Bill, I am in awe of both your ability to ferret these out and your willingness to help new searchers. You made it possible to get me started last year and I am so grateful for that. Thank you again.
Debbie On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 3:36 AM Bill Seidler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/77+Davis+Street?entry=gmail&source=g> > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/5ba60bda-9686-4d0c-b94e-7e1dfe73a845%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJ7050uRYngu4-DPG4UXtOswMvimSv0UyXHPuf2GfOiACU%2B4aA%40mail.gmail.com.
