A ferreiro is actually a blacksmith, and yes, this was a key position in a village.
Sonia Sónia Pacheco Librarian Archivist Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives Claire T. Carney Library University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 Tel. 508-999-8695 Fax 508-999-8424 Email [email protected] Web site: http://library.umassd.edu/paa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Lima" <[email protected]> To: "AZORES" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 4:26:45 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Occupation of father in a 1727 baptism record Left page, second person (Antonio) It must have been an important position because I found two men with the same exact name where the record said- Joseph de MELLO, official de Fereiros. However, their wives had different first names but both were De Andrade. At first I thought they could be the same person except the two men were from different parishes. One from Santa Barbara and the other fromNS de Assuncao on island of Santa Maria. Both wives were from the same parish. Does anyone know what that occupation was way back in 1727? Fereira relates to ferro or iron(?). I don't think they had railroads there (?). It seems unusual to record the occupation back in those days. Maybe copper? This is on Santa Maria island. Here's the link to my ancestor, in case I didn't read it correctly- official de ferreiros (!) (?) http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-ASSUNCAO-B-1720-1733/SMA-VP-ASSUNCAO-B-1720-1733_item1/P164.html Thanks for helping me. It's cool to have an occupation for an ancestor who lived in 1727! Now if I only knew what it was!! Maria Elena -- 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. -- 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.
