Thank you all for your insight. It is appreciated. So, with Christmas being celebrated on 25 December since 1582, I guess that it would be my Grandfather's correct birthday.
Oh, in my original post I meant to key in 1875 not 1975. Sorry about that. Ginger On Mar 31, 11:48 pm, Debra Wolgemuth <[email protected]> wrote: > Ginger, > > Epiphany: a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the > manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; > Twelfth-day. > > For some cultures, epiphany is as important as our traditional Christmas Day. > > Debbie Wolgemuth > Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel), > Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown) > Immigrated to: Merced, CA > > > > > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:04:46 -0700 > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Christmas Day in the Azores > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > Hello Group, > > > In reading some of the archived posts, I have discovered that in 1975 > > Christmas Day was celebrated on January 6th in the Azores. Does > > anyone know how long that practice continued? > > > The reason I ask is that there is a problem with my paternal > > Grandfather's USA Marriage Record. He stated that he was born on > > Christmas Day 1882 and that he was 21 years old. The clerk wrote down > > his birthday as 25 December 1882. My Grandmother stated she was 20 > > years old and her birthday was 3 November 1882. > > > So, if he was born the 25th of December that would actually make him > > slightly younger than his wife. I'm wondering if he may have really > > been born on 6 January 1882, in which case he would have been 21 at > > the time they married on 24 July 1903. > > > Although he always celebrated his birthday on the 25th of December, if > > he was told he was 'born on Christmas Day' it would explain the > > conflict on his marriage record. > > > Was the tradition of celebrating Christmas on the 6th of January in > > the Azores still in effect in 1882? > > > Thanks for your help. > > > Ginger > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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."- 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."
