Terri, Women used various name combinations at different times in their life, so, I wouldn't worry about the mother's name. One of my ancestors, varied not only her given name, but, even her surname over her lifetime.
As for Francisco, there are several explanations for the variable dates - one, is of course, that the Francisco did not, himself, know his actual year of birth (why would he?), and the scribe listed the recorded date; Second, it was very common for a child to be given the name of and earlier sibling who did not survive; Third, the scribe may just have erred when posting the year of birth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Jun 5, 12:40 am, Terri <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Marcia (on this group list) and I have been working hard to try and > confirm if an ancestor of ours could be one in the same even though on > two different records, his birth year is different and the mothers > name is slightly different. Could this be possible? > > Francisco da Costa, son of Andre da Costa and his wife Maria > Margarida, born 30 June 1797 bapt 7 July 1797 in Sao Pedro, Villa > Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel Island. > > and then a Sao Pedro marriage record we found 22 August 1819, has a > side note that says Francisco da Costa 26 years old ( The 1797 birth > record would make him 22 years old ) > son of Andre da Costa and Maria dos Santos marries Claudina Maria 20 > years old, daughter of Franciso de Souza and Antonia Joze. > > The difference in the mothers name could be acceptable but what about > the difference in the birth years? > Insight anyone? -- 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."
