Kyle,
In the time period you are looking for, women did not use last names, not their
father's names and not their husband's name, unless they were socially
prominent (e.g. D. Maria da Estrela Bettencourt e Sa). Thus Carolina de Jesus
or Carolina Augusta is her Christian name, e.g. Caroline Augusta. The same is
true for Maria Jacinta (Marie Hyacinth) or Maria da Estrela. Since the patron
of the main Ribeira Grande church is Nossa Senhora da (Our Lady of) Estrela
(the Star), there are thousands of women over the generations who if not named
Maria da Estrela, had Estrela as part of their name, e.g. Rosa da Estrela de
Jesus. Begining your research of female lines with those guiding principles
will help keep you from going down the wrong road.
Best wishes. I began my research 30 years ago with the names of my parents,
grandparents and great parents. Today, my pedigree chart runs 6 volumes, 2200
pages with 4 generations per page. Most of it I did on my own, and spent very
little money. I had some help from George Pacheco and Father joseph Viveiros.
You can do it too! Good luck.
John
On Friday, September 2, 2016 5:58 PM, Kyle Pereira
<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm new to this family research, but I did a Google search on my deceased
maternal grandfather's name and to my surprise, someone had already completed
my maternal lineage going back about 3 or 4 generations. However, some of these
records don't make sense.
http://gw.geneanet.org/tavaressilva?lang=en&pz=joao%20luis%20tavares&nz=silva&ocz=0&p=joao%20barbosa%20de%20sousa&n=silvestre
This person, Joao Barbosa de Sousa Silvestre, is my maternal grandfather who
recently passed away in 2013. If you follow the links, his father was Joao de
Sousa Silvestre. His parents (my great-great grandparents) were Manuel de Sousa
Silvestre and a "Carolina de Jesus ou Augusta" born in 1861 in Ribeira Grande.
Carolina's parents are listed as a "Jose de Sousa da Ponte" and "Maria Jacinta
ou da Estrela". I was wondering why Carolina had a last name that's different
from either of her listed parents, so I searched the baptism records for the
parish of Sao Pedro in Ribeira Grande for 1861 and I spotted only one Carolina
baptized at that church in that entire year, who was born on the 5 August 1861.
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RIBEIRASECA-B-1860-1864/SMG-RG-RIBEIRASECA-B-1860-1864_item1/P85.html
That's the record. From what I understand, it says Carolina was born on 5
August 1861, the firstborn legitimate daughter of Manuel Jacinto de Sousa and
Maria Augusta. It also says she's the paternal granddaughter of Jacinto de
Sousa and Maria de Luz, and maternal granddaughter of Manuel da Silva and
"Jacinta" whose last name I can't make out. So questions, for anyone willing to
help.
1. Can anyone make out Jacinta's last name? It looks like it says "Querbina",
but I'm not 100% sure.
2. Is this person's tree wrong if the baptism records show that her parents are
different? Or is there a possibility she was adopted? 3. Why does there seem to
be different naming conventions for men and women? I was under the impression
it went (Given Name) (Mother's Maiden Name) (Father's Mother's Last Name)
(Father's Father's Last Name). Most of the men seem to follow this convention,
but the women often just take their mother's name? Is there a separate naming
convention for women, adoptions, or just incorrect information in this tree?
Thanks in advance!--
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