Kim, Why a Maria Bento de Mello? She is a married woman, born c. 1869, with 3 children already. What research in America has lead you to a Maria Bento de Mello? Why not a Maria de Jesus Mello? Why not Maria de Simas de Mello, #719? http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1889-1908/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1889-1908_item1/P189.html
Here are the facts: You said the 1920 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts that Manuel Secia was 43, immigrated 1902,and was an alien. Mary/Maria was 48, immigrated in 1903, also an alien. Son "Antone" was born c. 1905 in MA. The 1930, also in Mattapoisett said that Manuel Secia now 56, immigrated 1901, and was an alien. Mary/Maria is now 62, immigrated 1904. Both are aliens. The 1940, still in Mattapoisett, says that Manuel Secia is now 63 and Mary/Maria is 70. Both aliens. The only thing you can tell for certain: They lived in Mattapoisett, and they are aliens. What you can most likely infer: Maria is older than Manuel. Manuel immigrated first. They don't really know how old they are. Manuel's birth years: 1867, 1864, 1877. A 10 year span. Mary/Maria's birth years: 1858, 1862, 1870. A 12 year span. Maybe they are born somewhere outside this span. Nothing says Sao Miguel island. Nothing says Mary/Maria's maiden name was Mello. Nothing says she immigrated under that name. She is born during the third time period where most women didn't have surnames. She may have immigrated under Maria da Conceição, Maria da Estrella, Maria do Rosario.... Start with their deaths and work backwards. You're really not ready to search in the Azores. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. With 900-1000 people of Azorean descent who have taken Family Finder, you match no one with Sao Miguel ancestry. You match with a relative of Evie Silva Kiler who is on this list. I run "In Common With" and everyone on that list is Faial, Pico, or Sao Jorge island. No one is Sao Miguel island. It will help when you are able to get your dad's Family Finder as well. Get the deaths, the obits, burial records, and tombstone photos. Get the children's births and baptisms. Get the marriage. Get the Alien Registration. Manuel's WWI Draft. There's a lot of things to look for here first: https://goo.gl/b0IGW3 Make a time line for your ancestors with the conflicting info. Your ancestors didn't seem to know. Their answers are all over the place. It doesn't look like you'll be able to use their ages with any certainty. You've got to find a document with the island, and hopefully, it will have the freguesia! Good luck! Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Kim S <kase...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I found my great-grand mother on the Passportes List, but can not read > where she came from. Also the name of her travel companion. Any help would > be greatly appreciated! > > It's the line with entry 617 (1329-1333) - Maria Bento de Mello. > http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PAS > SAPORTES-PDL-1903-1905/PASSAPORTES-PDL-1903-1905_item1/P57.htm > > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 3:36:11 PM UTC-7, Kim S wrote: >> >> Hello - I am hoping someone can help me or point me in the right >> direction. >> >> My great-grand parents immigrated to the US in 1902 from the Azores (I >> believe Sao Miguel). My great-grandfather has a very uncommon name, Manuel >> Secia born est 1877 and my great-grand mother has an extremely common name, >> Maria de Mello born est 1868-1874, so both are hard to trace. I have looked >> for both and can not find the last name Secia in Portugal and I can not >> find a Maria de Mello around 1868-1874 that got married immigrated to the >> US. They did have one child in the Azores Mary J Secia 1901 before they >> immigrated but I can not find anything on the birth. I did take a DNA test >> and it has linked me to a couple distance cousins in the Azores with the >> last name of Goulart but we can not figure out how we are linked. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
