Please let me know if this is too far OT. My grandfather, Manuel Correia Silva worked at "The Dartmouth Club" from about 1903 to 1920 according to city directories.. He must have been quite successful as he owned a two family home and made several trips back to Graciosa.
The Dartmouth Club was located at the corner of Union and Sixth Streets. I am trying to learn if he was working for the club or just renting a public storefront there. Does anyone know anything about the Dartmouth Club? Later, in the early thirties, he ran the barber shop at the New Bedford Hotel. According to family stories, it was a five or seven chair shop and he was the first in the city to employ a female manicurist. I have tried without success to find any history on the old hotel before it was sold to the city for senior housing. Any help is greatly appreciated. Len Silva -- 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."
