Manuel is the most common male name. You can find a Manuel in just about every freguesia on all 9 Azores islands around the time period you are seeking.
The Manuel you found has 2 parents who are married. That is not your Manuel. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Sean Andrade <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for the help and input! > > I'm sure this is totally coincidental but I found this baptism for a > Manuel a few days earlier that said he was baptized at home, but lists no > god parents. I'm still not great at translating but I believe that is says > he then died. It is on the bottom left: http://www.culturacores. > azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-MD-CANDELARIA-B- > 1793-1812/PIC-MD-CANDELARIA-B-1793-1812_item1/P78.html > > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:50:55 AM UTC-7, Mara wrote: >> >> Sean, >> >> Your question: >> do you think the godparents were the original godparents from the baptism >> mentioned on the note? >> >> No, they were not. If they were, the attending Priest would not have >> baptised the child again. Why? because they would be confirmed witnesses to >> the first baptism and as a result this record would not have been issued. >> >> Who were they? Could be regular Church attending parishioners or they >> could make part of the family who will be nursing the baby. >> >> Home baptisms usually did not have Godparents. One person with some >> Christening knowledge would perform it but in the majority of the cases >> they were done by the midwife. In such cases the Godparent would be named >> by the Priest when performing the anointment ceremony in the Church. >> >> If you are certain this is your Manuel and want to follow up on the >> Godparents you will have to search through baptism and marriage records to >> observe a) if any of them are nursing abandoned babies. But this may prove >> to be fruitless, for children were given to nursemaids in other villages to >> be raised as well. >> >> If you collect all the baptism records for Manuel Jose de Araujo and his >> wife, you will learn more about him this way. >> >> In my research I have come across Expostos, marrying into the family that >> brought them up or helped him along the way. >> >> Unfortunately, unless a parent claims the child, there's no way of going >> further back. >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Sean Andrade <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the information. My next question is do you think the >>> godparents were the original godparents from the baptism mentioned on the >>> note? Which means perhaps there is another baptism record. Or do you think >>> those god parents are from the second baptism and who would those people be >>> in relation to Manuel? Just random people picked by the church? >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 9:10:15 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >>>> >>>> Maybe, maybe not. The baby could have been baptized at home. The record >>>> did not specify if it was a church baptism or one done at home. And if it >>>> was a church baptism, it will most likely say pais incognitos. The marriage >>>> and death records both say pais incognitos. >>>> >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:56 AM, 'Jeremy G. B-C' via Azores Genealogy < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That may be one of the coolest records I have ever seen! Now you gotta >>>>> try to look for the first baptism since it mentions that! >>>>> Good luck! >>>>> >>>>> Jeremy >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. > -- 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.
