Patrimóniu di um Kriolu : Lourenço dos Santos
This post was originally meant to be created little over a month ago but it's still topical given my previous post. The title of this article is Cape Verdean Creole for "Heritage of a Creole" and it's directly related to today's topic. Today I'll be writing about my great great grandfather Lourenço dos Santos, aka Lawrence Santos Sr. and my ongoing journey to understand him and my family history. Lourenço dos Santos (Lawrence Santos Sr.), ca. 1930s There's a few things that we can attribute to Lourenço with certainty: - he was born on the island of Fogo in Cabo Verde - he immigrated to the United States and married Myrtle Boston in 1923 and settled in Philadelphia - he died at some point in the mid to late 1940s. All other information is unconfirmed and I am actively in the process of researching. The information I provide in this post could be incorrect but it possibly aligns with my family history. Some of the oral history I was relayed to...