Today, the are the Casa de Misericórdia. Do an Internet search for: "Asilo de Mendicidade" Horta If you are using Google, you can use the "Translate this page" link to help you read. Good luck, 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 1:11 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]. >>> 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.
