Thank you Doug- I'm still getting over the shock but if I cannot find another marriage record for them- then I'll be sure. Thank you so much
Maria Elena Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2014, at 10:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Maria, > > I have seen this many, many times where the groom is way younger than the > bride. > There can be many reasons for it. Just take any guess. > One could be he was more poor than the bride. Maybe she had some family > wealth and he thought that's a pretty good deal, even if she's way older. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > > When I realized she was born in 1722 I did a double take! Her husband > Antonio was born in 1740! IF I was following the right parents of Antonio and > Antonia. > > Thats when I wrote the LIST (the GURU's here!!:) - again. > > I wondered if I found the correct marriage record for Antonio Botteilho and > Antonia de Jesus. Maybe I've been chasing children of these two couples on > the marriage record both of who, "coincidentally" had a son named Antonio in > the case of the paternal and who fits the 20 year rule) ) and a daughter > named Antonia, born 1722! She was old enough to be Antonio's mother. > mother. > > Have you seen this before? It didn't say she was widowed either from the > marriage record I found. > > > -- > 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.
