Michael,
Do you have their obits from New Bedford Public Library (2nd floor)? Did
they belong to a local insurance society - this might be listed in the obit
and it might give you where he came from? Someone on this list, her name
slips my mind, might be able to help you with this. Have you checked this
site https://news.arcasearch.com/usmaums/ which is UMass Dartmouth
Newspapers Archives, choose Diario de Noticias, as that is the local New
Bedford area one. I assume you have his ship's manifest (which did not list
where he came from?) Did you get their marriage record from Vital Records
in NB across the street from the Library. You have to pay $15-20 for this -
BUT tell them you want it ONLY if they will give you the papers they filled
out to obtain the license - don't do it just for a copy of the marriage
certificate (unless you want it but info is very limited on it). There is a
lot more info on the papers they filled out. Hopefully, the info you seek
is there. It won't give you the parish, but it might (hopefully) give you
the village. Depending on who you get there, they might not want to do this
as I think they have to go to the basement of something to do it but if you
ask VERY, VERY nicely, they usually oblige. They are very nice at both
Library and Vitals.
"E"
California
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