John, Grosso is an alcunha meaning, fat, strong.
The surname Raposo in Miguel da Costa [Raposo] (m. to Ana de Andrade) is a good clue. Luzia Carvalho, the mother of Manuel da Costa Carvalho, was the daughter of Manuel Raposo. Manoel Em quinta-feira, 21 de julho de 2016 13:30:42 UTC-3, JR escreveu: > > Thank you, Manuel!! > > It may surprise you to know that I did not know Vila Franca had marriage > records in the mid 1650's. Because when I last checked years ago, all I saw > were empty pages and assumed, rather foolishly, that the whole period had > nothing in it. Then I saw your posts and noticed the mid 1600 dates, so now > I am revisiting the whole period. Lots missing, but many are still in good > shape. > > I think there may still be conflict with Manuel da Costa Grosso, so I will > recheck my records. > > These marriages clearly indicate father as Manuel Costa Grosso and not > Carvalho: > > Francisca da Costa cc Joao da Costa (Romeiro), May 24- 1728 > Joao da Costa cc Francisca de Pimentel, Feb 13- 1736 > Miguel da Costa Raposo cc Ana de Andrade, Jan 1- 1755 > > JR > > > > > > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
