Hi Monica, I suggest you make a timeline for the events. Perhaps you should add annotations as to who the priest (source) is that is making the records. The priests' records are only as accurate as their sources. Sometimes they had personal knowledge of the participants-- sometimes not. It will help refresh your memory later, if needed.
For what it's worth, you may only have two sets of potential parents for Monica. Manuel da Costa Elisa and Maria de Jesus might be the same couple as Manuel da Costa (Homem) and Maria Julia. Did you notice that Monica's baptismal godmother is also named "Maria Julia"? I don't know if you will get a definitive answer to your question, but you can collect information on the families and try to make some (speculative) connections. I have a similar case for one of my ancestors. She was baptised as "pai incognito", but in her later children's records, a maternal grandfather's name starts to appear. It may be her natural father, or it may be the priest making an assumption about her mother's husband. I can only guess which it might be. In another case, one of my great-grandmothers later children's baptismal records start to show grandparents for a different woman with a similar name. I assume the priest was confusing the two women. best of luck, Linda On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 6:08:00 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
