Gwen, My gggrandfather Jose de Freitas da Caldeira was born 02 Aug 1774, Caldeira, Mosteiro, Lajes das Flores, married 29 Aug 1796 at Nossa Sra dos Remediios (in Fajazinha) to Ana Pimentel, born 10 Oct 1776, Lajedo, Lajes das Flores. They were the parents of my ggrandfather Francisco de Freitas. Caldeira is a small settlement (of about 2 or 3 houses) in the next valley over the hill from Fajazinha so the residents were parishinors of Nossa Sra dos Remedios. (Caldeira literally means crater and was the site of an ancient volcanic crater) So Caldeira is a location name and his full name could be translated to "Joe Freitas from Craterville" These suffixes (especially upon immigration) have a tendency of becoming the official surname. So we might be cousins! I have 3 or 4 more generations back, so if you are interested, email me at GfsJohnV at gmail dot com. John Vasconcelos
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 9:14 AM Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Repost for Gwen, 123caldeira at gmail.com > > Recently did Ancestry.com DNA, am now backtracking to find info on > paternal side (already had maternal DNA matches and know many maternal > first-third cousins). > > My paternal grandmother's name was Mary Sears in some records, but Mary > could be Maria, and Sears could be Soares. No middle name known. She > died in Merced County in March, 1965, and was born about 1889 possibly in > Pico, Azores. We have nothing on the yr she emigrated nor port of entry, > but family story is she worked on a sheep ranch in Idaho for a few yrs > under sponsorship of an uncle (no name) and may have had at least one > brother here in the US (we think it was Anthony or Antonio Sears/Soares). > She married Joseph Freitas Caldeira (we think from Flores, Azores) in > Contra Costa Cty in 1911, then settled in Gustine, CA, had 5 living > children, including my Dad, Joseph (Jr). Joseph Freitas Caldeira 1921 > death cert says his parents were Frank Freitas Caldeira and Mary Sousa of > the Azores. We have no info on Mary's parents' names; picked up the Pico, > Azores birthplace from a Google Group string from 2013 which seemed to > match my grandmother's dates. Using DNA matches from maternal relatives > I've picked out names of 2nd and 3rd cousins in my own DNA matches that I > believe may be related to me through my paternal grandfather/grandmother; > no responses yet from messages sent through Ancestry.com so think I need > more names/info on both paternal grands. > > I'd appreciate help picking up info or links on both of my paternal > grandparents, but especially on my grandmother Mary/Maria Soares/Sears > e.g. we'd like to find out if her maiden surname was really Sears or Soares > or something else as my DNA ethnicity groups show unexpected possibility > of non-Portuguese lineage in the paternal greatgrandparent generation > (Italian and Irish in very high percentages). Thanks, Gwen > > -- > 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.
