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Last update: 1 June 2008

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São Vicente Entries:

Genealogists who only know their ancestors came from somewhere in São Vicente, Republic of Cabo Verde:

Lynda Williams, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom
Email: ianlynda@zetnet.co.uk
Date submitted: before 1998
Village: unknown
Surnames: Silva
Island: Sao Vicente
Comments: My Great Grandfather Antonio Silva (married to Maria) and Grandfather Emmanuel Boaventura Silva came from Sao Vicente Cabo Verde. My Great Grandfather was on one of the first vessels entering the opening of a new dock in Cardiff and wrote home about the fiesta (one such vessel was the Manolo and American timber vessel). My Grandfather was born in Sao Vicente (nationalisation papers/marriage certificate show this) in September or October 1884. Name of Emmanuel Boaventura Silva, he had two sisters, Julia and Maria lots of cousins, one cousin Christina somewhere in Portugal. He left Cape Verde at the age of 14 yrs and worked on an American whaling vessel. He was married to Maria (no surname but she was adopted we think by the family Baptiste), when widowed he married my grandmother Nellie Jenkins (Cardiff) in 1933 ish. One of his sisters was a concert pianist and taught in Brazil for a while, she also had a business venture with a French woman (supplying crews' whites (uniforms)). We do not know if Marie married and went to Portugal or Holland maybe. He had a cousin who was a doctor and also another quite high office in the catholic church.
If anyone can assist I would be most grateful. Although the records office in Mindelo say that there was a fire and my grandfather's records were destroyed....

Andrea Richardson, (no address submitted)
Email: curly@ozdocs.net.au
Date submitted: Mon, 28 Feb 2000
Surnames: Santos
Comments: I have just been sticky beacking on the Internet to see what I could find I saw the name of Santos which is my maiden name. My name is Andrea Richardson (ne Santos). From what I was told when I was young my G G Grandfather was given the Island of Cape Verdies to live on as he had 26 Childern. His name as far as I know is James Santos (could be John) not sure but he married Antonia Dalgardo born in Portugal.(I pursume he was also born there himself. But I do have particulars on my Grandfather John Andrew (sometime s it was written as Andrew John) born 15th December 1875 St. Vincent Cape Verdies Island. Then he was a marriner to sea at the age of 15years old I have only 4 names of childern born to J and Antonia are as follows John Andrew (my Grandfather) 1875. Barbara, Pedros, Frederick. I am trying to find out more about my family as well as all of my relations are now deceased. I have some information on my grandfather and his amidate family. As he was given the Island to live on maybe you can inform of this information I wish to receive then I can let you know what I have got on my Grandfather and his family and extended families. Thank you very much awaiting your reply Andrea.

Geram, (no address submitted)
Email: Geram3@aol.com
Date submitted: Sat, 9 Feb 2002
Surnames: Silva
Comments: I am seeking any information about Jove Silva who at 47 yrs old left his vessel the SS Eurydice in Savannah, Ga. Mar. 1, 1907. His final destination was given as New Bedford, Mass. where he had a brother John Silva living on River St. He was described as 5ft 10, brown complexion, kinky black hair and Gray eyes. He had a mustache. He came from St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands.

John F. da Viega Perry, (no address submitted)
Email: Capeverde01@aol.com
Date submitted: Sat, 1 Apr 2000
Surnames: Viega Pereira
Comments: My fathers name was Francisco Landim da Viega Pereira. He had Two brothers, named John (Joao) and Alfred (Alfredo). He also had a sister, Whose name I don't know. He came to the u. s. to New Bedford Massachusetts. He arrived sometime between 1908 and 1923. He moved to Hempstead, Long Island, and married Belle R. Delaney. They had seven children, of which I am one. Any passenger ship names and/or lists would be helpful. Thank you.

Otilia F. Santos, 16356 N. Thompson Peak, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, USA
Email: OFSantos_47@hotmail.com
Date submitted: Sat, 9 Oct 1999
Village: Unknown
Surnames: Faria, dos Santos/Santos
Comments: My great-grandmother Mathilde Faria (married to José A. dos Santos) was rumored to be from St. Vincent. She departed Brava, CVI, and entered the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1909, in time for the birth of my father; Manuel Faria Santos. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Rambo, San Diego, California
Email: Rambo12h@aol.com
Date submitted: Mon, 17 Jul 2006
Surname: Galvão
Comments: I am trying to locate relatives in Cape Verde and/or possibly Portugal. My grandfather John Verra Galvao immigrated from Cape Verde to the United States when he was approximately 15-years-old. He was born in approximately 1896. I believe he had a sister named Maria Dos Reis Borges living on the island of São Vicente. She has a son who may be living in Lisbon Portugal working as a doctor. She has another son possibly living in Praia. It is my understanding that he works or worked in some capacity for the government possibly in transportation.

Kathy James, Pontypridd, South Wales UK
Email: kathryn.m.james@btinternet.com
Date submitted: Thu, 21 Sep 2006
Surnames: Forde? Fortes
Comments: Please can anyone help with my ancestor who was born in Sao Vincente in 1846. His name was Balthasar Forde and his father was Antony Forde. He sailed to Liverpool having his arm amputated during the journey. He met my g/g grandmother Julia Hannigan who was from Cork and they got married in 1865. They had trillions of kids and lived in South Wales until they died. I have come to a dead end and am desperate to learn more.

Genealogists researching in the town of Mindelo, Island of São Vicente, Republic of Cape Verde:

Virginia M Souza-Bailey, (no address submitted)
Email: vmsouza-bailey@snet.net
Date submitted: Sat, 22 Jul 2000
Comments: My father, Peter Alcantara Souza, was born in Mindelo, Sao Vincente, in May 18, 1894 (his birth/baptismal papers, naturalization, driver's license all have different ages) to Virginia Sousa Lima. He was baptized on April 17, 1894 (according to his baptismal papers) in Sao Antao by Father Manuel Gomes and his Godmother was his aunt Maria do Rosario Sousa who lived in Sao Antao. His Godfather was Manuel Gomes Madeira Jr. His grandmother's name was Meletina Filipa de Sousa. The name Jose Francisco do Roasario was also on the baptismal paper. My father had several brothers and sisters, a sister went to Brazil (he wrote to her but lost touch) and, I think, a brother might have lived in California. When he was 14, he signed up on a whaling boat to the Antarctic Ocean (the Fridjof Nansen) as a mess boy. It hit iceburgs twice, and he talked of the icy waters and keeping their feet warm by putting them in the whale's belly so they wouldn't get frostbite, watching the penguins and the seals. He said he ate penguin eggs and whale meat on the trip to South Georgia Island and he talked of the wild sea and how it tossed them about during storms. He returned to Sao Vincente for a couple of years. My father left Sao Vincente around 1917 for America, and landed in New Bedford in 1918 when the Spanish Influenza epidemic hit. He talked of being on a cot in a room with hundreds of other victims, laying their waiting to get well or die. He lived and worked in New Bedford and married, later divorcing. He worked in the mills. After the mill closed during the Depression, he worked in the Bristol, New Britain and Waterbury, Connecticut area, playing tennis and even being in the papers for his tennis playing. He might have had a second marriage to a Jean F. Souza around 1932-1938, livjng on Hamilton Street in Hartford, Connecticut. He worked 37 years in Hartford, married Noreen Souza in 1945 and had two children, raising them in East Hartford. He took us to Portuguese picnics every summer, soccer games at the old Colts Field in Harford and festas in New Bedford, Mass. He was a member of the Portuguese Club of Hartford, The Portuguese Church in Hartford and spent many hours at the Portuguese Club reminiscing with his friends. He was a brave and kind man who always gave to othere who were less fortunate, perhaps, remembering his lean days and lonely times when he braved a vast ocean alone to find adventure in a new world. He died at the age of 96 and is loved and missed for his humor, sensitivity and generosity. I am looking for any information from anyone who recognizes these names that will help me with my search for my ancestry.
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