Hi Eric, Thank you for thinking of me and sending this. I will have to look more closely at it. The other names included do not ring a bell.
On Sep 30, 11:08 am, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is an Obituary that mentions Antonio Soares Moreira from the Diaro de > Noticias newspaper index at UMass > > http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/paa/diario.html > > Eric Edgar > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:50 PM, David Ellis <elli...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > In 1905, my great great grandfather Manuel Jose Pereira, age 46 came > > to East Cambridge Massachusetts with his family: Maria Jose S. > > Pereira, 32, Maria Pereira, 14, Serafim Pereira age 12, and Celestine > > Pereira age 6 (The youngest, Angelina was not born yet). Records show > > that there was an American based contact by the name of Jose Mello. > > He was Manuel’s brother in law living at 3 Lawland Street in East > > Cambridge. The Mello’s home was jokingly referred to as “the white > > house” through the years because extended family and friends often > > utilized his home as an immigration pit stop. After their 1905 arrival > > they evidently returned to Sao Miguel. In 1911, Every one returned > > again but this time with out Brother Serafin Pereira. He joined the > > family 4 years later after marrying his new wife Honorinda Coloura. > > > Maria Jose Pereira’s maiden must have been Soares or Moreira. I am > > assuming this because the record below plainly states that Manuel’s > > father in law was “Antonio Soares Moreira”. The entire family was born > > in Fenais da Ajuda on the island of Saint Michael. Manuel’s brother > > in law Jose Mello and his wife Gloria Pereira Mello then lived at 129 > > Fifth Street in Cambridge in 1911. By 1920, Manuel and Maria left > > their adult children in Cambridge and returned to Ribeira Grande, > > Azores where they lived the rest of their lives until about 1950. I > > am told they owned and ran a store. > > > I am also researching my great grandfather Anibal Bento (some times > > referred to as Annibale Bento. He married the daughter mentioned > > above in 1915. These are the parents of my grand mother Mary Bento > > Vieira from East Cambridge 1918-2000. > > > I am hoping to get in touch with other people searching Pereira, > > Mello, or Bento surnames. I have run into a road block utilizing > >www.ancestry.comand I am looking for any advice from other searchers. > > > > obit mentions Antonio Soares Moreira pg114 Aug 1934.JPG > 11KViewDownload > > obit mentions Antonio Soares Moreira pg2.JPG > 41KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
