Does anyone have any information on these families? Here is what I have. This is my translation from the original record. The China name is quite unusual. I am interested in this family for a couple of reasons especially because my "exposto" great grandfather Silva had the of Chino. Perhaps this was an apelido "nickname" I don't know very much about him except that he was a whaler and was "exposto" He was probably not directly related to these families but I am trying to learn what I can about these Chino/China names.
On 2 April 1893 in this parish of Nossa Senhora Da Conceicao da Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel, Diocese of Angra, the Reverend cura Laurindo da Ponte baptized a male individual named Manuel born in this village at 8PM on 5 March of the same year., legitimate son of Augusto Da Ponte, laborer, and Maria Julia, domestic of this village and parishioners, of the Rua dos Apostolos, paternal grandson of Francisco Da Ponte and Maria de Jesus, and maternal grandson of Jose Ildefonso de Medeiros and Luria De Medeiros. This Manuel Da Ponte named above married Maria Olinda China on Dec 12, 1914. Maria Olinda China was born in same village and baptized on 10 Aug 1895. She was born on 8 Aug 1895 and was the daughter of Maria do Carmo China, ( father's name not provided) maternal grandaughter of Manuel de Amaral China and Maria De Jesus Vidinha. -- 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."
