Hi Sharon, I know nothing about your grandma ROSA DE MENDONC,A but I think I found something on your HENRY PATRICK SOUZA. I was reading about a MANUEL PATRICK SOUZA - born in Pico (Azores), February 2, 1870, son of Patrick (who died at age 70) and Marian (Gloria) Souza, farmers. Two other sons were Henry and Joseph. Now, MANUEL PATRICK SOUZA married MARY IGNACIA (dau. of Jon and Rose (Jesus) Ignacia), also from PICO. She was the oldest of 5 children (the others were: Marian, Louis, Manuel & Clara) MANUEL and MARY had 13 children (Manuel Patrick Jr, HENRY PATRICK, Mary, Louis, Joseph, Marian, William, George, Samuel, Antone, Pauline, Rose and Ernest). Luis K W Lisboa-Portugal from: "Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area" by Lionel Holmes and Joseph d'Alessandro. ---------- From: Sharon Rodriguez <worpt1@hotmail.com> To: prt-madeira@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] de Mendonca, das Neves in Santa Cruz Date: Sábado, 24 de Fevereiro de 2007 21:09 Hi, My name is Sharon Patrick Rodriguez, and I'm new to the list. I'm trying to find some information on my grandmother, Rosa de Mendonca, born in Santa Cruz, Madeira, in 1895. Her parents were Joaquina das Neves and Manuel de Mendonca. From what I've seen, they were apparently married in 1880, but the records I saw only listed a daughter born in 1881. I know there must have been several children in between her and my grandmother, and I remember my grandmother talking about nieces and nephews back in Madeira. I believe that grandma left Madeira in 1914, and married my grandfather, Henry (Patricio de) Souza in the Sacramento delta, in California. His parents were from Pico in the Azores. I would be grateful for any information. My daughter is fairly fluent in Portuguese, so she can do any translations if documents are in Portuguese. Thanks to everyone!~Sharon _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger  http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=w lmailtagline ------------------------------- 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 ----------