Thank you Richard- very interesting. I thought it was a marriage approved by the family of the deceased wife because the witnesses were related to the first wife. A little more digging to get tiny answers!
Maria Elena > On Feb 28, 2014, at 6:48 PM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maria, > The mores at the time was that it was not considered proper for an unmarried > couple to live in the same house. Having a young child was a driving force > on getting married quickly in order that the child could have a woman to > take care of him/her 24/7. > > It is sometimes interesting where this second wife came from. In some cases > she was related to the first wife either a cousin or sister. I have seen > many second wives that were pais incognito as well kind of a win-win > situation the husband got a wife to run his household and the wife got a > family and the security and acceptance that went with it. > > Rick > > Richard Francis Pimentel > Spring, TX > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Paul Lima > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 5:24 PM > To: AZORES > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] widower marries within three months > > just a follow up. > > I was curious if this couple had children and thus the reason the husband > would need a mother for his children. They did have a child who was 9 > months old when she died. Just thought I'd share the results of my little > curiosity. > > Thanks for your help. > > maria elena > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
