David, I made some changes directly below for you. I did not add any to the end of the document, because the last few sentences are a formality and nearly always the same in many baptismal records. Sorry I do not how to type in diacritical marks. Maria Natalia
> In the CCA baptismal records for Urzelina I came across the following > record I believe to be Manuel (because the birth date matches and he > was from S. Jorge): > > Urzelina, Baptismos 1871-1879 > Livro1 > sjg.ve.ur.b- Livro > 1874.002http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVUB1871-1879/SJ... > > I have transcribed as follows (using the original 19th C. orthography) > what I could make out (and I read Portuguese fine, so the meaning > isn't a problem, just the handwriting), but try as hard as I can to > decipher it, some of the text remains inscrutable to me (i.e., > wherever I have question marks): > > No. 1 Manoel > > Aos veinte oito dias do mes de Janeiro do anno de > mil oito centos setenta e quatro n’esta Igreja > Parochial de São Mattheus da Urzelina, Con- > celho da Villa das Velas, Diocese d’Angra , puz os Sanctos Olios n'um > individuo de sexo masculino, > a quem dei o nome de Manoel, e que foi bapti- > zado em caza, por perigo de vida, por Maria Thereza > viuva, moradora d’esta freguezia, filho natural de > digo, e nasceu n’esta freguezia as seis horas da > tarde do dia veinte seis do referido mes e anno, > filho natural de Ignacia Augusta Januaria, > solteira, fiadeira, natural d’esta freguezia onde > é parochiana, moradora no Caminho de [Cima], > neto paterno de avós [sic? why not "avôs"?] occultos, e materno de > João Botelho, e de Francisca Ignacia. Foi padrinho Au- > gusto de Medeiros, solteiro, trabalhador, natural da > freguezia de Santa Cruz, Concelho da Lagôa > na Ilha de São Miguel, Diocese supra referido, > morador nesta freguezia de São Mattheus, e madrinha a invocacao da Nossa > Senhora das Dores > com cuja corôa tocou cabeça do baptizado José > Antonio da Silveira Barcellos,viuvo, theizoureiro( sp?)(treasurer) > d’esta freguezia, os quais todos sei ??? > os proprios ??????????? em duplicado > este ???, que depois de [dez?] dias ????? referido > ???? e padrinho comigo e não ????????? > ??????????????????????????????. > O Conego Vigario Antonio [Nunes?] de ??? > > In addition, the reference to the padrinho from S. Miguel, Augusto the > laborer, makes me wonder whether he was in fact the natural father. > There's apparently no madrinha; would this have been unusual, naming a > padrinho without a madrinha? I believe it was Pat Amaral who told me > years ago that the biological father, if of some social stature, was > often the padrinho, even when the father might be listed as pai > incognito... Have others of you found that to be true? > > I'm fully prepared to accept that "Eduardo da Silva" and "Jorge da > Silva," the judge and the lawyer, may simply be family history > fictions created to soften the illegitimate births of Manuel and Luiza > and raise their perceived status. Being the first known lawyer in my > family, though, I confess part of me hopes one or both of them was a > judge or lawyer, a kindred spirit across the years... But is anyone > aware of how one could find out the names of all judges and lawyers on > S. Jorge during, say, the 1870's? If I could find such a resource, I > ought to be able to locate any Eduardo da Silva and Jorge da Silva, if > they actually existed... I'm thinking of contacting the Ordem de > Advogados in Ponta Delgada to see if they have records back that far > for all of the islands, but thought I'd check here first rather than > reinvent the wheel. > > Finally, if anyone has come across an Ignacia Smitz (possibly moved to > California) or a Bento and Isabel d'Oliveira in their research, please > let me know; it is an enduring mystery in our family as to what ever > happened to my avô's two avós. > > Any assistance anyone can offer in deciphering the missing text (or in > correcting my transcription), or with the other questions, would be > ***greatly*** appreciated! > > Com os melhores cumprimentos. > > David da Silva Cornell > Miami Beach, FL > dsdscorn...@gmail.com > > ps -- Other lines of interest to me, in this case my maternal > grandmother's lines: Macedo and Silveira Cardoso from Lajes do Pico, > Pico (became "Enos" in the U.S. and Chile); Terra from Faial (became > "Hurd" in R.I.); and Freitas, Coelho, and Lourenço from Flores. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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