In re Santos

The petitioner, Manuel A. Santos, in October, 1917, at New Bedford, Mass., married Julia S. Santos, and they there resided as husband and wife for a period of about three years; in December, 1920, they went*1 to Lisbon, Portugal, and, excepting for a time when they lived in the islands of the Azores, they continued to live in Lisbon until the summer of 1922; in August, 1922, and while they were living in Lisbon, the wife disappeared and *671has not been seen or heard from or of, directly or indirectly, by the petitioner since that time. The petitioner made diligent search for his wife for several…