The dictionary says its a bird, a crane. They adopted all sorts of nicknames, sometimes appropriate and obvious, but other times, who knows why.
JR On Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:20:36 AM UTC-5, Herb wrote: > > Thanks Margaret and thanks to others who posted on this. I think this > closes the mystery on my Maria Mello and my Gamboa/Grou ancestors. They > were from Ponta Garca through Nordestinho I posted on this a few days ago > and JR and Richard and Angela responded. Couldn't have done it without > their insights and JRs encouragement and tenacity to keep searching. > > It's an unusual name Grou isn't it?. I'm not sure I have ever seen it. I > wonder if it's Portuguese in origin? > > Herb > > > > > On Sunday, November 16, 2014 12:45:03 AM UTC-5, Mara wrote: > >> Herb, >> >> They were born 5 min apart on the 4th day February 1862 >> >> The margin note: Victoria passed away in this Parish yesterday. >> >> I can't make out the exact date but the year was 1938. >> >> Margaret Vicente >> >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Herb and Judi Silva < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Starting on bottom left >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt >>> /biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1860-1867/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1860-1867_item1/P79. >>> html >>> >>> perhaps someone can make out what it says in the margin. These were >>> twin girls but apparently born days apart. Did one of them die? This is >>> fascinating to me as twins run in my family on mom's side. This is the line >>> I was asking about a few days ago involving my ancestor Francisco Raposo >>> Gamboa >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Herb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
