Hello everyone. I am looking for some help in identifying if Monica de Jesus was a foundling. Below are the records I have found. As you will see, Monica's lists 3 different couples as her parents. We do know for a fact that Vitorino only had one wife. My question is if there is any known reason as to why this would happen.
Monica's baptismal record showing her as an "exposta" http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1870-1879/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1870-1879_item1/P409.html Monica's and Vitorino's marriage record showing Monica's parents as "incognitos" http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-C-1890-1899/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-C-1890-1899_item1/P300.html To here I think everything adds up. This is where it starts to get confusing. The first 2 of Monica's and Vitorino's children list the maternal grandparents as "incognitos" However, the third and fourth child lists the maternal grandparents as Maria Julia and Manuel da Costa (Homem) http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899_item1/P270.html http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1900-1905_item1/P379.html The fifth child list the mother as Maria do Rosario Monica - This record lists the maternal grandparents as Manuel da Costa Elisa and Maria de Jesus - (Maria bottom of the page) http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911_item1/P86.html The 6th child, Catharina, shows the mother as Monica Boniface and the maternal grandparents as Joao Bonifacio and Maria Machado http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911_item1/P304.html The 7th child, Diamantina, shows the mother as Maria do Rosario Monica and the maternal grandparents as Joao Bonifacio and Maria Machado http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911_item1/P567.html -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
