Joe M. is correct that Manuel's godparent is Theresa Lucianna (not Ludovina as I wrote). The tail of the "f" in the above line made me think there was a "d" there instead of a "c".
Bill On Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:20:59 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > 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.
