Hi Sam, Termo da Villa de Calheta I believe means they lived on the edge of town, if you will. Likely close to the border of another town. I can see where it says buried in the cemetery of this ?? With oficios (services?) on the 4th day of December of 1836. That's the best I can make of it.
Denise De Freitas D'Antona Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:44 PM, "Sam Koester" <[email protected]> wrote: > Attached is the obit of my 3rd ggrandfather. In the left margin is the > word "pobre" (poor) I presume this means he was poorer than the average > resident. Does it mean anything else? > > BTW, here is what I've been able to translate so far: > > Manoel Jose da Fraga, married with Leandra Rosa, natural of this parochial > freguesia of Sao Tiago, place of Ribeira Seca ??? Village of Calheta, > Island of Sao Jorge > > (Down a bit further I can see the word Sacrament and the towards the bottom > I see a date that I think says eighteen hundred and thirty??) That's about > all I can make out. If anyone would like to fill in the many blanks, I will > be grateful. > > Sam in CA > > > > > > Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link > attachments: > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent > sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail > security settings to determine how attachments are handled. > > -- > 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." > <Obit Manuel Jose Fraga 1836.jpg> -- 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."
