Hello,
One of my husband's relatives passed last week and we attended the wake and
funeral nearby. While there, we got to chat with my husband's father's
cousin - with the MEDEIROS name. He said that he .still. would love to
find out if his father had siblings. And, he wanted to know where his
grandparents came from.
They've been researching for maybe 20 yrs., and I've been helping them for 5
yrs. - as I had time. Because of the events last week, I decided to spend
some, early-morning time this week doing on-line research. .. My memory
was saying that his grandparents were Philip MEDEIROS and Maria MIRANDA,
born 1850's Portugal. And, they came over in 1889 with 4 young children
and had 4 more sons while in Cambridge. Their youngest was Frank, b1895,
and he was the father.
When I went to the archives of the Lists and Boards at www.rootsweb.com
I was reminded that those were the American names for the couple. He was
actually Felix MEDEIROS. And, I was reminded that the couple probably
married ~1872 as they had children in Azores? from 1874 to 1888. 3
daughters then a son, and then 4 more sons in Cambridge, MA. They migrated
in 1889, and seemingly went right to Cambridge. I think I found Felix
coming over in May? 1889 last night. (I didn't make note of that, yet.)
The 1900 census had Mrs. Maria MEDEIROS as a widow and had she was living
with several of her children. So, it was assumed that Felix / Philip died
in Cambridge between 1895 and 1900. Yesterday I took a chance and
e-mailed the Cambridge City Clerk -- just asking for the year of death.
We would have driven there to find out more in person. It must have been
a quiet day as late afternoon she responded with very important information:
Oct. 1899
Feles DeMardeiras
Age 50
Born St. Michael's, Azores
I sent the information to my husband's relative last night, and they did ..
the happy dance ! The couple is now getting older and starting to have
health problems, so can't research as much as they used to.
.. One note is that those 1900-1920 census records for Massachusetts had
more than several MEDEIROS couples living in Cambridge and Somerville, all
born in the Azores during the 1850's. So, it wouldn't surprise me to find
out if Felix / Philip came over with siblings and / or cousins during the
1880's.
Another note is that their 3 daughters all married and had married names,
JESSE, MACHADO, and SOUZA. And, 2 of the husbands were barbers. I
haven't researched those couples, yet. I can't find any information on
the next sons, Edward and Aruba. In 1900 the youngest sons were Manuel
and Frank. Last night I found out they had a son, Charles, b1893, who
might have died as a baby.
Manuel MEDEIROS moved to Stoughton, MA, married there, and at least stayed
there for a while. I don't remember if "Manny" and Charinda (sp?) had
children. And, my husband's relative doesn't seem to remember his Uncle
Manny. But, last night I found out he probably died in 1970 in Middlesex
Co., MA, so possibly back in Cambridge.
The youngest, Frank, married Carolina MOURA, and they had 2 sons. They
lived in Somerville and Cambridge, but both the father and one son died
young. So, the surviving son knows very little about his grandparents
and their family.
By the way, I found one record on-line last night which showed the
grandmother's maiden name with alternate spellings of HONDIGUETA or
HOUDIGUETA. I don't know how long she lived. The relative believes
some of the family moved to Fall River, MA, and perhaps she moved there.
Thank you for your time.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
(very active on Lists and Boards at www.rootsweb.com for 12 yrs.)
(By the way, the MEDEIROS List there needs a new Administrator. I don't
want to volunteer at this time.)
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