Oh thank you for enlightening me. Of course: the blacksmith.!! I had never thought of the importance of the blacksmith but it totally makes sense. What a nice piece of information to share with the family.
Maria Elena > On Sep 3, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Sonia Pacheco <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
