Mara and JR, I'll answer you both here. JR, no, I haven't looked for Emilia's parents in Faja de Baixo yet. I only started my search Sunday starting with the records in Sao Sebastiao. So, I have more work to do!
Mara, This information is interesting. So, emancipation does have to do with someone who is not of legal age. Jose Jacintho de Braga was born 23 Sep 1846. The emancipation was 1867. Depending on the date, he would have been 21 or almost there. He didn't marry until October 1868, so clearly by then he was 22. Are their other reason that a person would need emancipation such as disability? According to the marriage record, the bride is 29 years old, 7 years older than the groom. Could there be an issue there somehow...either the father forbidding his marriage to this woman or maybe an arranged marriage (were they doing that in the Azores?) All very curious! As you said, the file has the answers we seek. I don't have access to it being in California. There's always some new mystery that pops up with researcher. Thank you all for your thoughts on this! On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:51:24 PM UTC-7, Mara wrote: > > Cheri, > > The majority age in Portugal according to, [Codigo Civil de Seabra (artigo > 1058º) > de 1867] was 21 years of age. > > Also and in accordance to the same Code, the age for marriage was: 16 > years of age for a man and 14 years of age for a woman. > > This information was obtained from a discussion in between interested > parties in geneall.net forum and from a legal adviser by the name of > Maria Benedita, through Marcio Coutinho. The thread is in Portuguese but > here linked for anyone's interest > > > http://geneall.net/pt/forum/147140/idade-minima-para-o-casamento-no-sec-xix/ > > Regarding the notice of Emancipation. I don't think this is age related > simply because of the title: > Inventário de Jacinto José de Braga > > > This means that Jacinto's Estate will be inventoried by the serving > Tribunal Court of Ponta Delgada and Jose Jacinto de Braga. > > If Jose Jacinto de Braga is already 21 years old why would he be looking > for his emancipation? > > For an individual to file for emancipation, that same individual would be > the one to be inventoried to prove to the Court that he/she were able to be > on their own. It appears to me the right answer is in the file and it > would require someone to have a look to see what it was about. > > > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
