Mary, since this priest translated Saõ Miguel to Saint Michael's, I think he also translated Isabel to Elizabeth. We have a "Portuguese National Church" here in Sacramento, CA and it has always puzzled me that it is named St Elizabeth's but is dedicated to St Isabel and displays a large statue of her near the altar.
Susan Vargas Murphy Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2017, at 6:04 AM, Richard Francis Pimentel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Where did you get the marriage information from? Did they marry in a church? > If it were a Catholic church then perhaps the record from the church will > give additional information as to which village they were from. > Rick > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Pimentel Wheeler > Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 5:49 PM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1872 Boston marriage of Maria Margarida (of Sao > Jorge) to Manoel J. Souza (of St. Michaels) > > Looking for the following people - do any of you have them in your tree? > > Maria Margarida - Born Sao Jorge ca. 1847. Married to: Manoel J. Souza - > born in St. Michaels ca. 1842 > > They married in Boston on 30 Nov 1872. He was 20 years old, she was 25. > > Marriage certificate list HIS parents as Manoel & Florinda, and HER parents > as Joseph & Elizabeth. > > Since I don't have frequesias for either Maria Margarida or Manoel J. Souza, > I thought I'd start here to see if anyone has them, before I start searching > village by village. > > > Also - quick question. I've not seen "Elizabeth" as a given name in the > Azores - does anyone know if that is an anglicized version of a Portuguese > name? That might help me find her mother if I need to start searching CCA. > > Thanks, > > Mary > -- > 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
