My grandmother, Francisca, had three Maria sisters. Not unusual except the order Maria, Maria, Francisca, Maria of the four girls matches the pattern exactly for the previous generation Maria, Maria, Francisca, Maria. The first two Marias of my grandmother's generation each married a Manoel Lima. Took years to sort that out.
On a related note, I have a few "expostas" in my ancestry and none of them are named Maria. Is that intentional? Was the name Maria reserved for "legitimate" children? David On Friday, January 2, 2015 12:15:08 PM UTC-8, Paul wrote: > I understand from a previous post that most Portuguese families had one > Manuel and multiple Maria's, but four? Dan from Portuguese Hawaiian > Genealogy Society sent me a packet a little over a month ago with > information on my paternal grandparents families. I knew my great > grandparents, the Silva's had eight children but Dan's info said nine. > Today I found the missing child (the parents and grandparents match all > other baptismo's). The link below is for Maria (#4 in their family) starts > on the lower left and continues on the upper right. I see she was baptised > on 24 June 1900, was she born on the fourth day of the current month and > year? At least that is what I am seeing after her name. > > > *http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_item1/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_JPG/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_1900_0016.jpg* > > <http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_item1/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_JPG/SMG-PV-LOMBADOLOUCAO-B-1900-1904_1900_0016.jpg> > > Thanks, > Paul G. > -- 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.
