Julie, I'd be inclined to think that by pronunciation the Graties is Rodrigues. The father being Manuel Rodrigues Dias. The son Francisco Dias.
I have research a number of Azores families that traveled to Australia and New Zealand Eric Edgar On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just found this entry in Australia of a family I've been researching, > believing Francis is my ancestor's sibling. Could someone please help me > find "Peekpike"? It's come up before as Peak Pike in other records (as > being in Western Isles) yet even more records suggest Francis came from > Faial, where I can find no village or parish with such a name. > > I'd know that Manwell will be Manuel, but what of the middle name of the > father, in proper Portuguese, please? > > The Sydney Morning Herald > Tuesday 2 October 1866 > > On the 26th of September, by special licence, by the Rev. Dr. > Fullerton, FRANCIS DIAS, third son of Manwell Graties Dias, of > Peekpike, Portugal, to BRIDGET, the third daughter of Mr. > DANIEL REDEN, of Sussex-street, Sydney. > *(The original entry is bent, so Peekpike and Daniel Reden are both best > guesses by someone who’s edited it previously)* > > Thank you in anticipation of some help… this is the closest to a thirty > year brick wall tumbling down that I've got. > > > Julie M. Skellern > New Zealand > [email protected] > > > > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
