Nancy Jean, I feel for you, but one thing that I have learned is that our ancestors changed names like we change underwear. Also, it is not uncommon for children from the same parents to go by different last names. My grandfather went by Mendes and his brother by Azevedo and they have the same parents. Go figure. My ggrandmother on my mother's side, gives different combinations of names on the baptismal records of some of her seven children so does her husband. The first names seem stable, it's the middle and last names that change into different combinations. Maybe they want to honor a certain part of their family on that particular day. Who knows. Mary Ann In a message dated 3/4/2009 9:15:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Greetings Group, I'm very confused.....all these names! I sent to Saint John the Baptist Church in New Bedford for the marriage records of two sets of my GGrandparents......1888, AntonioTexiera Baptista (Sao Jorge)and Maria Catherina Cabral (Santa Maria).....only surprise in those records were the witnesses, apparently she had a brother in this country so that is a good clue to pursue. My problem is my GGrandfather, my Moms mothers father, Joseph Veterino, (b.1863 Sao Jorge), he always said that he was Joseph Veterino Bettencourt, and my Mom has old pictures of he and a brother who used the last name Bettencourt. He married Frances Rose Enos (b. 1868 or 69 Sao Jorge)......who had a brother, Frank Lemos, so I was able to find her in the ships arriving and her real name was Rosa Francisca Lemos. Next I found their civil marriage record in NEGHS....Jan 7, 1893....he's 29, he gives his name as Jose Enos Victorino and his fathers name as Thomazo de Vieira and his mother is Anna Joaquina....just says from Sao Jorge for both he and Frances Rose.....she gives her name as Francisca Roza Lemos....parents Manuel Silveira Lemos and mother Anna Bernarda. So I asked St. Johns for the record of the marriage, I mentioned that I wanted to know parents names. They sent me the "Certificate of Marriage" and a letter with him listed as Jose Enos Victorino...Sao Jorge....son of Thomas d' Oliveira and Anna Joaquina..... I have no idea now who he really was! Her info was the same as NEGHS had. I'm at a loss....I have been looking at the Sao Jorge baptisms in the CCA site for 1863....not quite finished...... Suggestions? I know that Frances Rose had a sister Anna Lemos who married a man named Frank Azevedo Joseph Veterino and Frances Rose, they lived on Rockdale Ave. in New Bedford and had: 8 children.... George Veterino....died unmarried Clara .....my Grandmother....married Emanuel Joseph Perry Frank who married......Clara Morris (Morais?) John married Anna Fernandes Joseph married Stella ? Rose married Antone Gracia Frances married Fred Salles Anna married George Smith Can anyone connect with my mystery family? Thank you, Nancy Jean Baptiste ____________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. _Check it out._ (http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009) **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000002) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
