Hello Nancy, You are most welcome. I am and have been at a standstill for some time with my great grandfather, Joseph Vieira/Vera line. I know as well as everyone else in the group it can be trying at times. The group has helped to break through many of those road blocks for many people. I hope I was of some help.
I've had the most success searching on Diario do Noticias by using addresses,
i.e., 22 Cottage...I don't put in St., Court or Lane because I want all
variables to come up in the search. If at first I don't have an address I
search on their names, i.e., Frank S. Gracia, Anna Baptista and any variations
on the surname I can think of. When my Ancestry membership was active I would
get the address from their 1920 & 1930 census records when I could find them.
I've found many obits for the children by going to Google & Google Archives and
typing in "the late late Frank S. Gracie Sr. Anna (Baptiste) as an example.
Oh, BTW if you haven't found it yet by Googling, below is Frank Jr's. obit. It
gives the married names of all his sisters, Dorothy still living as of 2003.
USAPEOPLESEARCH shows a Dorothy G. Snow living with her children in Peabody.
MA...Same DOB. Her address & phone # can be found at switchboard.com. Notice
the name Tootle is mentioned...so the marriage information I sent you from the
Diario do Noticias dated 7/27/1950 was about his sister.
FRANK S. GRACIE JR.
NEW BEDFORD -- Frank S. Gracie Jr., 84, of South Dartmouth died Saturday, June
21, 2003, at the Hallmark Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief
illness. He was the widower of Mary F. (Rubinacci) Gracie.
Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Anna (Baptiste) and Frank S. Gracie
Sr., he lived in Dartmouth for most of his life. He was a communicant of St.
Mary's Church.
Mr. Gracie was employed as an installer for New England Telephone Co. for
nearly 40 years, retiring in 1984.
He was an Army veteran who served in World War II. He was awarded the American
Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon, Philippine
Liberation Ribbon with one bronze star, and the Good Conduct Medal for his
service at Guadalcanal, the northern Solomon Islands and the southern
Philippines. He was honorably discharged in 1945.
He was a graduate of Dartmouth High School, and a member of the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9059, Dartmouth. He was an avid Red
Sox fan and a news junkie, spending many hours daily watching news programs.
Survivors include two sons, Frank S. Gracie III and his wife, Yvette Poirier
Gracie, and Marc F. Gracie Sr., all of North Dartmouth; a sister, Dorothy Snow
of Peabody; a daughter-in-law, Diane M. Gracie of North Dartmouth; four
grandchildren, Frank S. Gracie IV of Fall River, Apryl Marie Gracie of
Williamstown, and Heather Marie Gracie and Marc F. Gracie Jr., both of North
Dartmouth; three great-grandchildren, Frank S. Gracie V of New Bedford, Jazmyne
Lemaire of Williamstown and Nathon Gracie of New Bedford; and several nieces
and nephews.
He was the brother of the late Maria Tootle, Anna Pluzzo and Lilly Viera.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow from the Dartmouth Funeral Home of
Waring-Sullivan, 230 Russells Mills Road, Dartmouth, followed by a Mass at 11
a.m. in St. Mary's Church. Burial with military honors will be at St. John's
Cemetery.
This obituary is being published again to correct information provided to the
Standard-Times.
Haven't found the obits of his other siblings yet but will let you know if I do.
Best of luck with your call & your search.
Regards,
Michelle
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From: nancy jean baptiste
To: azores group
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:08 PM
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Gracia
Dear Michelle, Eric, Pam and "E",
Thank you all for your information. Michelle, special thanks for the time
you spent helping me with this research. I know how much time it took you to
retrieve all of this information!!!
I've spent the last few years researching CCA records and spent less time
researching in this country. It's obvious to me now that I don't know HOW to
research correctly on Ancestry. I spent 2 days looking for this info and never
found it......I always put in New Bedford and perhaps that was the problem
although it showed up other cities just not the right ones! Perhaps I shouldn't
have said New Bedford. I did see a record for a person that I though was Frank
senior but since the wife was different I thought it was wrong. maybe I can
locate it again since now I think it must have been his second wife..... I
can't believe Annie died at 41 "after a long illness"!!!! Now I need to find
her death record and see what killed her.......I know her Mom, my GGrandmother,
Caterina Cabral Baptista/e, died of diabetes at 71. It's interesting that these
records have the names so differently. Also, yesterday I tried a brief search
on Diario do Noticias......I had NO luck at all and you found a lot! Did you
just put in the family name with no dates? The change from Gracia to Gracie to
Garcia is confusing to say the least!
Now my question, since I've never searched "forward" will it be possible to
locate any of the existing family through online records or is this as far as I
can go? I never even knew this line of the family existed since my Dad and
Uncle were estranged from their father and his family and Annie's mother and
father were both dead before Dad and Uncle Johnny were born.
Again my sincerest thanks for giving me such a large piece of this family
puzzle! Also, since Annie had 4 daughters it may be possible in the future to
have Caterina's MTDNA! Wow...that would be an amazing addition to my family
"DNA library"!
Best regards,
Nancy Jean
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Gracia
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:13:32 -0700
Hello Nancy,
As Elaine pointed out you may find some of their records with the spelling of
their name differently than you know. As you can see from below there are some
records with it spelled Garcia & Gracie.
Marriage record: Names on record shown as Anna C. Baptiste (age 17) & Frank
S. Gracie (age 24), married on 2/6/1911 in New Bedford. Frank was a Carpenter &
Anna was at home. First marriage for both. Frank born in St. George & Anna in
New Bedford. His parents shown as: Joseph S. & Anna R. (Silvia). Her parents:
Antone F. & Katherine (Cabral). They were married by Priest, A.P. Vieira. NEHGS
Vol: 602 ; Page: 286
Anna C. Baptista, born 2/81895 in New Bedford to Antone & Catrina B. Cabral.
Father was a Mill Operative born in the Azores. Mother born in St. Mary's,
Azores. NEHGS Vol: 448 ; Page: 239
Mary Gracia shown as Maria S. Garcia born 2/24/1911 in New Bedford to
Francisco & Annie (Baptista). Francisco was a Carpenter at the time. Shows
Francisco born in St. George & Annie in New Bedford. NEHGS Vol: 598 ; Page: 329
Annie Gracia shown as Anna Gracia born 4/25/1912 in New Bedford to Frank S. &
Anna C. (Baptiste). Frank was a Carpenter. Shows Frank born in the Azores and
Anna born in New Bedford. NEHGS Vol: 606 ; Page: 357
Regret Lillian & Frank, Jr's birth records arent on NEHGS yet because they
only go to 1915 at this point.
Article/Notice: Diario do Noticias newspaper on line at UMass Dartmouth dated
3/8/1941 mentioning Frank S. Garcia (Jr's) name, living at 22 Cottage Street
joining the Military.
Article/Notice: Diario do Noticias newspaper dated 1/8/1951 ... It mentions a
"New Nurse" at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is the daughter of
Frank S. Garcia. See directly below in Portuguese:
NOVA ENFERMEIRA
Acaba de tirar o curso de enfermeira interna, no Massachusetts General
Hospital, em Boston, Miss Dorothy Garcia, filha do sr. Frank S. Garcia, de 22
Cottage St., So. Dartmouth.
Notices: Well it looks like they had another daughter which would be Dorothy.
Dorothy wasn't mentioned in the 1930 Census because it was dated April 18, 1930
& she was born 4/23/1930. Her birth notice is directly below...
Notices: Diario do Noticias dated May 3 & May 5, 1930.
De uma Creança do sexo feminino filha de Frank S. Garcia e Anna Baptista,
South Dartmouth, nascida a 23 de Abril;
Obit: Ana Baptista Garcia - October 7, 1936 - Died October 6, 1936
Na sua casa da rua Cottage, 22, South Dartmouth, faleceu ontem, depois de
longa doença, a sra. Ana Baptista Garcia, esposa do sr. Frank S. Garcia e mãe
de Frank S. Garcia Jr., Mary, Ana, Liliana e Dorothy Garcia todos de South
Dartmouth.
A extinta contava 41 anos o era natural de New Bedford e ha 10 que vivia
naquela localidade e era paroquiana da igreja de Santa Maria de Padanaram.
Era irmã do sr. João C. Baptista residente em Newport. (She was the sister
of)
O funeral a cargo da Casa Funerária Rogers, Sylvia & Aubertine, 129 Allen
Street, realisa-se amanhã de manhã para a igreja do Santa. Maria, onde haverá
missa
de corpo presente e o seu cadáver será sepultado no cemitério de S. João
Baptista desta cidade.
Notice to marry: Diario do Noticias newspaper dated 7/27/1950. Roger William
Tootle living at 5 Woodland Street, Providence, RI to Maria S. Garcia living at
22 Cottage St., South Dartmouth.
Notice: Not sure if this is Frank Sr or Jr. - Dated 4/8/1948
—Realizou-se em Dartmouth, Mass., no dia 3 de Abril, o casamento do sr. Frank
S. Garcia com a sra. Maria Francisco, ambos de South Dartmouth.
Foi celebrante o Juiz de Paz sr. Thomas B. Hawes.
I'm sure there are more Articles/Notices on the family but that's all I have
time for this evening.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Michelle
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