Yes, Cheri, she could have been an orphan. I just learned that the orphans were baptized at the Matriz and there MAY be a book in Ribeira Grande. I am going to check on that. I did look at the obitos and found that 3 of the siblings had died as infants. That explains why they did not immigrate to the US. The book of passports for Ponta Delgada for 1909 is lost. It just seems Maria Cristo is determined to remain lost. Thanks for the help, Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected]
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Susan Vargas Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: From: Susan Vargas Murphy <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Friday, Aug. 21 from Ponta Delgada To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 10:03 AM Hooray....I just reset my password and I can post to the threads again!! Susan On Aug 21, 9:49�am, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Celeste, > > Aw, I wanted to stow away in your carry on! > > Could Maria Cristo been an exposto taken in by Joao Morais? �I'd check the > legitimizations. �Probably not as likely, but I'd look there. �And for her > on the passaportes. > > Cheri > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:55 AM, celeste perry <[email protected]> wrote: > > �I am desperate for any additional ideas as to where I might search for my > > husband`s paternal grandmother, Maria Cristo Morais. > > > She told her daughter she was born in 1885 (anywhere from 1884-1887 on > > census in US). > > and that she was 5 years old when her father, Joao Morais, died in 1899. > > Her mother Jacintha Libiana would have been too old to have had her as a > > child. �This led me to the possibility that she was the daughter of one of > > her older siblings, both Marias born in 1868 and 1873. �Neither could have > > been Maria Cristo since her youngest son was born in 1921 in RI. > > > � �I have looked at all the Maria born in Lomba da Santa Barbara from 1884 > > until 1894. �She was not there as a child of Joao Morais and Jacintha > > Libiana or as a grandchild of that coouple. > > > There are no confession rolls in the church in Lomba da Santa Barbara and > > none at the archive. > > > Joao Morais, aka, Joao da Morais, Joao da Costa Morais and Joao Morais da > > Costa, did not leave any inheritance when he died in 1899. �(Maria Cristo > > had told her daughter, Mary Cruz, that she was 5 years old when her father > > died). �That would have been about 1894 and Jacintha Libiana would have been > > too old to have had Maria Cristo as a daughter. > > > I spoke with an elderly man here at the archive and he told me I needed to > > search for Maria Cristo`s sisters marriage.. �That is what I am going to > > search today. �I am not sure where that will lead me;however, I am following > > every lead. > > > I have also asked if they have the death index for children for Lomba da > > Santa Barbara. �Some churches kept an index of children that died young. > > Don`t know if there is one for this village; however, this will tell me if > > either of tghe early Marias died young. > > > �Will check in when I get to Terceira or you may hear me shouting when I > > find Maria Cristo. �Hugs, Celeste > > > Any and all ideas welcome. �Celeste, from Ponta Delgada, Azores > > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > -- > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada- 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
