She dies at "70 years more or less." (Except he wrote less or more). They can be off 10 or more years in their "more or less" guesstimate.
When building a pedigree only tree (or what's called a Quick and Dirty tree), you'll find that it doesn't work all that well, due to everyone having the same name. The only way to figure out your Margarida from the other Margarida is to collect ALL the kids of Manuel de Sousa de Matos and Margarida de Resendes and ALL the kids of Matias de Fonte Chaves and Ana de Resende. Only then your answer will become more apparent. Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 7:19 AM George Sousa <georgecso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Margarida Resendes and Félix de Resendes Carvalho are my 6X great > grandparents. They were married on May 15, 1731 in Santo Espirito, Santa > Maria ( > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-C-1731-1751/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-C-1731-1751_item1/P4.html). > > > According to this record: > > The groom’s parents are Manuel de Sousa de Matos and Margarida de Resendes. > The bride’s parents are Matias de Fonte Chaves and Ana de Resendes. > > As far as I can tell this is consistent with RR’s work (Cap.º 34.º § > Primeiro, N.º 7). > > However I’m wondering if the priest reversed the names of the parents of > the bride and the groom. > > Here is why this may be a possibility. On August 8th 1708 Manuel de Sousa > Matos and Margarida de Resends baptize a daughter with the name of Margrida > ( > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1700-1710/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1700-1710_item1/P74.html). > Is this "Margarida" Félix de Resendes Carvalho’s sister or wife? > > With so many Margarida’s in the mix it’s a possibility. If so then RR’s > work is wrong. It’s also a possibility that Félix de Resendes Carvalho > married a woman with the same name as his sister. For now I’m going with > this. Some of you have attributed this baptismal record to the bride and > you may want to revisit this. If this is a confusing to you as it is to me > send me an email and I’ll give you what I got. > > If you want more continue reading… > > On June 19, 1766 Margarida de Resendes (widow of Félix de Resendes) dies > at the age of “setenta… or at least that’s my read). See > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-O-1759-1793/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-O-1759-1793_item1/P75.html. > If so, Margarida (the bride), would have been born around 1696 (not August > 8, 1708). If so then my speculation that the priest reversed the names in > the marriage record is probably wrong. > > I’m posting in part because some of you have this couple in your > MyHeritage database and some have recorded August 8, 1708 as the birth date > of Margarida the bride. This may be right but it may the birthdate of the > bride’s sister-in-law (also Margarida). > > > George > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
