Posted By:	Lisa Looney
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	Subject:	Re: Jose or Joseph Silva Azores & Hawaii 1825-1908
	Post Date:	May 23, 2006 at 08:11:31
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/silva/messages/849.html
	Forum:	Silva Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/silva/

I don't know if I am related. I don't know of any close relatives in Hawaii, but there could be a relation back in the Azores. I am trying to place my great grandfather (Jospeh Ernesto Da Silva / Da Santo b. 1870) in the Azores, as his wife (Maria Conceicai Soareas b. 1875) is from Lajes, Pico I believe. One the 1930 Orange Co., FL Federal census shows he was from Portugal and scratched out below it was St. Maguel, which is St. Michael Island of the Azores. I don't know if this is correct or if he was from Pico or another island. I am still trying to find a link with other Silva families. He also used the name "Santo" and around 1910, changed it and moved to FL. I don't know if Santo was his given name at birth or Silva. That is a hard question. Many of these families went to work in Brazil or Hawaii and some came here to the US. I don't know if this helps.