oh, btw, "proprietaria" means that your great grandmother was a property owner.
:) Linda On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:21:54 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: > > > > I'm glad to have helped :D The vocabulary used in the records is limited, > and with very little practice, you can be reading them in no time. > FamilySearch.org has a list of words used in the records on their site, and > that's really all you need to get started. > > Here's a transcription: > > Elvira Augusa de 30 anos, > casada com Antonio Augus- > to da Cunha, proprieta- > ria, natural da freguesia > de Santa Cruz ilha Gracio- > sa deste districto; levando seu > filho, Joao Augusto da Cu- > nha de 15 anos solteiro, traba- > lhador, Alfredo Augusto da > Cunha de 11, e Rosalia de 6 anos, > todos da dita freguesia. > > > Good luck! > > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >> >> Thank you so very much Linda. That is definitely my great grandmother and >> her children. My grandmother, her daughter came at a different time. So >> thrilled to have found this.My skill level is zero! It is good enough for >> me to be able scan the records on tombo.pt but I'm not able to translate. >> >> So excited to share this with a cousin of my father's who happens to be >> daughter of Alfredo! >> >> Obrigado, >> >> Colleen >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:41 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Colleen, >> >> Here's a translation of the top, right corner entry. I broke it up by >> lines as they are in the original document so you can compare the two. I >> don't know your skill level, but I'd be happy to provide a transcription >> too if you're trying to learn to read the records. >> >> passport number: 838 >> August 30th >> Destination: United States of North America >> >> Elvira Augusta, aged 30, >> married to Antonio Augus- >> to de Cunha, proprieta- >> ria, native of the parish >> of Santa Cruz, isle [of] Gracio- >> sa of this district; taking her >> son, Joao Augusto da Cu- >> nha aged 15 single, labor >> -er, Alfredo Augusto da >> Cunha [the age] of 11, and Rosalia [aged] 6 years, >> all of the said [i.e., the same] parish. >> >> Linda >> >> >> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 4:46:29 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >>> >>> I believe this to be my great-grandmother's passport along with 3 of her >>> children, Alreado, Rosalia, Joao (Jose)! I know they arrived 9/16/1913 on >>> the ship Canopic. >>> >>> Top right corner >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914_item1/P118.html >>> >>> Thank you again for your help, >>> >>> Colleen Wright >>> Researching: Cunha, Bettencourt, Rosa from Graciosa >>> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- 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.
