Ancestry of Meredith Vieira

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Meredith Vieira should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Michael Meggison and Goncalo Manuel contributed to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Meredith Vieira
1 Meredith Vieira, b. Providence, R. I., 30 Dec. 1951
PARENTS
2 Edwin Vieira, MD, b. New Bedford, Mass., 15 May 1904 [Mass VRs 1904 542:297, no. 1019], d. ... Feb. 1987 [SSDI 037-28-3465]
m.
3 Mary Elsie Rosa, b. ... , d. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 Antone C ... Vieira, b. Faial, Azores, ... [ca. 1869], d. ...
m. Springfield, Mass., ... 1896
5 Maria Louise Costa, b. Faial, Azores, ... [ca. 1879], d. ...
6 ... Rosa, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... Silveria, b. ... , d. ...
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1920 Massachusetts, Bristol Co., New Bedford, ED 147, sheet 27B, line 79

Vieira Antone C    H   M W 51 M   1894 Na 1904   Azores Azores Azores     Lecturer  State
       Maria L     W   F W 41 M   1884 Na 1904   Azores Azores Azores
       Othilia P   D   F W 18 S                  Mass   Azores Azores
       Edwin       S   M W 15 S                  Mass   Azores Azores

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NOTES






4 -- Antonio Vieira is said to have been a Catholic priest in Fall River, Mass., who eloped with Maria Louise Costa, one of his parishoners.





















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