Jeremy,

There are Terra's here in Santo Amaro Pico


Nancy Jean

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From: 'Jeremy G. B-C' via Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 12:23:39 PM
To: Azores Genealogy
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mysterious Terra Family From Pico

I would like to repost the below, in case anyone new may see it this time.  In 
addition, I would like to add that Gaudencio's daughter's oral history 
indicates he was born in Santa Luzia... with a name like his one would not 
think it would be so hard to find!  Our "Terra" DNA matches have been 
contacted, and I am consistently being told that their lineage is in Bandeiras 
/and or/ Santa Luzia.

Thanks,

Jeremy

On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 11:03:16 AM UTC-8, Jeremy G. B-C wrote:
Mysterious Terra Family From Pico

Hello!

I have 3 immigrant ancetors from the Azores, I have been successful in trading 
the lineage of two of them in Sao Jorge. The third, my grandmother, came from 
Pico and is a complete mystery - which is truly unbelivable given the abnormal 
names of her brothers, and the extent of the info we Do have.  Just can't seem 
to find any records on Pico whatsoever for them.

My grandmother's name was Maria Emilia Rosa da Terra. She was born somewhere on 
Pico in or about April/May 1854-1860.  Most records give April 22nd 1855.
, but 1858 is prevelant too.  She came to the United States in the early to mid 
1870s settling in California.

She had two brothers named Augusto Garcia Terra and Gauldencio Garcia Terra. 
Gauldencio married in Massachusetts in 1873, Augusto never married. Both 
brothers had made it to California by 1879 where they were Naturalized in San 
Luis Obispo. They were whalers.

Our working hypothesis is that they may have originated in the Santa Lucia or 
Bandeiras area.  They were FULL siblings.

The parents were Joao Garcia de Terra and Maria Rosa. NOT Manuel and Maria as 
one record for Gaudencio falsely states.

#) Gauldencio or Gaudencio "Gaides" (various spellings) Garcia Terra was born 
approx. NOVEMBER 1838-1840. He died in 1916 in SLO County CA.

#) Augusto Garcia Terra was born in abt. 1852, and died in 1929 in SLO CA.

#) Maria was born about April 1854-1860 and died in SLO County CA in 1942. Her 
married name was Reis.

We have an extraordinary amount of information, and documentation on them in 
the United States, but nothing from Pico.

If anyone can render ANY assistance, it would be gratefully appreciated.  Also 
if anyone has the name Gauldencio or Gauldencio or Augusto or Joao Garcia Terra 
in their databases I would be interested to know!

Thank you

Jeremy

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