Repost for Dixie Schafir, dschafir at aol.com (which is the registered email to this list - the alternative that she provides does not type out the "at" so it is obscured by the Google Group List-serv).
I tried to change my Email address as I have a new one: it is dixiem...@gmail.com My grandmother’s family name is Coelho: They came from Flores. They owned Sulphur Springs in Hayward, CA. The women used to do their laundry in the creek, and hang their clothes on the bushes to dry. They came around Cape Horn by sail, via Hawaii. I still have Portuguese relatives on Oahu. That is why so many of our people had Elephant Ears growing in their yards - they are poi plants. I guess they came to CA that way because of the winds. Some of my relatives on Oahu owned Dutch Boy Paint for years, maybe still do. When they came to CA the debarked at Alviso landing and walked to what became Hayward. My Grandfather’s family name is Martin and came from Pico around Cape Horn. They landed in Yerba Buena, which became San Francisco. They found SF so lawless they migrated across the Bay to ranch. Their ranch is now part of Turtle Rock Ranch State Park over by Mt Diablo. They moved on when their house was destroyed in a earthquake. My grandfather Anthony Martin was Hayward’s blacksmith and wheelwright for years. His place of business was on A Street. His house was across the Street from All Saints. He was a extraordinarily strong, and like most Victorians skilled at many tasks. He put the copper dome on the Old Hayward Library (now demolished) He also took his blacksmith rig out to Crow Canyon when they were grading the road through there and changed out the Mule’s shoes. When pulling the graders the mules would go through 2 pair of shoes a day. I once saw him change horseshoes on a horse when he was in his 70’s. He was unbelievably fast! Grandfather Martin was such a staunch supporter of the Church the Pope sent him a Certificate praising him and offering perpetual blessings. He once went back to Spain to fetch a new priest for the congregation. There was some sort of Civil War raging and hechad to roe in from the ship to get the priest. They had a rough time of it to keep from drowning. He and the priest would go down to Santa Cruz and fish all day with Mr Stagnaro while the family would camp on the beach in front of what is now Penny Arcade. Grants would stand on the gunwhales, cigar clamped in his teeth, and fish all morning that way. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_GH3WmCP96nBAvtUKykeKQOZR8ix9ETBrXvNgmx5uk9Ng%40mail.gmail.com.
