Aaron, I don't have access to that particular index but think the names you're looking for are Josefa Oliveira...what you're seeing may be old form. Also Engraçia or Engracia, derived from Grace of G-d, or Engraced by g-d or simply Grace.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Aaron Pereira <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have worked and strained my eyes for the last week to read through the > 1690-1728 marriages of Achada Grande, Nordeste. But, I have not found the > marriage of Manuel da Silva and Jozefa ?Leira?. I'm aware there are a few > indexes that were completed in the 1800's and early 1900's, Ernest Canto > among others. Our group here has had a few posts about the indexes. > > I'll get to the point...If anyone has access to the Canto's index and can > give me information on marriage of Manuel da Silva and Jozefa Leira?. > Manuel and Jozefa have children born in the 1720's and early 1730's, so I > know they're married and I know it's in the 1690 to 1728 record book. > > I plan on working to make a copy of Canto's index when I visit the Azores; > and will kindly repay your helpfulness by helping other people find and > extend their family trees, or quid pro quo. > > Here is a little background....I have the family info, but can't go beyond > Manuel and Jozefa....due to deteiorated records > > *Manuel da Silva m. Jozefa Leira*? *date unknown* > > *son* > > Joao da Silva m. Engralia Furtado de Sousa 01/21/1759 never seen the > name Engralia, I thought for sure it may have been Engrasia, a derivative > of Ignacia, but her baptism clearly reads Engralia, even after accouting > for the strange shaped 'S' of 1700 & 1800's Azores. > > *son* > > Francisco da Silva married Maria de Resendes Pimentel 04/08/1799 > > *son* > > Manuel da Silva m. Maria Francisca de Faria 07/05/1841. > > > > The Manuel I'm interested would have married sometime between 1715 to > 1728 > > Thank you very much. > > > > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
