If I have it right, it says "Asilo de Mendicidade, da freguesia de Matriz".
On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 1:42:34 PM UTC-6, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Saudade064, > > I didn't know that the Azores had the poor asylums. I know about the > American ones. What does it say for "poor asylum" on the document in the > Portuguese language? > > Thanks, Cheri > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:23 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was able to get a death certificate for my great-grandfather who came >> to California but went back to Faial, his island of birth sometime in the >> 1930s. In the translation of the record, I discovered he died in a place >> called "Poor's Asylum" in 1948, which was located in Matriz, Faial. I >> cannot find anything online about this place. I'd like to know it's history >> and see what it looked like. I'm wondering if it was part of a church? >> Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this place! >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
