Mara, Thanks so much for this! I was getting stuck here with the names. I guess the priest just messed up then? Egads, that makes it difficult.
Melissa On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 10:39:33 PM UTC-5, Mara wrote: > > Hi Melissa and Cheri, > > That's because the record is incorrect. The name is Luis not Francisco > and the paternal grandmother is also incorrect, her name is Anasticia > Joaquina. Notice how the record shows both grandmothers with the same > name. Here's Luis's birth record with the correct set of parents and > grandparents of Tomasia. > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1814-1817/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1814-1817_item1/P102.html > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 5:59 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Men generally do not change their names around. The priest was required >> to read the record back, so the vast majority of errors were caught. I'll >> look over this when I get home, although Mara may beat me to it. >> >> I do know that in instances where I have found discrepancies, I had to >> collect all siblings, all kids, sometimes all grandkids to figure it out. >> Cheri >> >> >> On Jan 22, 2018 2:51 PM, "Melissa" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> Mara and Cheri, >> >> Thanks for this help. Here's my confusion and maybe I just have to live >> with it: In their marriage record Antonio's father is listed as Joao, which >> matches, and his mother is listed as Jacinta Candida. In the baptism you >> linked to, his mother is Francisca. In their marriage record Thomasia's >> parents are listed as Luiz Cabral and Antonia Candida. In the baptism >> record you linked to her father is Francisco. >> >> Are name changes like this common? And if so, how do you manage to track >> people over time? I assumed women would be much harder given name changes >> but not so with men. >> >> Melissa >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 3:15:47 PM UTC-5, Mara wrote: >> >>> Hi Melissa, >>> >>> This couple are also my relatives: >>> >>> Antonio's baptism, bottom left: >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1860-1864/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1860-1864_item1/P230.html >>> >>> Tomasia, right side. >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1865-1869/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1865-1869_item1/P48.html >>> >>> Let me know if you have any questions, >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Melissa <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> They were married they 26th of April, 1886 (see #21): >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1880-1889/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1880-1889_item1/P196.html >>>> >>>> >>>> He was 22 and she was 21, which should mean they were born ca. 1864 and >>>> 1865, respectively. >>>> >>>> I'm looking for their birth records and coming up empty handed. I found >>>> this Thomazia but the father's first name doesn't match: >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1865-1869/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-B-1865-1869_item1/P48.html >>>> >>>> (#141). I haven't been able to find anything for Antonio. Any advice >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Margaret M Vicente >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- 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.
