Great suggestion! However in this case, Antónia de São José was the mother of Manoel Jozé da Cunha (13 Feb 1843) - pai incognito ... :(
Thanks for the advice! On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:46:29 AM UTC-7, rcapodc wrote: > > Eric, I'm answering you in both places! > > try looking at the baptisms right before her (Antonia's) marriage. > Sometimes the baptism isn't found by the Priest (forgot to enter it in the > book!) and the woman getting married has to be rebaptised right before her > marriage. This happened in my greatgrandmom's case. In order to be married > in the Catholic Church you had to be baptised and somehow recording her > baptism may have been missed. > > > > Rosemarie > [email protected] <javascript:> > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Eric Souza <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I've been searching for the birth record for my third >> great-grandmother, Antónia de São José, from Topo, São Jorge. She is the >> mother of my great-great-grandfather, Manoel Jozé da Cunha (13 Feb 1843) - >> Manoel's father is unknown, which unfortunately is where my direct paternal >> line ends. >> >> I've found records for four of Antónia's siblings: >> >> Maria da Cunha (20 May 1816) >> Manoel da Cunha (5 Sep 1817) >> Maria da Cunha (20 Nov 1822) >> Manoel da Cunha (Nov 1825) >> >> Parents are Manoel Jozé da Cunha (28 Mar 1773) and Maria de São José. >> >> I've gone through a couple of times and haven't found her! Ugh! I >> especially looked through the gap between 1817 and 1822, but also looked a >> few years before and after. >> >> Does this name ring a bell for anyone? >> >> Thanks! >> - Eric >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- 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.

