Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Nancy, I agree! Helen -Original Message- From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com> To: azores group <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 5, 2015 1:17 pm Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta This is an exciting mystery! Nancy Jean Date: Mon

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

shot. Nancy Jean Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 13:26:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta From: dvco...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Eric, Thank you so much for your perseverance on my behalf. Incredible!! I am certain that Belmira is our Velma. The 1931 newspaper divorce

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Eric, Thank you so much for your perseverance on my behalf. Incredible!! I am certain that Belmira is our Velma. The 1931 newspaper divorce notice would indicate that she is the one!! There is so much information that I am overwhelmed right now. Thank you, Dave On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 11:05

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

nt to Ma. > and remarried my Catarinaperhaps, somehow there's a connection.long > shot. > > Nancy Jean > > -- > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 13:26:19 -0500 > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta > From: dvco...@gmail.com > T

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

This is an exciting mystery! Nancy Jean Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:50:52 -0700 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta From: noblankt...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Here are the parents Massachucetts marriage record. The fact that Mary is one year older than Jose shows up

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The 1940 Census shows Belle as Balbina Lopes - must have been her original name before she Americanized it to Belle. [image: Inline image 1] On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:33 AM, luiznoia . wrote: > I've been working with Dave on this for many years , off list. > Every lead

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Dave, I have the census, just trying to reconcile the difefrences in the Sons marriage- Balbina Braga Portuguese Newspaper O Lavrador calls her Balbina de Conceicao Lopes CDI-- Last_Name

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

My great-grandmother was 13 when she married in 1909. Eric On Oct 5, 2015 7:24 AM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > If Velma was born in 1910, she was only 13 at marriage. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your

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Yes, a few married very young. Just wanted to be sure you recalled Dave said his mom was born c. 1910. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:32 AM, luiznoia . wrote: >

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If Velma was born in 1910, she was only 13 at marriage. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Dave, Another wild guess may be in the 1933 Los Angeles County marriage record of Joseph Thomas Lopes, the son of Herculeano and Bell Lopes. The witness is " Billie Sexton" with a L A address. Could be Velma with a stage name. I've tried the city directories to find that person and address

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I've been working with Dave on this for many years , off list. Every lead from the marriage record to Joe Hughes has been worked over endlessy. Every Cotta and Velma in the state on that time period has been looked at and dissmissed before. I'm looking at a family connection to Belle and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Debra, Thank you for the link. Yes, we found it a few years ago and that led us to the marriage license information. The marriage license showed where Velma lived at the time, her age and that she was divorced. A true wealth of information that we did not know before that. Dave On Sun, Oct 4,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velma Cotta

Dave not sure if you already have this found it on newspapers.com http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3348512/velma_cotta_nevada_state_journal_reno/ On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 8:14:42 AM UTC-7, dvc...@gmail.com wrote: > First, Thank You!! to each one of you who have spent so much time