85 years old
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Diane George <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I recently had a match on My Heritage with a tree that has a Maria de > Avila, married to Pedro Dutra Alvernas or “o Cabaco”. I believe that they > are my 9th great grandparents. The person on My Heritage found a death > record for Maria at > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-CASTELOBRANCO-O-1643-1722/FAL-HT-CASTELOBRANCO-O-1643-1722_item1/P210.html > (middle record on the right side). I am trying to decipher the age of Maria > at the time of death and also any other names that appear in the death > record. I can read the deceased husband’s name and a daughter, Catarina > Dutra, but I can’t read most of the rest of the record. > > > > The reason I want the age is that the listing for Maria on the My Heritage > tree has her birth in 1635, but her first child isn’t born until 1673 and > her last child is born in 1689. That makes her 38 at the first birth and 54 > for the last birth which seems unlikely. The birth record cited for Maria > de Avila is at > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-CASTELOBRANCO-B-1624-1706/FAL-HT-CASTELOBRANCO-B-1624-1706_item1/P22.html > > I am not sure how the owner of the tree concluded that this is her Maria > since there are at least 4 Marias on the page. I also don’t know how she > decided to look at the records for that time period for Maria since she > does have a record for the husband Pedro that indicates he was baptized in > 1650. It seems more likely that Maria would have a birth date closer to his. > > > > I am hoping that the age of Maria at death will point to a birth year I > can search. I am reluctant to contact the owner of the tree directly with > the these questions because I am not sure I can convey them in Portuguese > which appears to be her language. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Diane George > > > > > > -- > 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.
