Maria Natalia: Thanks for trying to read that awful handwriting. I'm so sorry that I made that mistake and inserted the wrong certificate.
Even though it was the wrong certificate, I just learned something about the 7 a.m. wedding. Hmmm, that is information only someone living there and knowing the customs would know that. Glad your mother told you and you shared it with us. Thanks again, Maria Elena On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:53 AM, mnk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maria Elena, > That is a tough one, but I don't think your ancestors are in this it. > To me, the groom's name looks like Antonio de Medeiros and the bride > is Josefa da Conceicao. > He from Achada Grande son of Manoel de Medeiros and ? da Rocha. She > from Sao Pedro, Ponta Delgada daugther of ? do Rego and Angela ?. > That's about all I can make out of importance. By the way this > marriage was at 7:00 am, so from what I remember my mother telling me, > the bride was probably pregnant! > Maria Natalia > > On Nov 2, 8:20 pm, "Maria Lima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Thanks Susan and Cheri, > > > > I will go back and recheck the years before and after just to be sure it > > was 1790 for his marriage. This year leads to other issues. > > > > I found his parents, Antonio de Mello and Antonia do Espirito Santo (Sao > > Pedro parish in Sao Miguel) married in 1757!!! I could not find another > > couple with the same name being married closer to 1770's. > > > > At first I ignored them as a possibility because it was so many years > > between their marriage and the birth of Caetano. I could not find his > Birth > > C. in Sao Pedro parish , even though he was listed in the Index of > Batismos. > > > > I think the next step is to try to find other children born to this > couple > > in the Sao Pedro Index of Baptisms. I already have the marriage > > certificate for Caetano, and the birth of 5 of his children. His wife was > > from the Sao Roque area and that's where they married and had their first > > child. > > > > Susan, I started thinking today that if he had other children in the Sao > > Roque parish, they would not be Indexed in Sao Pedro parish of Sao > Miguel, > > Maybe he moved back and forth as he had children and baptized them in the > > respective parish. I found, accidentally, the marriage of a daughter in > > 1828, the marriage certificate states she was baptized in Sao Roque, > Rosto > > do Cao. Now, I wonder if they moved back to the Sao Roque parish. At > this > > point I'm thinking I need to get into the OBITS. > > > > I don't know if people had their children baptized anywhere they wanted. > (?) > > > > Last night I stayed up waaaayyyy to late trying to clean up the marriage > > certificate of Antonio de Mello so I could ask for help on this website. > > There are more names than usual listed in the upper section. > > > > I noticed the priest didn't write in the names of his parents. I think > it > > says he was widowed of Maria da Silva buried somewhere I couldn't > decipher. > > Is there some reason, the year is repeated at the end of the body? > > > > Thanks already for all your help. I hope somebody can read this > priest's > > handwriting. I thought it was one of the most difficult. (grr!!) > > > > Regards, > > > > Maria Elena > > * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marr cert of ANTONIO DE MELLO AND ANTONIA DO ESPIRITO SANTO.tif > > 445KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
