I am new to the list and am interested in the ancestry of actress Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke), daughter of Helen Marie Vasconcellos (born Jacksonville, Ill) and Otto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke (born Berlin Germany). Her maternal great grandparents were Joachim (Joaquim) Vasconcellos and Mary (Maria) Quintel, Protestant exiles from Madeira (via Trinidad). Joachim served in the Civil War and died in a military hospital in 1862. I'm just wondering if anybody on the list has any knowledge of her Madeira ancestry prior to her great grandparents. John Vasconcelos ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hi John, Have you been to this website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klondike98/index.htm ? The webmaster, Bob Coraor has put together reference media on the subject of Madeira Exiles. This website is a fountain of information. Pat Silva Corbera California USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJVascon@aol.com> To: <PRT-MADEIRA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:55 AM Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] Mary Astor, actress 1920s-1960s,descendant of Madeira Exiles >I am new to the list and am interested in the ancestry of actress Mary >Astor > (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke), daughter of Helen Marie Vasconcellos > (born Jacksonville, Ill) and Otto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke (born Berlin > Germany). > Her maternal great grandparents were Joachim (Joaquim) Vasconcellos and > Mary > (Maria) Quintel, Protestant exiles from Madeira (via Trinidad). Joachim > served > in the Civil War and died in a military hospital in 1862. > > I'm just wondering if anybody on the list has any knowledge of her Madeira > ancestry prior to her great grandparents. > John Vasconcelos > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

John -- I am familiar with various facets of the Mary Astor connection to the Exiles history, although I did not pursue the ancestral background. My notes from a while back indicate only that Joaquim was born about 1828 and that his wife Josephina was the daughter of Antonio Quintal and Josephina Vieira Quintal. Ed Jardim ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJVascon@aol.com> To: <PRT-MADEIRA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] Mary Astor, actress 1920s-1960s,descendant of Madeira Exiles >I am new to the list and am interested in the ancestry of actress Mary >Astor > (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke), daughter of Helen Marie Vasconcellos > (born Jacksonville, Ill) and Otto Ludwig Wilhelm Langhanke (born Berlin > Germany). > Her maternal great grandparents were Joachim (Joaquim) Vasconcellos and > Mary > (Maria) Quintel, Protestant exiles from Madeira (via Trinidad). Joachim > served > in the Civil War and died in a military hospital in 1862. > > I'm just wondering if anybody on the list has any knowledge of her Madeira > ancestry prior to her great grandparents. > John Vasconcelos > > > ************************************** > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > 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