Normally, the options are: move in with living family members, inlaws or godparents. Failing any of those resources younger children might be placed in an ophanage, older boys might be apprenticed off, find a berth on a ship, join the military, or, just find work locally to support themselves, and/or, the family; unmarried older girls, and, young women, had fewer options - they could either enter the convent or get married.
On May 8, 10:19 am, sdarosa <[email protected]> wrote: > Just for reference, I have been searching forward on my da Rosa > Furtado de Menconça line. My gr gr grandfather (a fisherman from > Velas) died in 1846. He left 7 children, 5 still at home ages 10-15. > Two years later one daughter married, leaving 3 more daughters and my > gr grandfather. > > In searching marriages moving forward, I cannot find any of other > children for the next 30 years. I began checking death records for > the next 10 years, and don't find any of them in Velas, nor do I find > births for any but the three daughters who married in Velas.. 7 years > later, my gr grandfather was in New Bedford in 1853-4, working on a > ship - so that explains where he ended up but I'm trying to figure > out where my gr grandmother and the other three daughters may have > gone > > Does anyone have ideas about where a woman with children might go if > she does not stay in the town they are living in when her husband > died? > > I thought perhaps back to where my gr gr grandmother was from, she was > born in Urzelina, pais incongnito but left on a doorstep of a barber > and his wife who she was raised by. Assuming there was still a > relationship that's possible but I"m not finding them there.. yet > anyway. > > any ideas of how to approach this? -- 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."
