Vivian, The Caramujo is probably an " alcunha" a nickname. It means "snail" in Portuguese. These were used identify the many Manuels, Joses, Antonios, and Marias in an area where there were few surnames to tell them apart.
On the University of Minho site for Pico http://www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/ilhadopico.html I found the following in the concelho of Lajes: *Manuel José Flória * *Nascido a 11 de Dezembro de -1861 * *Falecido a 18 de Julho de -1942 * * * *Pais* *António José Mateus Flória* -1838--1909 *Luisa de Brum* -1839--1915 *Casamentos e filhos* * * *Casado* a 15 de Agosto de -1938 com *Maria de Lurdes* -1892 *Casado* a 28 de Janeiro de -1883 com *Francisca de Jesus* -1861--1937, * tiveram* *José de Brum Martiniano* -1889 *Manuel ?* -1885 *Manuel ?* -1884--1884 This Manuel Jose Floria is his father, and his first wife Francisca de Jesus his mother. The record of your grandfather was not recorded there. You'll notice the two Manuels listed, it seemed a common practice that if a child died young, the parents would use the name on future children. My ancestors on Flores have three baptisms for Jose, and all died young. If you go to the site above and search around, you'll find that Francisca de Jesus's parents are in fact Martiano de Brum and Francisca de Jesus. You should be able to build quite a family tree from there. My ggg grandfather Jose Silveira Soares was also from Lajes das Pico. I have some very distant Brum relatives. Eric Edgar On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:10 PM, vchris1803 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I am new to the group. I have a couple of questions and hope > someone may be able to help. > > My paternal Grandfather (Manuel Jose Caramujo) aka (Manuel Joseph). I > have his birth/baptism record from the Azores. It is in Portuguese > but was able to translate some of it into english. At the village of > Santissima Truidade of municipality in the year 1885 existing on pages > 112 under the following text: Item number 74 > > Manuel son of Manuel Jose and Francisca de Jesus. On the 10th of Dec > 1895 in church of Santissima Truidade, Villa of the Municpality of > Lajes do Pico, Diocese of Augra. an individual of the male sex was > baptized and given the name Manuel. born in this parish on 29th day of > Nov of the same year. Legimate son of Manuel Jose, Mariner & Francisca > de Jesus, domestic profession. Paternal gparents: Antonio Jose & Luiza > de Brum. Maternal gparents: Martiniano de Brum & Francesca de Jesus. > Question: On his naturalization certificate he had his name changed > from: Manuel Jose Caramujo to Manuel Joseph. Where did the Caramujo > come from? I could not see any reference in the names that who suggest > anyones last name was Caramujo. I did not get the second page of the > Birth Cert. translated as it is really light in color. So don't know > what it says. > > Any help appreciated Thank you, Vivian (Silva) Christy > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
