Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria de Jesus Gerevas born 1843 the Acores

2010-03-29 Thread bellemarco
Cheri, Erastus Bartlett was the person he went to work for when he came to the US. Jose(ph) nameshim as his "adopted" father but I have a feeling he never adopted him but he took his surname for US records (you know the Portuguese naming thing). He is listed in 1870 living with Erastus and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria de Jesus Gerevas born 1843 the Acores

2010-03-29 Thread Cheri Mello
Frank, Well, with Faial (old spelling Fayal) you could try the NEPS database. I don't think all freguesias (villages) of Faial are represented, but all you have to do is check the births for a Jose born to a Erastus Gervais. Erastus is more of a unique name. NEPS (Nucleo de Estudos de Populacao

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria de Jesus Gerevas born 1843 the Acores

2010-03-29 Thread "E" Sharp
Frank, I had a friend of mine look up your records and here is what we found so it look like your Joseph was born on the island of Faial, Azores. Now what his real surname is, remains to be seen. Marriage: Joseph A. Bartlett m. Sarah Black Boston - April 10, 1878 On marriage, it has him b. De

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cabrinha and Ferreira on Sao Miguel to Hawaii 1890s or New Bedford 1912

2010-03-29 Thread Iris Bilodeau
Arthur, Don't know if this will help, but I found 1 Cabrinha family in "Portuguese Immigrants to Hawaii": Cabrinha, Joao de Medeiros age 57.  reached Hawaii on The Hankow in 1883 from Madeira and Sao Miguel.  With wife Maria da Gloria age 40. Children: Antonio 13, Florecinda 9, Anna 4, Antonio 2,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cabrinha and Ferreira on Sao Miguel to Hawaii 1890s or New Bedford 1912

2010-03-29 Thread ARTHUR ARTHUR
dear jr  a few other comments regardin the people from the azores who migrated to the azores.  the cabrinhas weremy most direct cousins after mary diniz who lefft hawaii and moved to hayward ca.  ivisited mary in 1937 with my parents.  the cabrinhas were from hilo.  my closest cousin was mary c

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cabrinha and Ferreira on Sao Miguel to Hawaii 1890s or New Bedford 1912

2010-03-29 Thread JR
This is very interesting. I just gave Eloise the Cabrinha line. They are from Ponta Garca and emigrated to Hawaii. Having said that, there may be other Cabrinha's from other villages. It is really a nickname that stuck and became a surname. They were Medeiros Cabrinhas that originated in Lagoa, Ros

[AZORES-Genealogy] Some southern CA and central CA festas

2010-03-29 Thread Cheri Mello
Someone asked me why don't I post the festas that I'm involved in with the Artesia D.E. S. band (so is John Vasconcelos). So this year, I'll post the list. I don't yet have the times, but if you plan on attending one of these, just email me the week before and I'll probably have the times. Sun,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Cabrinha and Ferreira on Sao Miguel to Hawaii 1890s or New Bedford 1912

2010-03-29 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Art: arthur4991 at sbcglobal dot net: i am trying to get information regarding my ,mothers family they were from the azores, sao miguel ponta delgada, rabo de peixe street. one of my cousins, andrew correia raposo (a) tried to get the family tree organized. i gave him our cousins name,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Posting to this list

2010-03-29 Thread Cheri Mello
Since we've had a many more new members now, I thought this would be a good time to review how to make a post to this list. 1) Open up or compose a new email. Address it to: Azores@googlegroups.com(or store that in your address book). 2) Subject: With about 750 people on this list, the subject l

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rocha name

2010-03-29 Thread ARTHUR ARTHUR
red rocha was a professional basketball player (also u of oregon player)  hope you find the background. it was  rocha in hawaii  best regards.  art soares --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Eugenia wrote: From: Eugenia Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rocha name To: "Azores Genealogy" Date: Saturday, March 27,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Attention APGHS members

2010-03-29 Thread EHsilveira
Hi George, Yes that is what was said as I remember it. Emil Emil Silveira - Original Message - From: George Pacheco To: Azores-Gen Sent: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:00:18 + (UTC) Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Attention APGHS members >From Ernie Cardoso told me all records from this Society a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Attention APGHS members

2010-03-29 Thread Sonia Pacheco
You are correct Cheri. The APGHS (American-Portuguese Genealogical and Historical Society) materials are indeed housed at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives. These materials include the vast indexing system of known Portuguese immigrants to the United States that the APGHS