Background on the Azores:

The Azores, a Portuguese archipelago located in the north Atlantic Ocean, had no native population when the Portuguese first arrived in the 15th century. The islands were populated mainly by the Portuguese, but Jews, Moorish prisoners, African slaves, Flemish, French and Spaniards also contributed to the initial settlement. To understand the paternal origins and diversity of the extant Azorean population, we typed genomic DNA samples from 172 individuals using a combination of 10 Y‐biallelic markers (YAP, SRY‐1532, SRY‐2627, 92R7, M9, sY81, Tat, SRY‐8299, 12f2 and LLY22g) and the following Y‐chromosomal STR systems: DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and DYS385. We identified nine different haplogroups, most of which are frequent in Europe. Haplogroup J* is the second most frequent in the Azores (13.4%), but it is modestly represented in mainland Portugal (6.8%). The other non‐European haplogroups, N3 and E3a, which are prevalent in Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa, respectively, have been found in the Azores (0.6% and 1.2%, respectively) but not in mainland Portugal. Microsatellite data indicate that the mean gene diversity (D) value for all the loci analysed in our sample set is 0.590, while haplotype diversity is 0.9994. Taken together, our analysis suggests that the current paternal pool of the Azorean population is, to a great extent, of Portuguese descent with significant contributions from people with other genetic backgrounds.

Came to the US through Ellis Island with his parents and 2 other children aboard the steamship S. S. Manchuria on September 4 1920, having sailed from Ponta Delgada, Azores on August 28. This is in the Ellis Island archives. They rode a train from there to New Bedford, MA.

Father's family moved to Thompson Ave. in Bristol, RI from New Bedford, MA, after the 1930 Census. Attended Guiteras School, but left when 14 to work. Worked in Civilian Conservation Corps, then a shoe factory in Warren, RI.
Worked at US Rubber in Bristol, starting in 1939 until he entered service in 1942.
Navy CB (welder) in 2nd WW stationed in Norfolk VA, Canada and New Guinea.
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 22 May 1942
Release Date 1: 15 Dec 1945
Returned to job at US Rubber which was bought out by Kaiser Aluminum.
Lived on Cottage St. in Bristol.

1935 RI Census, Single, lived at 20 Magnolia St, Born in Portugal, August 16, 1916, Alien, working as Pull-over in Shoe Factory, idle for 6 months in 1936.

Bought house at 40 Fales Road in 1949.
Worked as a wire worker at Kaiser until he was injured and put on disability.

Based on 1940 US Census, showing that he and Marie L were married and living on Williams St. in Bristol and not with their parents, I have changed their wedding year from 1940 to 1939. Backing up this was the recollection by Lovina Pivin that her mother had told her that they had been married for seven years when she was born. July 1939 to January 1947, they had been married for seven years. Have not found any documentation of the wedding date to confirm this.

Armstrong’s City Directory of Bristol County
Joseph (M Lovina) opr h 3 Howe St, Bristol

Died of congestive heart failure at Rhode Island Hospital. Buried with military honors in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence, RI. Burial flag presented to his grandson, Lt. Brian Sclama, U S Army Paratroopers.

OBITUARY:
JOSEPH FERREIRA, 84, of 40 Fales Rd., a lead press operator for the former Kaiser Aluminum Co. until 1972, died yesterday at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
He was the husband of the late M. Lovina (Guevremont) Ferreira. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, a son of the late Manuel and Maria (Mello) Ferreira, he had lived in Bristol most of his life.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the Navy Seabees, and was a member of the Bristol VFW.
He leaves two daughters, Jane Sclama of Warwick and Lovina Pivin of Phoenix, Ariz.; and six grandchildren, and a great-grandson. He was the father of the late Joseph R. Ferreira, and the brother of the late Alfred and Manuel Ferreira and Mary Lou Biancuzzo.
The funeral will be held Friday at 8:45 a.m. from the Smith-Mason Funeral Home, 398 Willett Ave., East Providence, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in St. Mary Church, 330 Wood St. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.

Name:
Joseph Ferreira
SSN:
038-07-2710
Last Residence:
02809  Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Born:
16 Aug 1916
Died:
12 Jun 2001
State (Year) SSN issued:
Rhode Island (Before 1951)

Gravestone, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence, RI

1950 US Census district 1-28 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/distr...%2C41.69501236789483