1954, THE MICAELENSE YEAR
Homeland, Jacinto Medeiros, pioneer, 1954
José-Louis Jacome, July 27, 2020
List of the 276 Micaelenses
TRIP 1 - Homeland - March 22, 1954
On March 22, 1954, the Homeland made its first of two trips between São Miguel, Azores and Halifax, Canada. It carried 330 Azoreans of which 276 were from São Miguel. The balance, 54, were from the Azores western islands; 20 from Terceira, 16 from Faial, 9 from Pico, 6 from Flores and one from each of the Graciosa, São Jorge and Corvo islands. Of the 330 Azoreans, 89 were married and 241 were single.
Published in the Diário dos Açores daily,
March 23, 1954
Ponta Delgada (continued) Povoaçâo (continued)
Micaelense families and friends at the Ponta Delgada pier saluting their loved ones embarking on the Homeland, Museu da Emigração Açoriana.
José Pacheco, one of my father's best friends, also known as José da Costa, pioneer, 1954, in his grocery store on Coloniale Ave, Montreal. 1961. Camara family.
About the author
Born in São Miguel and living in Montreal since 1958, I published a book in 2018 about Azorean immigration to Canada in the 1950s. “De uma ilha para outra” was published in Portuguese and French. The book and an exhibition that accompanies it were presented in Montreal, São Miguel, Toronto and Boston. The book is sold in Montreal, Toronto and São Miguel, and through my Website. I continue to publish information and stories relating to the first big wave of Azorean and Portuguese immigration to Canada in the 1950s through my Website jljacome.com and my Facebook page D’une île à l’autre.
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