Like Lee, I am very curious about those people named after the groom's 
deceased parents.  The first, Manuel Andrade, seems to be the priest, then 
it looks like Jose de Medeiros da Camera, ??? Jose Martins, Martinho Rapozo 
and Joseph Rapozo.  I haven't seen this done before.

My first thought is that one or more was standing in for the deceased 
parents because perhaps the groom had not reached majority age (I don't 
know if he had or not).  But if this is the case, why so many people?

Bill Seidler 

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