Rosemarie - Thanks for the conformation. I've translated about half of the original document and piked out a few things. Cheers Tony
On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 1:32:05 AM UTC+10, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Tony Amarant, tony_amarant at hotmail.com > Hello Mary Bordi, > > Thanks for your post which I find interesting. I have an Esperanca Rosa da > SILVEIRA in my family tree however she was married to José Silveira de > MATTOS on 14 April 1828, Manadas, São Jorge, Azores. > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-VL-MANADAS-C-1776-1831/SJR-VL-MANADAS-C-1776-1831_item1/P149.html > > As best I can see from the marriage record her parents are given as > unknown (my translations skills are poor) so its a bit of a stab in the > dark. > > I've had a look at the obito entry and with my poor skills and a poor > quality image I can barely make out her name let alone anything else. > Assuming however she was 80 at the time of her death her year of birth > would be circa 1798. If the death and marriage records are the same > Esperanca then she would have been 30 (or there abouts) at the time of the > marriage. Interesting that age would be a close match as too the > connection to Manadas. > > I know that my Esperanca and her husband José had a son João Silveira de > MATTOS. He migrated to Australia (Sydney) at some stage changing his name > to John Matts and marrying a Jane STEVENS 2 October 1868 in Sydney, New > South Wales, Australia. They had nine children. He died in Australia and > to my knowledge never returned to the Azores. > > Getting back to the two Esperancas, if they are the same, could that her > husband died before her possibly in Manadas, she moves to Rosais possibly > to live with relatives if she has no further children (living).This > additional detailed information may not have been known at the time of her > death by those providing the information so hence why she may have been > listed as single. Speculation i know. > > Your thoughts? > > Regards Tony > -- 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.
