Albino Ribas and Rose Silva Wedding

Albino Ribas and Rose Silva Wedding

1926

(left to right) Mary Silva, Mary's husband (and Rose's brother) Tony Silva, Rose Silva, Albino Ribas. Child unidentified.

Albino Ribas was born on March 22, 1901 in Padroso, Portugal and immigrated to the United States in 1918, settling in Lawrence. There, he met his future wife, Rose Silva.

Rose (or Rosa) was born on May 18, 1903 in Lawrence to Portuguese immigrant parents, Manuel and Maryanna (sometimes listed as Maria) Silva.

After they got married, they went on to have three daughters (Mary, Eileen, and Geraldine) and one son (Beverly). Albino supported his family through his work as a tailor.

Their son, Beverly (who went by Bernard), became one of the founding members of Marshall's, an off-price department store. The first store was opened in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Item located in the "Portuguese" photograph collection at the Lawrence History Center.

All physical copies of the items in this collection are housed at the Lawrence History Center (LHC) in Lawrence, MA. Through their partnership with PADA, LHC gave permission for these items to be digitized and placed online.

UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History

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