Portuguese parents often gave the name of a child that died to their next born of the same sex. This was a custom in many European countries. The older child may have died anytime from its date of birth right up to the day before the younger child was born. The only way to be certain is to research the "obitos (deaths)" for the period between the respective childrens' births.
On Oct 20, 2:54 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > I have in one family group from Piedade, Pico, that had a daughter named > Rosa Maria born in 1765, there is no date of death or anything else that I > know as of yet. In 1769 they had another daughter and named her Rosa Maria > also. My question is would they have done this because the first Rosa Maria > died very young? Or would it have been to honor the name of someone else? > Or did they just like the name? > I know it would help if I could find out more about them both and that it's > not safe to assume anything but wanted to ask the question. > > Mike -- 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."
