On the baptism, I see the same parent names that you do. Manuel was born on 3 Oct 1846 and baptized on the 25th of the same month. Parish is, as you said, Arcanjo São Miguel, Prioral de Villa Franca (of the Villa Franca priory). Joaquim Ferreira Souto is the priest (Cura). Padrinhos (godparents) are José dos Santos Tavares, single, parishioner of São Pedro and Theresa Ludovina, also single, parishioner of this priory. Witnesses are Manuel Jacinto dos Santos and Antonio Cabral, the caretaker (sacristão) and bell-ringer (sineiro) of this church.
For Manuel's marriage to Maria: The date is 28 Dec 1873 and the parish is the same as above but written as "igreja Matriz Prioral de Archanjo de Sam Miguel, concelho de Villa Franca do Campo, diocese de Angra" I don't know if this means that in 1846 (the above baptism) Arcanjo Sao Miguel came under the Priory of Villa Franca, but in this 1873 record it is now the mother church of the priory; but in any case, we are talking about the same parish. Manuel Luiz and Maria de Jesus, he is 27 years of age, single, soldier of the sixth company, infantry battalion number eleven (infantry is a guess; caçadores literally translates as hunters), stationed in the city of Ponta Delgada and with the permission of his commander, native and baptized in this parish, son of Antonio Luiz and Francisca Thomasia, natives of this parish of Sam Miguel. She is 24 years of age, single, living with her parents, native, resident, and baptized in this parish of Sam Miguel, daughter of Manuel da Costa and Claudina Concieção, natives of this same parish of Sam Miguel. Witnesses are Manuel Jacinto de Andrade and Antonio de Lima Carvalho. For Antonio's marriage to Francisca Thomazia: Parish I believe is the same, this time written as Igreja Prioral de Sam Miguel de Villa Franca do Campo and the date is 20 April 1835. I think Jose Francisco Tavares de Mello is a priest that issued some sort of ruling and Jose Francisco Tavares de Lima is the priest that wrote this record. Witnesses are Marianno José Lopes and Antonio Nunes Furtado. The first is married and the second is "sui juris" (single and takes care of himself, I think). Groom is Antonio Luiz, son of Francisco Luiz and Maria do Rosario. Bride is Fransica Thomazia, daughter of João de Pimental and Rosa Jacinta, parishioners of the referred to parish. I apologize in advance for any errors. This one just interested me because I've never seen military details as the one marriage record shows. 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.
