I am curious what others think of this marriage that I came across in Achada. The marriage took place in 1777. The couple is distantly related to me.
What caught my eye was the years of baptismal. The groom was baptized in "mille sette centos secenta e quarto annos" = 1764. The bride in "mille sette centos secenta e seis" = 1766. Portuguese numbers kind of trip me up so I checked my translations and confirmed them. This would mean the groom was 13 and the bride 11? I have never seen such a young couple in the Azores! Here is the marriage record for reference: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1758-1787/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1758-1787_item1/P94.html I began to think that maybe the Priest made a mistake. He was tired. He really meant 1754 and 1756 (or something else), not 1764 and 1766. I decided to find the baptismal records to see if they were in those years. I found the groom, Joze, in 1764 (bottom of left hand page, son of Matheus Correa): http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-ACHADA-B-1751-1770/SMG-ND-ACHADA-B-1751-1770_item1/P97.html And, I found the bride, Roza, in 1766 (left hand side bottom, dau of Domingas Pimentel): http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-ACHADA-B-1751-1770/SMG-ND-ACHADA-B-1751-1770_item1/P109.html I have not translated out the marriage record in it's entirety yet as I haven't had a chance to really work through it. I wonder what other researchers think. Did these two really marry so young? Would they have set up house at such a young age--would their have been a delay until they were older? As I said, I have never come across a couple so young in my research. It's sparked my curiosity. And, if I'm reading these records incorrectly, please let me know! I'm vital record and swear word fluent in Portuguese, so I could be missing something or misinterpreting words. -- 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.
