Many thanks, Cheri. This helps. Having a clue about her name helps as I now may have better luck finding the marriage record.
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 1:15:34 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > I have found the ship record for the brother of my great-grandfather, > Manuel Luis Vieira (de Madeiros—de Medeiros dropped in the U.S.). It is at > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1859-1867/item1/P64.html > > (attached). > > In the record, Luis Vieira de Madeiros is #38. In the "companion" column > at the far right, there are several words I can't quite make out: > > It says he is traveling with his wife and I believe her name follows > (can't clearly make out all of her names), a brother (word with d follows > and I can't make that out, and it seems odd that the brother's name is not > listed). Then it lists (and the endings definitely look feminine) Anta > Franca widow (Antonia Francisca—consistent with records I have that > indicate she would be a sister of Manuel and Luis), 2 filhos (children) > Maria 11 anos (?) e (and what I think is Manuel but I can't figure out what > follows.) > > Luis also had two brothers named Antonio (found on the Portuguese > genealogy website CITEM). > > I would so appreciate help determining if what I have translated is > correct and identifying the parts I couldn't figure out. > -- 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.
