It looks like it says "em presence de mim", followed by the priest's name (as Bill pointed out), so I would assume that rest of the names are of witnesses to the marriage. Usually, it would say "testamunhos", but I don't see that. On the other hand, I loose the thread of it entirely where the ink fades, sooooo.... FWIW, that's my best theory.
Some of my cousin's are Pavao's-- will let them know about their famous connection :) Thanks! Linda On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 9:52:11 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > 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 > -- 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.
