The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — the immigrants' parents, Azores

José Francisco da Silva

Father of Frank Silva Sr · lavrador, native of Pedro Miguel, Faial

José Francisco da Silva

Confirmed

Father of Frank Silva Sr · lavrador, native of Pedro Miguel, Faial

Married
Florência Luiza
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of Frank Silva Sr. His son's 9 June 1862 baptism at Santa Bárbara dos Cedros names him José Francisco da Silva, lavrador, of the lugar da Fonte Nova S1228. Added 4 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Burial1878
Native of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, lugar de Pedro Miguel, Faial
named so in his elder son's 1878 burial and again in Frank Sr's own 1886 marriage record S1229S1232
Burial1878
Alive in October 1878 and still alive in February 1880, both times named in his children's burial entries S1229S1230; no death record for him is yet held
Death1811
No birth or death date is given on any record read; the member tree's 31 Mar 1811–14 Dec 1885 is unsourced and not used here

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage
Married Florência Luiza of Cedros; the marriage record itself has not been found, though several registers name them as a couple

In the record Generation 6 — the immigrants' parents, Azores

José Francisco da Silva · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1228Baptism of Francisco (Frank Silva Sr), 9 June 1862 — Santa Bárbara (Cedros), Faial. Volume FAL-HT-CEDROS-B-1861-1870, image 0042. Entry Nº 35: baptised 9 June 1862, ‘filho legitimo, primeiro do nome’ of José Francisco da Silva, lavrador, and of Florencia Luiza, of the lugar da Fonte Nova; paternal grandparents Antonio Francisco da Silva and Anna Francisca; maternal José Francisco and Anna Felicia. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Archive copy. Corrects the 21 Sep sidecar in three places: ‘primeiro do nome’ means first child of that name, not first son — he had an elder brother, José Francisco, b. c.1843 [S1229]; the mother is Florencia Luiza, not “Silveira”; the maternal grandmother is Anna Felicia, not “Anna Silveira”.
  2. S1229Burial of José Francisco da Silva (the son), 30 October 1878 — Cedros, Faial. Volume FAL-HT-CEDROS-O-1875-1885, image 0048. Entry Nº 49: died 30 October 1878, aged thirty-five, at the lugar da Fonte Nova, ‘por ter há pouco chegado do Rio de Janeiro’, native of this parish, son of José Francisco da Silva, native of the parish of Pedro Miguel of this island, and of Florencia Luiza, native of this parish. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Not Frank Sr's father — he is the elder brother (b. c.1843), just back from Brazil. Second record naming the father's birth parish as Pedro Miguel. The father was alive in 1878 and in Feb 1880.
  3. S1230Burial of Florencia Luiza, 11 February 1880 — Cedros, Faial. Volume FAL-HT-CEDROS-O-1875-1885, image 0069. Folio 68, entry Nº 7: died 11 February 1880, aged sixty, ‘married to José Francisco da Silva, legitimate daughter of José Matheus and of Anna Felicia’, natives of this parish, at the lugar da Fonte Nova; left children. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Frank Sr's mother. Same house-place (Fonte Nova) as his 1862 baptism and the 1886 marriage margin, husband named, so identity is secure. Gives her parents: José Matheus × Anna Felicia. Age 60 → b. c.1820. Husband alive in Feb 1880.
  4. S1232Marriage of Francisco da Silva and Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, 12 June 1886 — Santa Bárbara (Cedros), Faial (archive copy). Volume FAL-HT-CEDROS-C-1860-1891, image 0267. Folio 38, entry Nº 12: he, 24, legitimate son of José Francisco da Silva, native of Pedro Miguel, and of Florencia Constancia; she, 19, authorised by her mother, legitimate daughter of Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, native of this parish, and of Anna Luiza do Coração de Jesus, native of Capello. Witnesses José Pereira d'Escobar, married, and Thomás Pereira d'Escobar, single. BPARJJG (Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça), Horta — Registos Paroquiais, via Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores (CulturAçores), free public access, read by eye from the image, 4 October 2026 (SR-1004A). Archive copy of the record first read 21 Sep from a member's Ancestry upload. Same entry, now from the custodian's own scan, so the marriage no longer rests on a member upload alone. ‘Mother authorises’ fits Thomás's death in 1882 [S1234].

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