The Priest wrote "verterano catropa de linha" Translation: veteran of the front line troops.
Margaret Vicente On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:25 PM, IslandRoutes <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found my 3rd great grandfather's obito in Maia, Ribeira Grande, > 1884. It is image #7, #17 for Felicianno de Mello: > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-MAIA-O-1880-1889/SMG-RG-MAIA-O-1880-1889_item1/P98.html > > I need help with the phrase after his name. It starts veterano _______ de > linha. Second word looks like "catropa". I know that he was a soldier in > a battalion on the island from records from the 1830s, so I assume that > this is what it refers to. > > Thanks for your help! > > -- > 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.
