There were many opportunities for males employed by the sugar plantations. They could work in any capacity within the system. The plantation opened up a world of opportunity that did not exist for many immigrants back home. Your ethnicity determined how far you could advice, though. Let’s take a look at how this system worked….
She Never Went To Her Daughters’ Weddings
We have all heard the tradition that the bride’s family pays for the wedding. Today, it’s a matter of picking caterers, reception halls, and a host of other tidbits that must be resolved. It wasn’t until recently that I thought about what this must have meant in the eras where these businesses didn’t exist. Waiting…
My Paternal Grandmother, Matriarch of the Family
John Vasconcelos writes about his paternal grandmother, Maria Laureanna da Trindade. Maria Laureanna was a native of the island of Flores. John tells us about this remarkable woman. Maria Laureanna Born On Flores My parents were born on the Island of Flores, Western most of the Azores Islands. Unfortunately, by the time of my first…
Madeirans to British Guiana
Margaret Campos uncovered immigration to British Guiana in her family tree. She shares some of the things she learned about this era of Madeiran emigration. The Beginning Of An Era Immigration to British Guiana began in 1830 and 1840. Madeirans arrived in the year 1839 to work on sugar plantations where they were (for almost…
UPEC Founding Members, 1875
Founding Members of the Indepedent Oder of the Portuguese Patriots (Ordem Independent dos Patriotas Portugueses) 1 May 1875, San Leandro, CA–President Antonio Fonte Name Native Of Resident Of Antonio Fonte S. Mateus, Pico San Leandro Vitorino Teodoro de Braga Santa Maria San Leandro William Dutra Smith Feteira, Faial San Leandro Jose Pereira Laureano Faial San…