Thanks Cherri, I will try to go back and do some more research On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 11:13:20 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Linda McL, > > You need to watch out for "family stories." Sometimes, that is what they > are - just stories. Usually told to amuse the kids (especially before radio > and television). These kids grew up and became our parents or grandparents > and retold the stories that they heard as children. And childhood memories > can be funny things. No one wants to call grandma a liar, but if she is > telling a story that she heard as a child, it may be just a story that was > told to amuse her. Little kids are gullible and believe most things they > are told. > > Manuel's baptism had margin notes. Only 1 marriage was noted. I think it > said he married in the 1920s. Those records are not online. I've seen > margin notes where they noted the marriage, noted that the marriage was > dissolved by death of the spouse and they married a 2nd time. Could someone > have forgot to note a marriage? Well, they are human and humans make > mistakes. But probably not. The only way to be sure would be to order > Manuel's marriage from the 1920s and see if it says he was the widower of > ________ and is marrying Maria Cabral. > > You need to go back to Manuel's parents' marriage - the marriage of > Jacinto d'Andrade and Escolastica de Jesus. It's in Rabo de Peixe in 1896. > It's going to clarify some of your questions above and raise more. > > 28 is not too old to get married. Many married when they were older in the > Azores. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada >
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