Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Jennie Solomon Silva Borba and sisters

2016-01-25 Thread Cheri Mello
1975?? Is that a typo for 1875? I was told my immigrants married in Providence, too. One was counted in at Ellis Island and the other came through Boston. They married in New Bedford. Therefore, assumptions are dangerous things. Assume nothing. Are you finding your ancestors on the 1880 in RI? R

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Jennie Solomon Silva Borba and sisters

2016-01-24 Thread Adair Borba
Thank you Cheri, I can see I need help in Portuagese to check out these sites. My grandparents married in Providence, Rhode Island in 1975, so I am assuming that is where she disembarked. Adair > On Jan 23, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > If somehow, the 3 were smuggled onboard, the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Jennie Solomon Silva Borba and sisters

2016-01-23 Thread Cheri Mello
If somehow, the 3 were smuggled onboard, then there would be no record of them leaving the Azores. However, many times family stories are just that - stories - so it wouldn't hurt to check to see if they were outbound from the Azores. Only 2 ports still have their passaportes records in existence f

[AZORES-Genealogy] Jennie Solomon Silva Borba and sisters

2016-01-23 Thread Adair Borba
I understand that my Grandmother immigrated from Azores to Boston, MA with her 3 sisters in 1866. This ship left the “sound” at New Bedford, MA/Providence, RI on a three year trip following the gulf stream up around Greenland and Iceland down the west coast of Europe, boiling blubber on the deck