Elaine, Yep, I know EXACTLY what line this is. It's the Mello Barboza line. I believe your grandparents are cousins. I need to enter just a couple of more people and then my program will link them.
Yes, you are my cousin. All the Mellos from Ribeira Quente (RQ) are related. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Elaine Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cheri, > > If we are related, it will be interested to see how, as I have so > little information on my end. Here's the info that I do have: > > grandfather - Antonio Mello Born Feb 25, 1889, Immigrated April 18, 1901 > from Porta Delgada aboard the Dona Maria. Died May 11, 1958 in New > Bedford, MA. His parents are listed on the death certificate as Antonio > Mello and Claudina Silva. > grandmother - Maria Lima - Born Dec 25. 1891. Immigrated August 12, 1907, > though census shows anywhere from 1905 to 1907.. Died January 26, 1960 in > New Bedford, MA. Her parents are listed as John Lima and Francisca > Barboza. The headstone lists her birth as 1890. The 1891 date is from > Antonio's naturalization papers in 1941. > > They married sometime around 1910 / 1911 and had 4 children from 1912 - > 1926 (Sara, Antone, Agnes and Mary Carmen). I could not find a marriage > certificate when looking at city hall, but I may not have searched far back > enough to find it. . > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > Elaine > > > On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 5:44:58 PM UTC-4, Elaine Mello wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've begun searching for my father's side of the family with little >> to no information, other than what I found by going to the New Bedford, MA >> city hall to look up information about my grandparents. I did find >> information on their death certificates, which helped a little, but my >> searching for additional information brings up a lot of conflicting >> information on Ancestry (such as naturalization papers listing one date for >> arrival, but searching for the boat lists a completely different date that >> does not have any recognizable names on the passenger list.) >> >> What I did find out is that my father was a 3rd generation of the >> same name (Antonio/Antone Mello, possibly DeMello) and that both >> grandparents came from Rebeira Quente, St. Michael, Azores around 1901 for >> my grandfather and about 1905 - 1907 for my grandmother (Maria Lima, born >> 1890 or 1891). >> >> Any tips or suggestions on where to look further would be >> appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Elaine >> > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at https://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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
