Thank you so much for your responses! It's helped me get a little bit of an idea of why he asked for emancipation. We can rule out that his father recently died. He lived until 1888.
I will be following Emilia's trail. Then I want to go back to the obitos for Maia and make sure that these three children were the only ones who survived. They are bit skimpy on details in the 1830s/1840s. I want to make sure I'm not leaving any stones unturned. Thanks again! On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 7:47:03 PM UTC-7, Mara wrote: > > sorry, didn't address all your questions. > > It's unlikely he was disabled, if he were he wouldn't be able to pay the > Courts with his allowance. Over there and in those days, payments were > upfront. It took thousands of $$ to start a legal process. > > Regarding the wife's age, that is not so uncommon. Again, everything else > would be a guess. But you will be able to make a better assessment once you > complete the research on his wife and her family. > > Cheers, > > > -- 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.
