Hi JR, I looked at the church books in Lomba da Santa Barbara, Sao Miguel, and found the marriage of Joao Moraes on Nov. 10, 1867. There were 3 children born that died young and then in 1881, an Ana who also moved to RI. When she died she left in her will "100.00 to my sister, Mary Perry, in Oakland, CA." That fits it being her sister Maria who married Filipe Perry, and lived in Oakland, CA.
I also found a Seraphine born in 1882 to these same parents and his being the first to immigrate to RI. The last one I found was a Jose, born in 1883, and I have communicated with a descendent of his that told me Jose had a sister that was Mary and her married last name was Perry. Joao (the father) died in 1889. Maria's daughter told me that her mother was born when her father was 5 years old. Thus, the 1885 date for her birth made sense. I looked at every Maria born during that time with a mother named, Jacintha Libiana. That name gave me a better chance to find her. I found nothing. I thought maybe she had been born while her mother was visiting another village. I searched for the same information in ALL the villages that border Lomba da Santa Barbara. (By the name it is no longer called "Lomba" it is just Santa Barbara. Again I found nothing that matched the information I had. In addition to my searching, Joao Ventura has looked at the records and thinks that the priest just did not record her baptism. (or, as Cheri often says, the priest could have had "too much vinho" and forgot to records it. Again, any ideas you can offer are greatly appreciated. Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected] -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/5/16, JR <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The elusive Maria Christo To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 5, 2016, 4:48 PM There are at least three Santa Barbara's. Two on Sao Miguel and one on Ilha de Santa Maria. Saa Miguel has one above Ribeira Seca (Ribeira Grande) and another west of Santo Antonio. JR On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 6:41:09 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote:Hi Celeste, Lomba da Santa Barbara in Ribeira Grande is here: http://tombo.pt/f/rbg12 I'm guessing you've already looked? I know I had one ancestor that wasn't baptized until a month before his marriage, 25 years later. I've also seen a few baptisms where they baptized the child 2, 3, 4 years later. Rather unusual, but it happened. Maybe there was an illness in the family and they had themselves quarantined or maybe they were in the middle of harvest and didn't get to the church for a couple years (when they had their next kid). Where did the great-grandson of Jose think his ancestors were from? Also, you could have your husband DNA test, the great-grandson of Jose test, and anyone you know who is a descendant of Seraphim test. It's on sale. You all should match each other and should match others of the Ribeira Grande region - unless you're not from Lomba da Santa Barbara. There's a Santa Barbara in Ponta Delgada, but it makes no sense to add on "Lomba da" and specify that freguesia if one was from the other one. Cheri -- 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.
