Thanks, Cheri. Based on this record, I think the passports record information is wrong and this is Elaine's family. And to prove this, here's the 20 year old Maria's birth record in R. Quente:
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1885-1887/SMG-PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1885-1887_item1/P36.html Good job, Elaine. On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Elaine's Maria Lima, #52, bottom left: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- > PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1890-1899/SMG-PV-RIBEIRAQUENTE-B-1890- > 1899_item1/P25.html > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Elaine Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 8:03:54 AM UTC-5, Elaine Mello wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I've been going page by page from about 1904 onwards looking for my >>> parternal grandmather, Maria Lima. It's been great looking at these >>> records for those years from Porto Delgada, because whomever was writing >>> the logs had the clearest handwriting I've seen so far. I think I found >>> her, but they weren't listed as coming from Ribeira Quente. I'm assuming >>> this is a mistake, as they just did an ellipses from the person above them >>> rather than to write the correct town down. >>> >>> So on line 675 here: http://www.culturacores.azore >>> s.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-PDL-1906-1907/PASSAP >>> ORTES-PDL-1906-1907_item1/P114.html >>> >>> I see the passport for Francisca Roza de Mello, whose parents were >>> Manuel de Mello Barboza and Maria Julia. >>> The next line down is a Maria da Lima, with her parents listed, Joao >>> Ignacio de Lima and Francisca Roza. >>> >>> The line after that is another Maria Lima, who would be the right age >>> for my grandmother, who was born in 1890. I can't read the middle name >>> listed there, and now there are two Marias there. Looking at my family >>> tree, Manuel had a brother Jose who also married a Francesca and their >>> daughter was Maria, but I thought she was the same age, and she would have >>> been a de Mello or Barboza, not a Lima. >>> >>> So is it possible that the first Maria was listed as my grandmother, but >>> would in fact be the cousin? >>> >>> And if this is the correct record, my grandmother would have had a >>> little brother, also named Joao? >>> >>> Thanks for you assistance! >>> >>> Elaine >>> >>> -- >> 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
