Hi Christian, You are welcome. Found the birth record. It is *Pastor*, bottom right.
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1809-1820/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1809-1820_item1/P22.html Also found his marriage record, bottom left. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-C-1825-1860/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-C-1825-1860_item1/P30.html Take care, On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Christian Day <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Margaret, > > Thank you. That helps a lot. I also spoke to a man from Lisbon whose > native language is Portuguese and he mentioned that Pastor is the word used > for a Pastor and that Pastorinho is a proper and approved name. I'm going > to look for his birth record and see what I can find out. > > Many thanks! > > Christian > > On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 3:30:45 PM UTC-5, Mara wrote: >> >> Christian, >> >> If I may; Pastor is the name, Pastorinho is the diminuitive of Pastor. >> It can be used interchangeably. To be certain which might be the original >> name, you will have to look up his birth record. >> >> Pastor as first name is not indicative of the office of herding sheep. >> And it definitely has nothing to do with Catholics on the island. It is an >> old first name used in the latin countries, in France is common to see >> Pasteur. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Correction: 9 lines from the bottom. The maternal grandfather is who >>> Christian is after. >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>> Tainhas, Achada >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Christian Day <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> In the following baptismal record, 9 lines from the top, is an ancestor >>>> of mine named Pastorinho José D'Amorim. I've elsewhere seen him referred to >>>> as Pastor. Translated that means Shepherd according to Google translate. >>>> Would this have been his name or could he have been a pastor of some kind? >>>> I'm guessing no because it's a Catholic island but then did they use that >>>> word for Catholics there? >>>> >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/GRA-SC- >>>> GUADALUPE-B-1860-1864/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1860-1864_item1/P35.html >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Margaret M Vicente >> > -- > 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
