Hello Altino Like I said I left Fazenda do Nordeste when I was 9. The house you are reffering to is probbaly what we used to call the casa do trabalho or the casa da liga. I think this is the one Cheri asked about. It was located as you entered Vila do Nordeste, that area as you entered the vila was called "Erva do Mau" I believe. My mom who is 82 and lives in Fall River, said that house was where the women would learn to work on tapestry. sewing, needlework etc. The lady who ran that house was Dona Maria do Carmo. Is this the house you are refering to? As a kid I only went to Vila do Nordeste on occasion such as a feast or to see a doctor so my recolection is sketchy.
All of my brothers were born at home in Fazenda, except for my sister who was born in the hospital at Vila do Nordeste. I remember going to the Vila for some vaccinations and also once to see a movie at the theatre on Pele the soccer player. My father is from Ponta Delgada but moved to Fazenda with my mom after they married. He played for Micalense in Ponta Delgada and later on played for Fazenda and they would go to Vila to play the team there. My mom said that like so many families there, the Melos were not always known as Melo, because of the various "apelidos" used. My mom is Maria da Conceicao Arruda and my father is Nicolau Ventura Sousa Silva. A lot of people from that era know my father because of his great reputation as a soccer player. Everyody knew him and he is still regarded by many in the Azores as one of the greatest if not the greatest soccer player from the Azores Islands. He played for the pro team Belenenses in Lisbon when he was in the Portuguse Navy in the early 1950's. My aunt is 86 and she may have some recollection of the Melos from Vila and I will pass along any information she may have. Herb On Dec 30, 12:00 am, Altino DeMelo <demelo.alt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Herb, > > It's possible that you may be related in some sense to my Melo's. My > Melo's in Nordeste came from the Melo's in Ribeira Grande and Ribeira > das Tainhas, Ponta Garca. > > You may have grown up in Nordeste and your family may have known mine. > In fact, i wouldn't be surprised at all if our relatives were in each > others photos (matanca's, festas etc). My paternal Grandmother > (Senhorinha Raposo de Medeiros) was invited after she married Antonio > de Melo Correia to live in Nordeste by her parents (José Raposo de > Medeiros and Rosa Amália de Jesus). > > Senhorinha's family (Grandparents, cousins etc) were from the area > Fazenda. (right beside Nordeste). Senhorinha had numerous siblings > (Ernesto, José, Manuel, Serafim, Jacinto and Maria da Luz [all > Raposo]). > > My Grandfather's house was right across from the Casa da Trabalho. He > had 6 children: > José Rapose de Melo, Urbano Raposo de Melo, Maria Alda Raposo de Melo, > Maria de Conceição de Melo, Altino Raposo de Melo and Eduardo Raposo > de Melo. > > Altino > > On Dec 28, 10:34 am, Herb <herbandj...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Iris. I have soem time on my hands as I am on Christmas break > > > I have been reading with great interest the posts on De Melo family > > from Nordeste. I was born in Nordeste in 1958 and lived there there > > until age 9. My teacher ( we only had one) was a Melo. I am not sure > > of her first name, it may be Conceicao Alexandre Melo. She still > > lives in Nordeste, I saw her in 1995 when I last visited Fazenda. I > > am a descendant of Antonio Cabral de Mello and Barbara Correia. Their > > grandson Jose Cabral de Melo married Dona Vitoria de Mendonca of > > Fazenda Nordeste. Cheri Melo and Denise D'Antona and I are cousins > > and we have exchanged posts about this several times over the years. > > The Melos are a well known and prominent family in Nordeste. The man > > who owned the local grocery store or "loje" in the town of Fazenda was > > named Melo. I stopped at his store with my father when we visited > > Fazenda in 1995. He remebered me. If I am not mistaken his name is > > Aldino or Evelino de Melo, perhaps related to Aldino de Melo of this > > group. It is difficult to break down the various Melos, Brandaos, > > Arrudas and Cabrals of Nordeste. It was not uncommon in Sao Miguel > > in those days to have 2nd and 3rd cousins marry each other, and on > > occasion even 1st cousins. In fact this practice was encouraged > > throughout Europe as late as the late 19th century, as this was seen > > as a way to preserve family ties and land possesions, continuation of > > family names etc. Approximately 40% of marriages throughout Europe > > in the 18th and 19th centuries were between cousins. So you see, it > > becomes very challenging to sort of break down and analyse these many > > family ties. I will have to ask my mother what else she can tell me > > about these families. I also have 2 cousins living in Fazenda and one > > in Ribeira Grande ( she used to live in Achada) and they may have some > > helpful information as well. > > > Herb- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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."
