Hi again,
I'm up earlier than usual this morning, and decided to search on-line for a
few minutes for Joao PACHECO. I first found the discussion on him from
earlier this year. Then I went to www.familysearch.org and searched
for Joao and found out there were several in MA/US. But most of the hits
were for a John PACHECO and there were many. (Saw alternate spelling of
PACHEICO.) While browsing all the names mentioned in the .hits, I was
reminded how many extended-families lived in one home. In addition, many
large families also had .boarders. with Portuguese surnames. So, as
far as a person being buried with a family who doesn't seem to be related,
it could be that the person lived with the family for many years.
Also, for my husband's Antonio PACHECO grandfather, his mother-in-law was
Mrs. Philomena (da ROSE) MOURA. (She was known in MA as Mrs. Phoebe
MOURA.) I recently found out that in 1949 she was buried in the Calvary
Cemetery on the Woburn / Winchester line near Boston. And, I just this
second remembered that her 3 daughters were all Catholic, so she was
probably Catholic. Now around the same timeframe (1950's?), her
son-in-law, Frank MEDEIROS, was buried in the same cemetery. But, he was
buried in the Paupers Section. (There was an organization in Cambridge
or Somerville who helped with those arrangements.) So, I guessed that
Phoebe was also buried in the Paupers Section. But, we attended the Wake
of her granddaughter last month. I met one of my husband's cousins who I
had not, yet, met. She .insisted. that Phoebe had her own plot.
I found out this summer that the Catholic Cemetery Assoc. in MA had
lightened up about genealogy requests. So, 2 weeks ago I e-mailed them
about Phoebe. I have not yet received a response but it might take a
month for that.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
(An FYI is that my father's grandmother was buried in the cemetery in
Stoneham, MA, and one of her daughters (divorced) was also buried
there. (Her EX was buried in NH.) There were openings, so my parents
were buried there. But, my father's older sister gave birth to a
still-born baby around 1942, and that baby was also buried there. The baby
would have been the grandmother's great-grandchild.) (My father's
grandfather decided to spend "his last days" in the White Mountains of NH,
and he is buried there.) (Don't know why.)
On Saturday, November 2, 2013 11:00:54 AM UTC-4, Mike wrote:
> Hi Betty,
> there is a Joao J. Pacheco buried in a family plot for my GGrandparents
> and son in what was called St. John the Baptist cemetery. This Joao J.
> Pacheco died and was buried in November 1918 in S. Dartmouth, Ma, the
> information has him listed at 90yrs of age. He is no relation to my family
> or to Doug da Rocha Holmes who has a relative buried in plot #1 of this 6
> plot site.
> Maybe someone will recognize his name.
>
> Mike
>
> On Friday, November 1, 2013 9:34:29 AM UTC-4, Betty wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This week I happened to mention the PACHECO name on the Maine (US) List,
>> and someone responded. The researcher said she had an old picture of a
>> ... Private Manny PACHECO .. from 1917. At the time he was at a military
>> "field" on Long Island, NY. She had no other information on the
>> soldier, and she wondered whether he could have been related to my
>> husband's paternal grandfather. I dug out an old picture of my
>> husband's father and uncle when they were first married, and I see
>> somewhat of a resemblance.
>>
>> As I've mentioned many times before, my husband grew up with his
>> grandmother (Mrs. Pacheco) telling all her grandchildren many things about
>> her late husband. And, I've discovered most of them were not true. So,
>> after researching and posting queries, I don't believe I ever found out
>> .exactly. when Antonio PACHECO arrived in MA (US). He arrived ~1905 as a
>> 20-yr-old from Sao Miguel (From just outside of Ponta Delgada) So, I
>> don't know who he traveled with, and I don't know who he came to stay
>> with. (There were too many Antonio's arriving around that time.)
>>
>> Several yrs. ago I heard from another researcher that one of the other
>> PACHECO families in Cambridge, MA, were related to "Tony" as they came from
>> the same village (Sao Roque). "Grandma" always tolder her
>> grandchildren her late husband had no relatives in New England. But, I
>> believe he did have relatives here, maybe not with the same last name.
>>
>> I checked census records earlier this morning and there were at least a
>> dozen Manuel Pacheco's in New England in that 1900-1920 timeframe. And,
>> several were men in their 20's. The problem with the soldier in 1917 is
>> that he probably fought in WW I. And, it would take some research to
>> find out if he survived the War. So, he might not have been in the 1920
>> census.
>>
>> That's all I'll say for now. Have a pleasant weekend !
>>
>> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
>>
>>
>> P.S. "Tony" and "Elsie" had 5 surviving children, and their oldest
>> daughter passed last month. Their other daughter is in a nursing home,
>> and only their youngest son is still doing OK. ("Tony" is the one who
>> was killed in a car accident in 1928, and their were 4 other, Portuguese
>> men from Cambridge in the car with him. I don't know how many survived
>> that.) (Think about a 1920-era car in MA/US.)
>>
>>
>>
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>
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