Your grandfather, Antonio de Mello, b. 26 Feb 1889 in Ribeira Quente. # 12 on the left: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1888-1889/SMG-PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1888-1889_item1/P25.html
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
