Thanks JR; and you're right--I see the "nh" now. I have an older Portuguese/English dictionary (published in Porto in 1952) that once belonged to my wife's father. I gives the translation as a day laborer. Putting that together with the definitions you provided and it sounds like someone that exchanges a variety of services in order to make profits. I assume you are also right about it being a nickname since occupations don't seem to be given for any other grandparents on the nearby pages.
Bill Seidler On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:37:12 PM UTC-7, JR wrote: > It's ganhadeiro. It looks like a nickname to me, meaning one who is a > "winner', or who is winning. It may have a specific meaning in its > historical time that I am not aware of. > > *ga·nha·dei·ro* > (*ganhar + -deiro*) > *adjectivo e substantivo masculino* > > 1. Que ou quem aufere ganhos, lucros. > > 2. Que ou quem é agenciador. = AGENCIOSO > > 3. Que ou quem faz qualquer tipo de serviço. = GANHÃO > > 4. Que ou quem é interesseiro. > Parecidas > > "ganhadeiro", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], > 2008-2013, https://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/ganhadeiro [consultado em > 28-08-2016]. > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 12:54:10 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: >> >> I have most of this, but need help with one word (a name or occupation.). >> >> It's on the ninth line of the right page: Luis da Costa ??????????? e >> de... >> >> It looks like Gandadeiro but its nothing I've seen before. >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-B-1885-1889/SMG-RG-RABODEPEIXE-B-1885-1889_item1/P93.html >> >> Thank you, >> 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.
