My great grandparents, Ventura Pacheco De Mello (Born 13 March 1885, Rabo de Peixe) and Felicidade Teixeira (born 24 Aug 1877, Sao Jose, Ponta Delgada) married in 1905 in Cambridge, Ma. I know them to have had three children. My grandmother, Mary (born 12 Apr 1910, Cambridge), Manuel (born 1913, Cambridge, and Joseph (born 1918, Cambridge). I can also see an unnamed mello child as dying in Cambridge in 1906 with them listed as parents. I know they lived in the Azores from 1914 to 1916 because they applied for emergency U.S. passports for their two American-born children (Mary and Manuel) in 1916 at the consulate in Ponta Delgada which say they last left the U.S. in 1914. They returned to Cambridge on 3 Feb 1916 on the Cretic. What puzzles me is the manifest shows them with three children--Mary, Manuel, and an 11-month old boy named Jose. The Ponta Delgada Passaporte lists also shows this child. My grandmother's younger brother Joseph's birth is listed as 17 Jan 1918 on his death record from Los Angeles in 1972 (I can't find his Massachusetts birth record) so he would not have been born yet. So who is this child that traveled in 1916? I consider most likely that this child died on or shortly after this voyage and my great grandparents gave their next child the same name. But if this is the case I can't find the death record in Massachusetts. I also considered that this child is my mother's Uncle Joe and his birth record was somehow falisfied to show that he is U.S. born, but that seems unlikely. I also considered that the child was not their child but someone they were protecting. This came to mind because the next person listed on the passenger manifest is Maria Maiato, a single 18-year-old woman who appears to be my great grandfather's niece. My great grandfather is listed as going to his brother Francisco P. Mello in Cambridge while Maria Maiato is listed as going to her uncle Francisco P. Mello in Cambridge. Maiato is the maiden name of my great-great grandmother. Any suggestions? Bill
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