Thank you for both replies, Margaret. Very helpful!!! On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 6:43:26 PM UTC-7, Mara wrote: > > Evee, > > Jose Maria de Bettencourt, married and a Customs Officer was the godfather > by proxy and his Procurator was Padre (Father) Manuel Polycarpo Pereira da > Terra, Cura of this church with Dona Ignacia (Inacia) .....who was also > represented via proxy by Sabina da Terra, single. > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Evee Silva Kiler <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This is the birth record for Inacia Herminia de Sousa...record number 14 >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-SR-SANTOAMARO-B-1860-1890/PIC-SR-SANTOAMARO-B-1860-1890_item1/P161.html >> >> The record is easy to read (very legible), but I'm having trouble >> *translating* to get the gist of the godparents' role in all of this. >> >> I think I read this: >> Parents: >> Jacyntho Pedro Leite de Souza is from Povoacao and is a guard at the >> customs department >> Ana Theodora da Gloria is employed in domestic government >> >> Grandparents: >> Paternal: >> Joao Antonio de Medeiros >> Florinda Theodora de Jesus >> Maternal: >> Antonio Jose das Neves >> Marianna Josepha ca Conceicao >> >> Godparents: Here's where I'm having trouble understanding what these >> people do: >> >> Jose Maria de Bettencourt is married and he seems to work at the customs >> department...then something about being a representative/attorney for the >> Padre Manuel Polycaspo Pereira da Terra >> Dona Ignacia Machado Soares de'Bettencourt is married and is >> representative/attorney for Sabina de Terra who is single. >> >> Can someone help me understand what I'm reading? >> >> Thank you!! >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >
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