In America, many just gave some surname to the women. They usually didn't close their eyes and pick one though. It would have been a name from HER family tree. Otherwise, it would have just said "unknown."
No, women from about 1860 forwards (to the 1910/1911 records we see online) didn't have surnames typically. When a baby is baptized, it is usually only the given name. In your case Manuel. You are going to have to research Isabel Jacinta's family tree to see if any Garcia shows up. If it's not there, then you probably picked the wrong one. You need to do more American research before trying to guess your freguesia on the 3rd most populated island. You need your immigrant ancestor's death certificate, obituaries, WWI Draft, Social Security Application, census. If he naturalized, you need his entire natuarlization paceket. If he lived past 1940 and did not naturalize, then Alien Registraion. You can also check the UPEC Death Registrations on Ancestry.com too. Also, American arrival/passenger lists (then cross check with the outbound in the Azores). There's more to check, but the Azores Genweb is down, due to their server at Rootsweb being offline. Or I'd send you there for a complete list of things to do. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Cameron Hazer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cheri, > > I'm sorry if my post was confusing. My g-grandfather is Manuel Souza > Garcia. I recently got access to his own marriage certificate (in > California) listing his parents as Manuel Souza and Isabelle Garcia. > Considering that women generally didn't have last names at the time my > g-grandfather was born (between 1888 and 1892, as I originally stated) that > means that his mother wouldn't have the name Garcia in the baptismal > record, correct? It also wouldn't list his surname since they didn't do > that as far as I can tell. > > The marriage in the index link I posted is for the parents, and you can > see a Manuel listed as a child with the birth year 1889. The mother is > listed as Isabel Jacinta ("do Coração de Jesus" is how her name continues > in their marriage record). The son is listed as Manuel Sousa. > > Cameron > > -- > 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.
