Maybe it was a closer spelling to Latin?? Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 2:45 PM Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > Donna, you will find that Joao/Joam, Sao/Sam (for Sam Jorge) and just > about any name ending in "O" can be written with an "M" in the earlier time > periods. The Priests also had a bad habit, in myh opinion, of writing > Jorge and Jose in English--George & Jozeph/Joseph. Who knows why! > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 1:27 PM DonnaO <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Bill, I just wanted confirmation that Joam and João are the >> same name. You've been very helpful! -Donna >> >> On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 12:13:48 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> I believe the baptism you found is the one you are looking for. I see >>> it as Jose, son of Joam Teixeira de Quadros and Maria do Rosario. He would >>> have turned 90 3 months before he died and the priest said 89 years old >>> more or less. >>> >>> Joam and João are the same name (Portuguese equivalent to John). Joam >>> is just an older spelling. It is always João today, but could have been >>> Joam through the about the mid-19th century. >>> >>> Bill Seidler >>> >>> On Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 10:54:35 PM UTC-7, DonnaO wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, Please help with info in the Obit of Jose Teixeria de Quadros >>>> >>>> >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-VL-ROSAIS-O-1870-1879/SJR-VL-ROSAIS-O-1870-1879_item1/P44.html >>>> Top right, NO. 15. My question is: who is his father (??Joam, Joao, >>>> Joaquin??} >>>> >>>> This obit is for 3X great grandfather, Jose Teixeria de Quadros, aged >>>> 89, who died in 1875, widow of Maria de Sao Joao. Parents are ?? Teixeira >>>> de Quadros & Maria do Rosario. >>>> >>>> Need help reading the Obitos of Jose Teixeria de Quadros because >>>> marriage records are missing for his first marriage and no parents noted in >>>> his second marriage record, and the names Joam and Joao are so similiar. It >>>> may a handwriting question. >>>> Counting back from 1875, I have check Baptism records from 1784-1792 >>>> and found 1 that could be Jose Teixeria de Quadros’ parents, but the >>>> father’s name is Joam, instead I would expect the name to be Joao.( >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-VL-ROSAIS-B-1784-1800/SJR-VL-ROSAIS-B-1784-1800_item1/P10.html >>>> ) >>>> >>>> In addition, Is there any other distinguishing information in the obit >>>> that might be important to note? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for your thoughts. -Donna >>>> >>> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
