My Great Grandfather

[Janet Pimental]

Good Evening 

I am looking for some information on my great grandfather.  His name was John Miranda.  All i know is that he came from the Azores and came to Bermuda.  Married my great grandmother here in Bermuda (he was  and 22 years old in 1893) had one child, my grandmother, here in Bermuda.  he then left and went to either Fall River or Rhode Island to live and never came back.  All i know is that he passed on May 23 or 24, 1920 (so that would make him about 49 when he died) in either Fall River or Rhode Island.  I cannot find anything on him there and i don't even know where he came from or who his parents were.  

Can anyone help me at all or guide me where to look.

Kind regards
Janet 

[Amy Sylvia]

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[Amy Sylvia]

Hi sorry I sent the records before I finished the email to you. 

I came across these records and not sure if they will help you. 

Amy Sylvia 

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[Nelson A]

Is that him listed as 52 yrs old when he died? You mentioned 49...

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[Janet Pimental]

Good morning 

Thank you for this. I am not sure if this is him or not. It seems as though it can be him, the last name is spelled different and he is older. It is hard to tell because we have absolutely nothing on him except a marriage certificate to my great grandmother from here in Bermuda. But also he was married and as far as we know he was still married to my great grandmother unless he divorced her and didn’t tell her.  But back then anything is possible. He may have had a second wife maybe hence the different spelling of the last name. 

Thank you

Janet

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[J Teixeira]

That looks like a match Amy!  

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[Amy Sylvia]

Hi Janet

The marriage certificate you do have does it list his parents names.  Also have you tried looking for a ship list for when he traveled to Bermuda.  The manifest sometimes mentions who he left behind as a next of kin and where they were from.   You could try to search those records under Joao Miranda or Maranda. You could also search the passport issued from all 3 ports since who are not sure where he was from. The different spelling of the name depends on who wrote the certificate out and how they spelt things.  It’s also common for ages to be off by a few years.  

Feel free to email me when the information and I’ll see what I can do to help. 

Amy

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[Carlos Melo]

Hi Janet,

My great-great-great-grandmother was Maria Emilia Miranda. To my knowledge, she had no brother named Francisco, John's father, who was her contemporary. I found no Francisco Miranda in Rodrigo Rodrigues' book or in the Machado index of marriages. Since Joao Miranda was born around 1871, you can search for his baptism record (parents: Francisco Miranda and Maria) in Ponta Delgada parishes, including Sao Sebastiao, Sao Jose, Arrifes and Relva, but if I were you, I'd follow Amy's advice to confirm the parents' names. 

Best regards,

Carlos

[Janet Pimental]

Thank you all for your. Help. Now I will do some more digging.   And will let you know what else I uncover

Kind regards

Janet

[Carlos Melo]

Hi Janet,

This is the closet hit I could find:

https://arquivos.azores.gov.pt/descriptions/1482638

João Francisco de Miranda, son of Francisco de Miranda and Maria Augusta Cabral, born in Calhetas (Ribeira Grande). 

Date: November 9, 1895.

28 years of age

Good luck!

Carlos