Now I’m on a search for Manuel’s father Francisco Jose (Feitor) da Costa. Thank you for the marriage record. In the margin of the record, I believe it says that Francisco was 25 and Maria de Jesus was 18. This would mean that he would have been born around 1791. I searched through all of the Matriz birth records from 1786 through 1799 and I couldn’t find him. I also looked in Sao Pedro. Will keep hunting......
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:53:59 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > The information you entered was very limited, it would be nice if you > could post the 1864 and the 1869 birth record links. However I took a peak > at the indices and did find a birth record for a child by the name of > Antonio born to Manuel da Costa and Filomena Augusta da Conceicao which > leads me to believe this may be your couple. Does the surname "Feitor" > mean anything to you? > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889_item1/P79.html > > > I did not find their marriage record under Costa or Feitor. It is > possible the bride may have been from a different place where the marriage > took place. Did find Manuel's parents marriage record I in 1816. > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820_item1/P47.html > > Check it out, > > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:14 PM, JR <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Well, I have a couple of suggestions. You may have to the nearby >> villages, such as Ribeira das Tainhas and Agua de Pau, Agua de Alto. They >> are adjacent to Vila Franca. Have you checked that Manuel da Costa may go >> by another name. Filomena is much rarer in pre-1900's, but sometimes may >> actually be Maria Filomena. >> >> In the period between about 1860 forward, grandparents were listed in >> marriages and baptisms. What do those documents say? >> >> JR >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:28:47 AM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone. >>> >>> I'm loving the new indices that Matriz, VFDC uploaded for births, >>> marriages and deaths! >>> >>> Along those lines, I've been searching for the marriage record of my 2nd >>> great grandparents, Manuel da Costa and Filomena da Conceicao (also known >>> as Filomena Augusta). According to the birth record of their son Jose >>> (first born of that name) from December 1864 at Matriz VFDC, the two of >>> them were natives of Matriz and were married there (it says that). I also >>> have the birth records of their twin daughters, Maria and Jacinta from >>> 1869. >>> >>> I have searched high and low for their marriage record at Matriz before >>> the indices came out. Now that the indices have been uploaded their >>> marriage doesn't appear in it at all for any year. There is a Manuel da >>> Costa and Filomena da Conceicao in the 1890's, but it can't be them. I >>> also searched Sao Pedro.....no luck there either. >>> >>> Any thoughts on how I should approach this? Is it possible that it was >>> just a civil ceremony? Wouldn't that have been frowned upon back then? >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
