Hello Kevin, I don't know if you have a membership with Ancestry or with New England Historical Society but this is what I found. If you already have this information I apologize for the duplication but if you don't...enjoy and best of luck in your search. I hope some of it helps.
Jose P. Serpa was born 6/30/1904 in New Bedford. Parents shown as Manuel P. Serpa & Maria Conceicao. Manuel was a Mill Operative at the time and again he was born in Pico, AZ and she was born in Terceira, AZ. Vol: 542 ; Page: 305 Their marriage record: Married 8/8/1903...NEHGS shows his name as Manoel Pereira Serpa & her's as Maria da Consolacao. He was 31 and she was 26 years old...first marriage for both. Again, he was born Pico and she was born Terceira. His parents names were Jose Pereira Serpa & Maria Isabel Victorina. Her parents names were Manoel Antonio & Maria do Rosario. Vol 536, Page 287 In 1908, 1909, 1913, 1917 Manuel, Maria & family were living at 252 Hillman and using the name Manuel P. Serpa according to the directories. Their 1920 Census says they are living at 252 Hillman Street. Mary's abt is 1878. Immigration for him 1891 for her 1895. In the 1930 Census they are still living at 252 Hillman Street. The boys are not shown living with them. The main page on Ancestry messed up on the front page stating they were from Ireland. It was actually the people above them in the census that were from Ireland. It states they owned the home. This record shows him immigrating in 1894 & her in 1895. I did find a ship manifest for June 22, 1896 for a Maria Conceicao coming from Terceira going to Taunton, MA but it's one of those records that doesn't have a lot of information. It has her age at 16 years old. I also found a death record for a Mary Serpa that was born July 4, 1880 and died October 17, 1970 in Taunton, MA. In 1932 & 1937 there is a Manuel A. Serpa, Milkman (Jeanne C. Briene) living at 319 Park. I do not see a Joseph listed but the 1932 directory does say that Manuel P. Serpa died January 29, 1932 and that Mary C was still living at 252 Hillman. She was also still at this address in from 1937-1955 (no other directories to reference after that). In 1943-1955 Manuel A & his wife are now shown living at 105 Newton. In the UMASS Dartmouth paper I found an article about Manuel A & Jeanne (Briene) Serpa having a boy that was born April 8, 1935. In his 1930 Census it looks like he and Jeanne were married in early 1930...she was born in Canada. It the "C" stands for Choquette then I also found other census records for her prior to her marrying Manuel but don't know for sure without more information. In 1940 there are several ads in the Port Paper in September that appear that he was supporting a George A. Dean for County Commissioner but they show his name as Manuel A. Serra...his address though matches the directories & 1930 Census record for Manuel A. Serpa. Well, hope some of it helps and matches some of what you may already know. Regards, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Gartner To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:48 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Manuel P Serpa emigrates from Pico? around 1891 Hello, My great-grandfather was apparently Manuel P. Serpa. He was born in about 1873 and emigrated from the Azores in about 1891. He ended up in New Bedford, Massachusetts. At least he lived there by 1930. His wife was "Mary", at least that was how she was described in 1930, and he had two sons, Joseph and Manuel A. Serpa. The latter was my grandfather, and a good guy he was, too. Anyone know of either Manual P. or his wife, Mary? Kevin Gartner (Corvallis, Oregon, but born in New Bedford) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
