"Thank you all so much. I have also noticed that the *obituary on the bottom left (Antonio de Medeiros Pacheco-70 yrs. old) also died under the same circumstances *and his record may be a little clearer but not so much for me because I am still unfamiliar with those particular words. This is very exciting. I love history. More now than when I was in school.
Thank you Luciana for the translation help and you Bill for the history link. I'm going to look over it carefully and include relevant excerpts. This puts it all in a wonderful context. I now wonder if Francisco was a supporter of the current regime or if his death was collateral damage in taking control of the island. On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 5:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that you got the gist of it, as confirmed by Luciana. That's an > exciting piece of history. > > My guesses to the two words in question are: Line 6: rejeitante > (rejecting, such as resisting an invading force) and line 7: serenissima > (most serene; I found this descriptor used for many queens and princesses). > > I found an account of this battle at > *https://archive.org/stream/azoresorwestern00walk/azoresorwestern00walk_djvu.txt* > <https://archive.org/stream/azoresorwestern00walk/azoresorwestern00walk_djvu.txt> > > Count Villa Flor's forces sailed from Terceira and made landfall at > Achadinha on 1 August 1831, just one day before the death in this obit. > > 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 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.
