The ceremonial act of the child presentation is being erroneously interpreted.
Link 1: Henrique is not a child of Rufino. The priest says he named the child Henrique of incognito parents. The child was presented to him by Emilia de Jesus wife of Rufino who is away. The presenter of the child could be the parents or a family member but in this case of parents unknown perhaps Emilia was caring for the baby at this point. Link 2: exposto child also presented by Emilia. It is safe to conclude that either Emilia was the church housekeeper or she was looking after abandoned babies. When records say "ausente" it really means not present for this act or in fact away because they took jobs elsewhere on the island or emigrated. On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Joao Ventura, the archivist, explained this at our conference in Salt > Lake. I hope Rosemarie or another attendee remembers better than I do. > "Auzente" or "ausente" is absent. That person was absent when someone came > by. (This is where I hope someone else remembers). They were absent from > doing the Lenten confession or something. I can't remember what. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
