You mentioned you found a grave in New Bedford with the name Tavares on it. My family has a Tavares family plot in St. John's Cemetery in New Bedford. It is a long flat marker that just says "Tavares." There are quite a few family members buried under there. My great, great grandparents Guilherme (William) Tavares & Augusta Botelho Neves Tavares are there. Augusta's mother, Jacintha Botelho da Silva is also there. My great grandparents are there, Oscar Horta Pacheco & Maria (Mary) Joanna Tavares Pacheco. Mathilda Tavares & her 4 children are all there also. Virginio Perriera (Gene Perry) is there also. He was my great-aunt's second husband. Edna Pacheco Perry & her sister, my grandmother Bertha Pacheco Rose will be buried there also when they die. A lot of people are there & just the name Tavares. It took a very long time to get the names of all who are buried there. My great-aunt, Edna went there years ago & got into an argument with the lady at the office for the cemetery. Edna still pays for the family plot & she wanted to know who all was in there because she wanted to know who she was going to be buried with someday. They lady wasn't very nice & my sweet little Aunt finally wore her down & got her to make a copy of the one card that had all the information. We were surprised so many were there. Our Tavares line only said they were from Ponta Delgada. That is all they would say. I did find on a passenger list that had my great, great grandmother & her two daughters, that the girls were listed as being born in Relva & it said "Matriz" for my gg grandmother's birthplace. I have been told that "Matriz" means Mother Church. I haven't looked into this line any further. I have been working on another line in Graciosa for quite a while. Sherry **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823265x1201398681/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62)
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