Lopes, Amaral, Madruga from Faial and Gloucester, Massachusetts
Cheri Mello
Does anyone have any information on Joseph R. Lopez from East Cambridge
and Arlington, Massachusetts. His parents were Domingo Lopez and
Florinda Armaral from St. Falal Island. He had seven brothers and 1
sister all born in St. Falal. My grandmother was Mary Perry Madruga
from Gloucester, Mass. all her brothers and sisters were born in the US
but her parents Manual Madruga and Philippa Perry Cardozo were from the
Atlantic Islands according to the 1910 Federal Census. I have a lot of
info and records about my grandparents but have had a real difficult
time finding info about their relatives and parents. I have a little
info about the Madrudga's but I cannot find anything on Domingo or
Florinda and their children except from my grandfather. Where do I start?
I belong to Ancestry and Folder3 and have done a lot of research on
Family Search (free website). I am going to join other geology
websites. I have had great luck finding info about my father's German
background but my mother's side has become quite difficult.
Any help will be really appreciated.
Eleanor
Richard Francis Pimentel
Eleanor,
Do you have any idea as to the time frame your grandmothers parents came to the US? The 1910 census will tell the year they indicated to the US. That will give you a clue as to a time frame to look on the Ellis Island Site. (On the site you sometimes have to play around and try different names and spellings) If you can find them and they came from Sao Miguel then the CCA web site has passport records for that time frame and if you find them there it will say what town they came from. In order to search records in the Acores you have to know the village they came from as all records are recorded by the village.
I cannot tell you much about Fayal records as all of my research has been in Sao Miguel.
Rick
Richard Francis Pimentel
Spring, TX
Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire
Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha Ponta Delgada, and Achada Grande, Sao Miguel, Acores
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Cheri Mello
Thanks so much for the advice. Hopefully somewhere in all the records
a
village is mentioned. I have all the dates of arrival for both
grandparents Lopez and Madruga. I have their original marriage
certificate and his original naturalization papers. All records only
state St. Fayal no village. The 1910 Federal Census for Phillipa
Cardoza Madruga states birth place as Atlantic Island, Azores. All the
children for Manuel Madruga and Phillipa were born in the US. All the
Lopez's were born in St. Fayal and became naturalized citizens.
Dimingo
Lopez came from Spain but move to the Azores when he married his first
wife. She died in child birth. Their two sons remained in the Azores.
All the children from his marriage to Florinda were born in St. Fayal.
They arrived in the US in 1884 with their eight children. A relative
told me they came to the US because they hoped to avoid the draft in
Portugal because they had seven boys. I have their records and a lot
of
stories from my grandfather. He lived to be 106. My father died very
young and my grandparents helped raise my brother and myself. My
mother
gave me all the records before she died. I have been searching for
months but cannot find anything else. I guess I need to return to
Massachusetts this summer and try he check records from East Cambridge
and Gloucester. I am sure the spelling of the surnames are correct. I
remember my grandfather telling me his middle name was Rodriquez but
at
Ellis Island they changed it to Roger. I am going to review all the
records I have and hopefully a village is mentioned, The website
Family Search has a wealth of info and it is all free no membership,
etc. Their records are very accurate. I have been researching St.
Fayal. I am seriously thinking for traveling there sometime next year
as finding my roots on both sides is very important. It's top priority
on my bucket list. I am happy I found this group.
Thanks again
Eleanor
Shirley Allegre
to help you.
My mother-inlaw's AMARAL line is from Faial.
Shirley in CA
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Gloucester, Massachusetts
Rick,
Thanks again
Eleanor
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eminniel
Thanks so much for responding to my email. Dimingo Lopez was born in
Spain in 1848. Florinda Amaral was born in the Azores in 1861. They
were married in St. Fayal in 1879. They came to the United States in
1894. There children were all born in St. Fayal (Faial). Florinda was
Dimingo's second wife. His first wife died at 16 and their two sons
remained in St. Fayal. Their children were: Felisberto 1881, James
1883, Joseph 1884, Josephine 1887, Emiel 1887, Anthony 1888, Americo
1889 and Manuel 1892. They lived in East Cambridge, Mass. until 1906.
Then moved to Arlington, Mass. East Cambridge still has a large
population of people from the Azores. There is a possibility that
Florinda might be buried in Cambridge. There children all became
naturalized citizens. I was told they left the Azores because the boys
would have to serve in the Army. None of the brothers served in WW1.
All all must have been deferred. Their occupations were Iron Workers
and Fisherman accept for Felisberto and Anthony. Felisberto (known as
Felix) was Captain of the Arlington Police Department and Anthony was
Captain of the Fire Department. I have more dates regarding the
brother's and sister but nothing else regarding Florinda or Dimingo. My
mother's side of the family is very large. She had 72 first cousins.
As a child I went to a lot of the festivals in East Cambridge,
Gloucester and New Bedford. My grandfather had relatives in New
Bedford. One of them was actually a professional Santa Clause.
Eleanor
Veronica Perry
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