Doug Are you forgetting the rock quarries. I know tha where I come from, (one the Parishes in Lagoa is Cabouco) Lagoa, S. Miguel there were at least three that kept a few men ocupied. :) From: p...@dholmes.com To: azores@googlegroups.com CC: maria.lima...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Meaning of "Cabouquiero" and "Proprietero" Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:06:49 -0700
Maria, I got a copy of my message about this and it didn't come empty.But in case I'm the only one who got it, I'm replying with my original message quoted below. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618www.dholmes.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Meaning of "Cabouquiero" and "Proprietero" From: <p...@dholmes.com> Date: Sat, February 15, 2014 10:33 am To: azores@googlegroups.com I have serious doubts that the translation of caboqueiro, cavoqueiro, cabouqueiro means they worked in mines. I have checked several of my marriage databases for the various Pico and Terceira villages where they list the occupations of the groom and it seems to me the definition we should be applying is one more like the laborer working in the fields and digging the dirt. Maybe it could also apply to someone digging for construction in city projects, perhaps working with the stone masons to build a house. There certainly might be mines on every island, but there's no way they are in every village on every island where we can find men listed like that when they are married and when their occupations are listed at the time one of their children is baptized. Seems to me they would use the term "mineiro" for someone working in a mine. Maybe a native of the Azores could enlighten us more about this. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618www.dholmes.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Meaning of "Cabouquiero" and "Proprietero" From: Maria Lima <maria.lima...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, February 15, 2014 7:50 am To: "azores@googlegroups.com" <azores@googlegroups.com> Thanks to all who have shed light on the meaning of cabouquiero. There must be quarries there in Sao Miguel- right(?). Are there newspapers digitized from 1852 era? I confirmed information on Antonio's 2 sons from Listers on the Goldfields List. He himself was not in the Pioneer List; so I imagine he returned to the Azores but need to verify. In Victoria they use the "Digger- Victoria Pioneer Index". (That was during the gold rush in Victoria more or less. So Antonio took his 2 sons and went off to Australia. The index is 1836-1888. He left in 1852. A lister on the Goldfields List gave me the info that one of the sons married an English girl there in Victoria and she had an eight year old that died and was buried there. As this person was giving me this information, she wrote: "oh, no! it looks like the wife died 9 months after they were married." (!). She owned a "fruit" store on Albert Street and she and Jacinto lived upstairs. I found the newspaper advertisement where he advertised he was selling the store and whatever belongings went with the sale as he was leaving the country after she died. Someone sent me a photo of the grave where she is buried with her 8year old. There's a beautiful poem she had engraved on the stone and it says wife of Jacinto de Lima. So he returned to the Azores- Actually, thanks to Shirley Allegre. Shirley is the person who cracked the story for me. She read what was written on his marriage record. When he was marrying in the Azores, the priest recorded he was a widower and his wife was buried in Melbourne and he told the priest her name was Dona Carlotta Augusta. Turned out to be Charlotte Staley. (Funny) Finding the story of these guys is AMAZING! it has helped put "flesh on the bones" of these ancestor". When he returned to the Azores with his money or whatever he had, he married his first cousin- his older sister's daughter! Then in 3 months he died!! He died without knowing he was to be a father. That son, many years later, left a 32 page autobiography which I found when my mother in law died and I had to dispose of her house and everything in it. That little autobiography is gold to me and it testifies of the value of keeping a journal. The son never mentioned the goldfields or where the money came from- just said that the the stepfather squandered his inheritance and the mother sold the properties. He would not mention the step fathers name in the journal. Truly a saga! You all have many stories like this I'm sure. By learning the different meanings of Cabouqueiro I think the definition of "Digger" makes sense. Thank you for the links on the ships. Maria Elena On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:59 PM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" <rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> wrote: That Australian slang for Soldier probably goes back to WW I and the digging of trenches. Rick Richard Francis PimentelSpring, TX From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Soares Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 9:22 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Meaning of "Cabouquiero" and "Proprietero" Digger is also common slang meaning Soldier in Australia Tony -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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