolved as 1903, but her > Massachusetts Death Index dob is 1904. I will have to check both years. > The date is 5/28. > > > > I'm looking for any confirmation on these families... > > > > thank you! Kerry Sullivan > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > 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. > -- 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.
