Melissa, Not necessarily a Priest's error but how the information was relayed to him.
You should paper trail it and document the error once verified by searching the records within a parameter of 5 + years for all the born Tomasia's and as suggested by Cheri, collect all the siblings. Hope this helps, On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:12 PM, Melissa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> 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. 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