Hi Barbara, Mariante is also a surname. If he is listed as Jose Silveira Mariante/Maritimo I would imagine the word Mariante is one of his surnames and Maritimo describes his ocupation.
Antonio On Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:17:32 AM UTC-7, Barbara Bluhm wrote: > > Hello and thank you for your well written, understandable reply. The > reason I asked was while researching my family I saw as the occupation of > my second greatgrandfather, Jose Silveia, Mariante/Marítimo > <http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=FETEIRA;lang=en;p=jose;n=silveira;oc=15>, > > Freguesia da Feteira, Faial. It made me wonder why two words to describe > his occupaton. Other records I have seen list only one word for occupation. > It made me curious! > > Thank you again, your response is appreciated, > > Best Regards, Barbara Pacheco Bluhm > > > On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 4:40:06 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: >> >> Barbara, >> >> There may be others in the group that may have a broader background in >> word etymology but here's my interpretation. Mariante and Maritimo are >> interchangeable words that can be given the same meaning at the times (era) >> they were being used to describe a profession but, the word mariante >> present day "marujo" meaning sailor, man of the sea, man that navigates the >> Sea. While Maritimo could mean the same yet this word has a much broader >> range but it seemed to have replaced "mariante" for the occupation of >> sailors or fisherman but in most cases it meant "fisherman". >> >> Hope this helps >> >> Margaret Ficente >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Barbara Bluhm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My male ancestors from the island of Faial, Feteira are listed as >>> Mariante and Maritimo. I was wondering is there is a difference between the >>> terms. Other male ancestors are listed as Trabahador, a worker. A worker >>> could mean many types of work, maybe farm work? All women in my family are >>> Domesticas which makes me wonder if women had outside of the home >>> occupations, and, if working outside the home, would this work be >>> recognized in parish records, birth, marriage, death. >>> >>> Ideas appreciated, Barbara >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Margaret M Vicente >> > -- 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.
