Searched for Guilherme da Silva’s Death Date

I spent a little time searching for Guilherme da Silva’s death date.  I know that he arrived in San Francisco, California in 1918 with his wife and children.  One of his sons was living in Oakland in 1930, but wasn’t living with his parents.  I searched Ancestry.com’s California Death Index, 1940-1997 using his immigrant name [...]

Anacleto António de Melim Found in Ancestry.com’s California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 SS Wilhelmina

This discovery starts with a discovery back at the Madeiran Archives. I was searching the passport database for Lucrécia’s passport entry. I searched using her parent’s name (António Pedro de Melim & Margarida de Castro) as the search criteria. I was supprised to find out that one of her brothers applied for his passport at [...]

Did I find the Silva Family in the 1920 Census?

I may have found the Silva Family in the 1920 census. The family left Honolulu, HI on the SS GOVERNOR in January 1918 and arrived in San Francisco. It it probable that they stayed in California (because John was there in 1930, etc). So I searched the 1920 census on Ancestry.com and turned up this [...]

Searched for Guilherme, Manuel, and Valerio da Silva in World War I Draft Registration Cards

Following the same method as in this posting, I searched for Guilherme da Silva, Manuel da Silva, and Valerio da Silva’s WWI Draft Registration cards. I only supplied the birth years for Manuel and Valerio. In all three cases the results that were returned did not provide any matches.