Hello Toni and welcome to the group. I took a quick look and found some things that might help get you started.
I believe this is your grand parents passport log entries when they left Terceira http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1916-1920/PASSAPORTES-TER-1916-1920_item1/P127.html (#589 and #590 on right side) #589 confirms that this João Barcelos Lima is from São Mateus and I was able to find his baptism: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-SAOMATEUSCALHETA-B-1890-1899/TER-AH-SAOMATEUSCALHETA-B-1890-1899_item1/P122.html (#36 bottom right continuing on next page) Passport #590 says his wife Virginia Conceição de Lima is from Ribeirinha. Unfortunately after a quick scan I did not find a Virginia baptized in Ribeirinha around that time frame (that doesn't mean it is not there; I could have missed it) This couple, along with their first child Maria, arrived in Providence aboard the SS Roma on 1 Feb 1920 to join his father Joao Lima at 77 Davis Street in New Bedford and last lived in São Mateus where their contact was his mother Maria do Amparo. They had a few more kids in New Bedford and by the 1940 census were living in Santa Clara, California. If you have Ancestry.com or can visit a library to access it there is much more information on this couple. Bill Seidler On Friday, November 1, 2019 at 8:08:41 PM UTC-7, Toni Lima wrote: > > I am researching my Grand parents Joao (John) Barcelos Lima and his wife > Virginia Conceicao. They immigrated from the island of Terceira to the > United States in 1920 settled in New Bedford and moved to Santa Clara, > California some time in the 1930s. I believe they were from Sao Mateus but > i am so new to this I am not sure how to proceed. Any assistance would be > wonderful. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/5ba60bda-9686-4d0c-b94e-7e1dfe73a845%40googlegroups.com.
