You’re welcome Rick. Depending on the timeline we see different wording.
Parish - paroquia Civil Parish - freguesia Parishioners - paroquianos (plural) Clients - fregueses (plural) when singular (he) fregues (she) freguesa. To note why they write my client is because I may be of that Parish but I may frequent another church and not be a client where I live for whatever reason. Had he used punctuation, it would have been visible. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2017, at 6:52 AM, Richard Francis Pimentel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Margaret, it never occurred to me, the gender of freguesia because > I don’t think I have seen it spelled freguesio but then again may be I have > always assumed that freguesia is feminine because we always refer cities and > towns as “she”. > > Rick > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Margaret Vicente > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 11:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Baptism NS Graca, Porto Formoso 1848 > > > Rick, if you take another look you will see it reads: ..... pai incognito > freguesa desta ... > since the word client/freguesa is on the feminine (the mother) is from this > said town. > > Margaret > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 9, 2017, at 10:25 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, some of them didn't do so well in grammar class. I think he probably > meant Maria Maxima was from N.S. da Graça. He should have put it after HER > name. Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Richard Francis Pimentel > <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok that would make sense the part that still puzzles me is the “ son of > Maria Maxima and father unknown of the parish NS Graca” it is almost like he > knew who the father was he did not name him but did say he was from that > parish. May be I am just reading too much into it. > > Rick > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cheri Mello > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 7:49 PM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Baptism NS Graca, Porto Formoso 1848 > > I don't know the exact translation, but it means that the mother church > (Matriz) is N.S. da Estrella. So technically, N.S. da Graça is under the > umbrella of N.S. da Estrella over in Ribeira Grande. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > -- > 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. > -- > 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.

