Maybe Joseph was really born in 1916 and not 1918 since you couldn't find a birth for him in 1918. or it could be the child of the niece. In my research it is always 2 years earlier than what my ancestors stated they were born and what was on death cert and headstone. sometimes even more years earlier.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > For 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." > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- For 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." --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
