If you notice that in between the two names of the signature is a cross (+) - I would say that the priest signed for them and they signed with a "+". Also note that all the signatures are in the same handwriting.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Manita M <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm definitely curious and I think you've made an excellent observation. > > Love to the thoughts on this. > On Sep 22, 2015 2:45 PM, "Maria Lima" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> (Cheri: I don't know if this should b a new thread on literacy of the >> early inhabitants on Santa Maria island. ). >> >> Last night I was going through the baptism records of Santo Espirito (NS >> de Purificacao) on Santa Maria in early 1700 ( the first island settled ?) >> and I noticed something that amazed me. Almost *without exception* >> the people who signed at the bottom of the records, had BEAUTIFUL >> penmanship. - not just the priest and witness but especially the >> Padrinho!! This really got me to wonder about the topic being discussed >> here. Where did they come from? We're they educated in Portugal and were >> they literate(?). At first I thought it was just one record or two >> records, but after noticing this and then going through maybe twenty or so >> records, I started to look to see the signatures and I just marveled at >> the ability to sign their name with clarity and fancy flourishes in the >> letters. If they could sign their names so proficiently, do you think they >> were literate? >> >> Their ability to sign their name in 1702 made me wonder if MOST of those >> who settled on Santa Maria during the late 1600's came from wealthy >> families in Portugal. It got me curious. >> >> I wanted to give out a yell to some of you who know so much about the >> early inhabitants of Santa Maria island. Is there a book that gives >> information about the early inhabitants of the island. (?) >> >> Here's just one example with Joseph de Resendes being a godfather: >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1700-1710/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1700-1710_item1/P8.html >> >> Thanks for reading my email. >> >> Maria Elena >> >> On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:20 PM, A Faria <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a Portuguese link regarding the demographics in the city of Porto >> at the time the Azores were discovered the Population was being heavily >> taxed to widen a street(Rua Nova known today as Rua do Infante D. Henrique) >> , there was a grain shortage, and grain was very expensive, this I suspect >> is representative of what was occurring nationally. On Pico island land was >> being given to those willing to clear the rocky soil and turn it into >> productive farm land. >> >> http://www.portopatrimoniomundial.com/rua-do-infante-d-henrique.html >> >> http://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/aphes30/docs/progdocs/FABIANO%20FERRAMOSCA.pdf >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:00:55 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >>> >>> Repost for Miguel Deavery, migueldeavery at gmail.com >>> >>> I often wonder why some of our ancestors went to the Azores ?Did they go >>> freely or were they forced ? Beautiful Islands in the middle of nowhere.I >>> think our ancestors were courageous to leave Portugal than go to the >>> Azores and than leave again to go throughout the world to give us >>> opportunities they never had in their own lives.I know the Azores Islands >>> are beautiful but it must of been isolating for those living there not to >>> long ago. I once heard a saying but where I don't recall. 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