Leonard, Here is the obit for Manuel Sr. I'm sure some kind heart will transcribe for you if you don't read Portuguese. He passed away Oct 1955.
Na sua residência, 14 Columbia Street, desta cidade, faleceu ontem, após curta doença, o sr. Manuel Correia Silva, de 89 anos de idade, e natural da Graciosa, Açores, que residia neste país há 75 anos. O extinto era casado com a sra. Laura Mendonça Silva, que deixa viúva e empregava-se como barbeiro, tendo há anos se retirado á vida particular. Além da viúva, sobrevivein-lhe duas filhas, a sra. Mary Burke, de New Bedford e Anna Keyes, de Fairhaven; dois filhos, Leonard, de No. Dartmouth e Dr. M. Curtis, de Providence, R. I.; sete netos, três bisnetos, vários sobrinho» e sobrinhas. O seu funeral realizar-se-á na próxima quinta-feira, saindo o préstito fúnebre da casa funerária Williams, 1 Washington Square, pelas 7 horas da manhã, para a igreja de S. João Baptista onde será celebrada missa cantada de 'requiem" pelas 7.45, devendo o cadáver ser sepultado em lote da família no cemitério de São João. São respeitosamente convidados a comparecer os parentes e amigos do extinto. Horas de visita ao cadávor, das 2 ás 5 e das 7 ás 10 da noite. Anna M. Silva died December 22, 1909 in New Bedford, MA (as you know) of Aortic Regurgitation...illlness from December 2 - December 22, 1909. Living @ 121 Fair Street, New Bedford, MA. Maiden name shown as: Mendonca. Date of burial: December 24, 1909. Manuel C. Silva marriage to Laurentina Mendonsa in New Bedford, MA on June 12, 1911 shows parents as: Manuel = Manuel C Silva & Anna Joaquina; Laurentina = Joao Da C Mendonsa & Maria Victorino. Charles Sylvia was born June 15, 1899 in New Bedford; parents shown as Manuel C. Sylvia & Anna Mendonca, both born in Graciosa, Azores. Manuel Silva was born June 15, 1898 in New Bedford; parents shown as Manuel Silva & Anna Mendoza. Mary Silva married Edmund Francis Burke on February 8, 1906 in New Bedford, MA. Edmund's birth was February 11, 1884 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA. Parents were John Horace Burke, & Jane E. Keay according to FamilySearch.org & New England Historic Generalogical Society it's John H. Burke (born in England) & Jennie E. Key (born in East Weymouth, MA). John Horace was a Peddler. They had two children that I've found: Dorothy M. Burke & Edmund Francis Burke, Jr. Dorothy born June 9, 1906 to Edmund Burke & Maria Silva & Edmund born May 27, 1913 born in New Bedford, MA. A Leonardo Correira Silva passed away June 1942 in New Haven, CT. Not 100% sure it's your Leonard but here's the obit just in case: Leonardo Correia Silva No sábado passaao, realizou o seu casamento, na igreja, de St. James, Leonardo Correia Silva de New Haven, Conn., com Catherine Virginia Mullarkey desta cidade, tendo celebrado a cerimonia o Rev. Padre Walter J. Buckley. That's all the searching I can do for today. I hope some of the information is new to you and helpful. Regards, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: Leonard Silva To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:46 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] St Johns Cemetery Book I am a newbie here and found this group by Googling St Johns cemetery. I understand there is a book of burial records available. I am 69 years old and started researching my roots less than a year ago. I am finding that I need accurate death dates to get anywhere and I'm hoping to get some help here. My grandfather was Manuel Correia Silva b. 16 Nov 1867 at Covas, Graciosa. He arrived in New Bedford on 22 Apr 1882 at the age of 15. Family lore says he came as a stowaway. He was a well known and successful barber in New Bedford from 1883 until his retirement around 1937. I think that everyone in the family came from Covas or Fontes, Graciosa. He married Anna or Anne Mendonca in 1886. She was also from Covas. They had four children, Mary b. 3 Jan 1887, Anna b. 12 Feb 1891, Manuel Jr. b. 15 jun 1898 and Charles b. 16 Jun 1899. Those last two dates are suspect. Mary married Edmund Burke and Anna married John Key. Anne died on 22 Dec 1909 and is buried at St. Johns. Manuel married Laurentina Mendonca on 12 Jun 1911 and they had a son Leonard Correia b. 6 Feb 1921. Others buried in what I think is a family plot might be Charles who died sometime between 1937 and 1940, Manuel Sr. who I think died in 1956, Laura or Laurentina about 1957-58. Other family names that might be there are Mendoza, Mendonca, Espindola, Medeiros. I am hoping to find actual death dates for any of these ancestors. Thanks you very much. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. 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