You are welcome! You might want to go to Kathy Cardoza's site, AzoresGenWeb, she has some translated docs and other good info for the new researcher, may help!
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 6:37 AM, Azores Genealogy group < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
