I found the freguesia where my maternal greatgrandparents were born in the island of S. Miguel. They were from Nossa Senhora do Rosario da Lagoa!
My maternal grandfather’s older brother Manuel Botelho de Lima married in Cravinhos, State of S. Paulo, Brazil, on 29 sep 1900, in a time period between 1898 – 1902 when an italian or maybe an italian descendant Priest, Giacomo de Petris, had mentioned on the marriage records the town and country where the immigrants where born. God bless him! My maternal greatgrandparents José Botelho de Lima and Antonia da Encarnação married in N. S. do Rosário, Lagoa, island of S. Miguel, on 25 april 1877. José was born on 30 sep 1850 in Rosário, Lagoa, and Antonia da Encarnação was born c.1854 in Fenais da Vera Cruz, island of S. Miguel. The marriage records from Fenais da Vera Cruz are not on line, so I couldn´t find her grandparents yet. She was daughter of Placido Pacheco [de Medeiros] and Ludovina Augusta (or de Jesus) from Fenais da Vera Cruz. José Botelho de Lima was son of José Botelho and Joaquina Rosa [de Lima]. The Botelho line goes back to S. Roque, and the Lima line (José de Lima and Helena da Conceição) goes back to Ribeira Grande and it is on the book Genealogias de S. Miguel by Rodrigo Rodrigues. I used the Index of marriages from S. Roque by Ernesto Canto and found the grandparents of José Botelho: Martinho Botelho and Mariana Francisca. They married in S. Roque on 9 oct 1785. Martinho was son of Manuel Botelho and Antonia de Medeiros (Antonia is from Agua de Pau). Mariana was daughter of Antonio da Costa and Bárbara dos Santos (Barbara is from Agua de Pau). Manuel Botelho, widower of Luiza da Cunha, married Antonia de Medeiros in S. Roque on 19 aug 1758, and he died before 1785. I really appreciate if someone who’s researching S. Roque, island of S. Miguel, could do a look up for me and try to find the marriage of Manuel Botelho and Luiza (or Luzia) da Cunha married around 1710-1720. I would like to know who are the parents of Manuel Botelho and if he is from S. Roque or not. Manuel and Luiza had children that married in S. Roque:Manoel Botelho Tavares on 17 feb 1749; Maria Botelho on 16 jan 1752; and Miguel Botelho on 15 may 1760. Manoel Cesar Furtado (from Brazil) -- 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."
