Diane, the obito does appear to state that Maria was age 85 at death, but, if that first letter is actually an "s" with an exaggerated tail, it would read age 75 at death.
I say this because it appears that the scribe used a "selective flourish" on a couple of words - one being Maria's age, and, the other, the daughter's status as "Solteira (single)." Both words include an exaggerated tail on the letter "s." If this is in fact the case, this Maria d'Avila would actually be ten years younger (75) when she passed away. My suggestion to you would be to confirm Maria's age by researching her marriage - which actually states the ages of the bride and groom. That should put to rest any questions as to whether you have the correct couple. On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:48:30 PM UTC-4, DiG 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.
