Oh Nancy- that's funny to me because it said "oficial de Fereiros" so I thought oficial meant an official. You might be right. That would make more sense. So the word that's throwing me off is the title of oficial😄 . Thanks so much.
Maria Elena > On Sep 3, 2015, at 3:30 PM, nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My guess would be that he put shoes on horses and mules and made other useful > objects out of iron. > > Nancy Jean > > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Occupation of father in a 1727 baptism record > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:26:45 -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > > > 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. -- 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.
