Thank you Hermano and Margaret! I guess my next question would be does "veteran of the front line troops" mean anything special or is it a generic line for most soldiers? I've read many of the obitos in Maia from 1860-1884ish and this is the first time I've seen this notation.
On Sunday, November 2, 2014 3:14:24 PM UTC-8, Mara wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
