Goncalves
Em 1923 o meu avo regressou da California e casou com a sua amiga de infancia, Maria Inacio da Silveira. O meu avo perdeu a sua mae quando tinha dois anos sendo criado pelos avos da futura esposa. Um dos seus desejos era ter uma fotografia da mae, o que infelizmente nunce conseguiu. Com os noivos na fotografia, encontram-se os pais da minha avo, a noiva, Joao Inacio da Silveira e Mariana Cardoso.
In 1923, my grandfather left California and returned to Rosais to marry his "little girlfriend" from childhood, Maria Inacio Silveira. Jose lost his mother at the age of two and was raised by his future wife's paternal grandparents, Manuel Jose da Silveira and Carolina Vicencia de Bettencourt (not in picture).
One os his greatest wishes was to have had a picture of his mother. The couple with the bride and groom are my grandmother's parents, Joao Inacio da Silveira e Mariana Cardoso.
Rosais, mid 1930's: My grandfather Jose Silveira Goncalves, Jr. with his family, father-in-law, and wife's maternal grandmother.
left to right: -Por Volta de 1935 - o meu avo com a familia, sogro e a avo materna da minha avo. Da esquerda para a direita: Manuel Inacio Goncalves, Carolina Vicencia de Bettencourt, Joao Inacio da Silveira, Maria Inacio da Silveira (my grandmother), Jose Silveira Goncalves Jr., Vitoria Goncalves, and Joao Inacio Goncalves.
My mother Celeste and uncles Jose and Jorge weren't born yet.
Jose Silveira Goncalves Sr. and Jose Silveira Goncalves Jr. Father and Son - Both emigrated to California when they were young and then returned to Rosais, Sao Jorge to marry and raise their families. My great-grandfather lived and worked in Red Bluff from 1876 to 1888. My grandfather stayed in California from 1913 to 1923. He lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Milbrae and in Milpitas, on a Ranch where The Great Mall now sits. Later on, he and his brother and a couple of friends opened a Dairy business in Crows Landing, California. My grandfather's picture was taken around 1913, in Suisun, CA, at Brady's Studio. His father's picture is from around 1890.
Acima: Pai e filho. Ambos emigraram para a California em novos e depois voltaram para os Rosais para casar e criar a sua familia. O meu bisavo viveu e trabalhou em Red Bluff de 1876 a 1888. O filho, meu avo, permaneceu na California de 1913 a 1923, onde viveu e trabalhou em Milbrae e Milpitas, onde hoje fica situado o "Great Mall" e tambem em Crows Landing, onde ele, o irmao Manuel e amigos dos Rosais tiveram negocio junto.
A fotografia do meu avo foi tirada por volta de 1913, em Suisun, California, no Brady's Studio. A fotografia do pai e de cerca de 1890.
"Tio" Vitorino Alegre was a nice old man that my grandfather took care of.
O meu avo tomou conta do "tio" Vitorino Alegre ate este falecer
Rosais, in front of the Goncalves home, mid 1950's. My grandparents with their six children.
Rosais, em frente da casa dos meus avos Goncalves, por volta de 1950. Os meus avos e os seis filhos.
left to right, da esquerda para a direita: Celeste, Manuel, Joao, Jose, Jorge, and Vitoria.
Left: My mother and aunt with their neighbors, the Oliveiras. "Professora" Flausina and husband "Franciscinho" with their daughter Maria Teresinha. Professora Flausina was the only teacher for the girls in Rosais. The school was situated were is now the "Casa do Povo, behind my grandparents' house.
Esquerda: A minha mae e tia com os vizinhos, professora Flausina e "Franciscinho" Oliveira com a filha Maria Teresinha. A professora Flausina era a professora da escola das meninas, onde hoje esta situada a Casa do Povo, mesmo por detras da casa dos meus avos.
left: Maria Goncalves, my grandfather's sister, married Joao Avelar and had a numerous family. Most of their children live in California.
Esquerda: Maria Goncalves, irma do meu avo, casou com Joao Avelar e tiveram numerosa familia. A maioria vive nos Estados Unidos, mais propriamente na California.
My Goncalves family branch is related to many other families through marriage. Since the mid 1800's, just in Rosais, we have blended in with Cunha, da Rosa, and Luis (some Luis go by Oliveira).
One Goncalves relationship that hasn't been studied yet is that of Dr. Cesar Goncalves, from Calheta, Sao Jorge. My grandfather's brother, Manuel, who came with him to California in 1913 and never returned to Rosais, has a daughter in Gustine and a daughter-in-law and grandchildren in Crows Landing.