Hi everyone. Once again I am posting about a family I have mentioned
previously but with new information behind me, which has, as always,
brought new questions. I will give some background information first to
leave out any room for error.
My great great grandmother was Maria da Resureicao d'Andrade. Since this
branch was estranged from my family, all of my information on them is
from my own research.
I can confirm that she was born 2 Apr 1888 from her SSDI record; I can
confirm the death is hers from the obituary I found. From this
information, I learned that she was born in Lagoa, SM, and her father's
name was Antone (Antonio) Andrade and her mother was Mary Rose Moniz.
Incidentally, Maria R.'s eventual mother in law was named Rosalina. It
is that fact that gives me reason to believe that confusion may have
occurred.
With the help of Maria Moore from the list, I located a baptismo in
Rosario, Lagoa, SM for a Maria born 2 Apr 1888 to Antonio d'Andrade
Caggarinho and Maria Jose. Although "Jose" is very different in sound
from "Rose," they are only one letter off; I believe that there was a
mistake, somewhere along the line, and "Jose" may have been misread by
someone having "Rosalina" in mind, possibly a grandchild who had never
known their grandparents who remained in the Azores. This is only my theory.
What the theory does not explain, though is the "Moniz" surname. The
earliest record I have of Moniz is Maria Resureicao's marriage record,
where her mother is listed as "Maria Moniz" and her mother-in-law as
"Rosa Luiz."
I have traced the family four to five generations back into the Azores,
and this is Maria Jose "Moniz's" lineage:
Maria Jose born 15 Apr 1853 to Manuel de Botelho and Elena do Espirito
Santo.
Manuel de Botelho was the son of Joze Botelho and Luzia Ignacia, the
paternal grandson of Joze Botelho and Secilia Medeiros, and the maternal
grandson of Estevao da Ponte and Jozefa Pacheca.
Elena do Espirito Santo was the daughter of Antonio Jacinto (no
"surname," just Jacinto) and Maria dos Santos, the paternal
granddaughter of Joao Bento and Francisco Pereira, and the maternal
granddaughter of Antonio Fereira and Thereza dos Santos.
Nowhere in the lineage is a Moniz (or a Luiz, though I'm pretty sure
that has nothing to do with the family) and I am wondering where it may
have come from. I am wondering if Maria Jose's father Manuel Botelho may
have become Manuel Botelho Moniz at some point in his life, but I have
two of his casamentos and he is just Botelho on both. I haven't been
able to find his obito yet; he was born in 1797 in Agua do Pau, so I
think the records are available for me to look online.
I wanted to post about this first, though; does anyone else have any
mysterious names like I do, or did I have a mistake in my research and
this family is not even mine? I have been extra careful about that with
this family since I had so little information of my own, so I hope
that's not the case!
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