Hi Cheri The priest wrote in their record " And to be recorded and drawn up in duplicate it was finally presented and then being read and confirmed by the spouses and witnesses and the father of the wife, only signing the wife and first witness, since the others could not sign." Which suggests to me that she could write and he could not.
Regards Samantha On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 5:06:56 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Pick any freguesia you want. Go through the marriage book for the time > period you seek. Then pick another freguesia on another island and check > their books. Then go to a 3rd one. You won't see many brides and grooms > signing. > > Or google: historical literacy in portugal > Here's one from Wikipedia: https://goo.gl/pFPQ0J > > I'm guessing the stats are mostly the mainland and the islands were a > little worse off. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Samantha B <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> My husband's grandparents were married in 1906 in Santa Luzia. From the >> marriage record it's clear that he couldn't write and she could. There's an >> old family story that the families weren't happy about the marriage and so >> the newlyweds left the islands as soon as they could. The difference in >> education levels makes me imagine there's some credence to this story. >> Maybe her family thought she was marrying down. Something similar happened >> in the '60s to my own parents in Australia. They fled their home state >> because of their families were hostile to the union. >> >> On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 3:37:25 PM UTC-8, Mary Bordi wrote: >>> >>> My great grandfather, born in 1853, could not read or write but he was >>> fantastic with numbers in his head. My great grandmother, born in 1870, was >>> literate. I don't know how much schooling she had before coming to the US >>> when she was 18. She was the youngest in a large family so that may have >>> made a difference. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 2:10 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Not common. >>>> >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Samantha B <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Culturally how common was it for women to be literate/educated at the >>>>> turn of last century. I'm intrigued as it was the bride who signed the >>>>> marriage record and not the groom. >>>>> >>>>> TIA >>>>> Samantha >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
