Hi. I originally made this posting from my other email (pacheco.jess...@gmail.com):
Hi group. Of my 8 Portuguese Great-Great grandparents, 7 come from Lagoa. Joao Pacheco is the remaining one and I was wondering if anyone possibly knew this family or had any more information. He was born 9 Mar 1888 to Jose Pacheco and Rosalina Moniz in Nordeste, Sm. He came to America in 1902 and married Maria de Andrade in 1906. They had 8 children. I know this is vague but I have no other way to get information. My grandfather has never had contact with his father's family. If anyone knows how I can find the village possibly that would also help. I just don't know where to start with this branch; I also haven't been able to find any immigration information. Jesse (iggy1...@aol.com) I would like to add some additional information about Joao's children. Maybe someone in the Fall River/New Bedford Area will know them. 1. Mary (1907-1997) married John Leandro, had children Dolores, Edward J, Richard 2. Manuel (1909-????) 3. Frank (1910-1974), married Maria de Luz Medeiros, had children Robert & Raymond, married Alice Fereirra, had children Barbara and Pauline 4. Constance (1912-????), married a Nardone 5. John (1914-????) 6. Georgiana "Gina?" (1917-????) married Botelho and/or Medeiros 7. Antone (19178-2008) married Emily Medeiros Soares, had children Deborah, Marjorie, Ronald, Janice This is a piece from his obituary which could help identify him:/ He was Past President of the Diocesan Council of St. Vincent de Paul Society and had received the Top Hat Award. On the local level, he was Secretary/Treasurer of the Our Lady of Health St Vincent de Paul Conference. He was the Recipient of the Marion Medal. At Our Lady of Health Church, he was the first Eucharistic Minister, a Collector and Past President of the Holy Name Society. He was the Past President of the Bishop’s Ball and served on its Committee since the origin. He was the Master of Ceremonies for the past number of years. He was President of the Our Lady of Health Federal Credit Union and a Board of Director. He was also the Past Vice President of the Fall River Electric Light Credit Union. Mr. Pacheco was a member of the the Portuguese War Veterans Club and served as its installing officer. In addition, he was a member of the Fall River War Veterans Council. He was a Chairman of the Building Committee for the Bishop Connolly High School Drive. A member of the IBEW retirees, he also belonged to the Happy Group Seniors and was Treasurer of the Our Lady of the Angels Seniors./ 8. Joseph (1925-????)/ / --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
