Hi Margaret, I went to Camacha and we even brought back some of those wicker items. One of them is a beautiful picnic basket. It's a really nice town. My grandfathers sister was married to Luis de Nobrega but I believe he was from Canico not Camacha. I don't have any other info on his family. I know he had a brother that lived in Cambridge, MA at one time. My grandmothers family was from Sao Miguel, Acores, One of her uncles was married to Adelaide Cristina da Carmara d'Ornellas, she was from Sao Pedro, Funchal and her parents were Pedro Jose de Ornellas and Elena Augusta da Camara. She went to live in Sao Miguel. And I know she had a sister named Vicencia Julia da Camara d'Ornellas. The Ornellas are from a well off line. I understand there is a street or something named after them. My grandfather said we had family that went near Oakland, CA but we don't know who and they would be dead now. They were Freitas though. Denise In a message dated 1/13/2007 1:26:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marpg2000@comcast.net writes: Denise: The fun begins. My mother in law was Theresa deNobrega from Camacha. Her family members still exist there and have a store, bar, and one cousin now owns the wicker factory and is the "mayor". My sister is married to an Ornellas and they also reside in Camacha. In 1906 - 8 - 9, some of those famillies went to Hawaii and later to the U.S. Their lives have been very interesting and we marvel at how they were able to find their way through to the U.S. Germano Ornellas was my brother in laws grandfather. They also are related to the Miranda family. The Goveia family lived here also and followed the same route through Hawaii. Some Freitas lived in San Leandro however many of those mentioned here have sadly passed away. Nice place Camacha. Happy people, musical and dancers. There is a bust of a A. Ornellas in the plaza there and he is a noble man who was from Camacha and at one time quite prominent. Best wishes Margaret

Hi Denise; Sorry to say that none of the family names you mentioned are known relations. I was born and raised in Oakland and perhaps knew some of the Ornellas and Freitas children. My father was from Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel. The Ornelas line is a estreemly old and quite prominent line in the history of Portugal. Seems that everyone who goes to Madeira or Camacha comes home with a wicker basket. If you visited the factory you would have seen some of the very decorative chairs they make for export. There was a very elderly man doing the work and I was amazed that it was done with out a pattern. The cane is planted, harvested and processed there and the surrounding families were all envolved in the process. Very happy to do a look up or two if you need a look up. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <Denise1270@aol.com> To: <prt-madeira@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Archivo Regional da Madeira website > > Hi Margaret, > > I went to Camacha and we even brought back some of those wicker items. One > of them is a beautiful picnic basket. It's a really nice town. > > My grandfathers sister was married to Luis de Nobrega but I believe he was > from Canico not Camacha. I don't have any other info on his family. I know > he had a brother that lived in Cambridge, MA at one time. My grandmothers > family was from Sao Miguel, Acores, One of her uncles was married to Adelaide > Cristina da Carmara d'Ornellas, she was from Sao Pedro, Funchal and her > parents were Pedro Jose de Ornellas and Elena Augusta da Camara. She went to live > in Sao Miguel. And I know she had a sister named Vicencia Julia da Camara > d'Ornellas. The Ornellas are from a well off line. I understand there is a > street or something named after them. > > My grandfather said we had family that went near Oakland, CA but we don't > know who and they would be dead now. They were Freitas though. > > Denise > > In a message dated 1/13/2007 1:26:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > marpg2000@comcast.net writes: > > Denise: > > The fun begins. My mother in law was Theresa deNobrega from Camacha. Her > family members still exist there and have a store, bar, and one cousin now > owns the wicker factory and is the "mayor". My sister is married to an > Ornellas and they also reside in Camacha. In 1906 - 8 - 9, some of those > famillies went to Hawaii and later to the U.S. Their lives have been very > interesting and we marvel at how they were able to find their way through to > the U.S. Germano Ornellas was my brother in laws grandfather. They also > are related to the Miranda family. > > The Goveia family lived here also and followed the same route through > Hawaii. Some Freitas lived in San Leandro however many of those mentioned > here have sadly passed away. > > Nice place Camacha. Happy people, musical and dancers. There is a bust of > a A. Ornellas in the plaza there and he is a noble man who was from Camacha > and at one time quite prominent. > > Best wishes > Margaret > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message