Thank you Margaret and Cheri! Cheri, I agree; way too many commas and I was sure it was all about her (which I should be) but was confused when they put the Pico information after her husband's name. Again, Thank you!
On Sunday, October 20, 2013 1:04:37 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > Lee E, > > They were a little too comma crazy back then. I don't know what modern > Portuguese is like in these records today, but if I wrote something with > that many commas in English, I'd have a lot of red marks on my paper and > probably sent to remedial English. > > Laurianna Florinda, of the age of 74 years, worker domestic, widow of > Francisco Costa Duarte, native of the freguesia of Sao Matheus of the > island of Pico, council of Magdalena, of the same Diocese, daughter > legitimate of Francisco de Mattos, and of Joanna Ignacia, ja de functoS, > naturaeS of the same freguesia of Sao Matheus, blah blah blah > > Too many commas. And you would think that the reference after the name > should refer to the last named person, but not all priests/scribes wrote > like that. > > I read it a couple of times. > > The "s" after Laurianna's parents are referring to both parents. When > both parents are from the same freguesia, the notation is made after the > mother's name and has an "s" after it. Laurianna's parents are from Pico. > Laurianna might be from Pico too. I kinda think that's what the first > mention of S.Matheus refers to. Even though this is one big paragraph with > a zillion commas, Laurianna is the subject and I think that the references > are all to her, even though they put the S.Matheus after Francisco's name. > They should have written (in my opinion) that Laurianna was 74, native of > S. Mateus, widow of Francisco, daughter of so and so.... Then it would > have been crystal clear. > > Laurianna's marriage will state where she's from. Check S.Mateus on Pico > and check the village Francisco is from. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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.
