That was a real tragedy. Many of them were cousins, 1st or 2nd, and a few were my relatives, like great-grandchildren of my ancestors. The ages weren't stated in the death record, but they ranged from their 20s and up.
Just yesterday I was looking through the obitos for Prainha do Norte, Pico and found a lady's death that said she died in a fire at sea. If I recall, she was only married a couple years, so was very young.
You'll see many instances of people who died at sea in the Pico death records.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Shipwreck
From: Margaret Vicente <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, August 23, 2014 9:32 pm
To: azores <[email protected]>
Hi Maria,I don't think you should be looking for a shipwreck per se. The translation is incorrect. It should read, "sank a boat from this Parish in which died.....". The words were "naufragou um barco desta freguesia em que morreram...". A barco is a small vessel not a ship. Those men must have been all fishermen.Margaret VicenteOn Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 7:29 PM, GS1138 <[email protected]> wrote:
--Sorry, the previous e-mail was missing the attachment.The death record for my 6th great grandfather documents him and seven other men who on 20 October 1759, died in a shipwreck. I been trying to find information on shipwrecks in the Azores and haven't found anything. Does anyone know of any book or sites on this subject?I've attached the record in a word documents as well as the transcription and summary translation.Maria
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