Wow, you're completely right. She is a widow. I reviewed the records in Nossa Senhora da Conceição and found her first marriage to João Gonçalves Lima (not Lucas). Finally, parents!
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-CONCEICAO-C-1654-1681/TER-AH-CONCEICAO-C-1654-1681_item1/P151.html Thanks for your help! Rodney On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 3:10:11 PM UTC-5, Rodney Figueiredo wrote: > > I recently discovered more of my Azorean ancestors going back to the 1680s > in Angra do Heroísmo. However, I'm having trouble deciphering the > information next to my 8th great-grandmother's name. Can anyone make it > out? The record is on the following page, bottom right. > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-CONCEICAO-C-1681-1714/TER-AH-CONCEICAO-C-1681-1714_item1/P16.html > > Lourenço Franco (also known as Lourenço Vaz Franco) was a ship captain and > there are actually some records of him being part of a shipwreck off the > coast of Brazil in 1693. However, what I'm intrigued about on this record > is the information about his wife Maria de Macedo. It says that he married > Maria de Macedo, and then there's a word that follows that I can't make > out. It looks like "uececca" which means nothing to me. I would > appreciate anyone's help if they can decipher it. > > Thanks. > > Rodney > -- 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.
