Awesome work. Thanks for sharing. How do I get the marriage logs? Is this readily available?
Also, I do know that Margarida had many more children. I believe the first was Ursula and possibly born shortly after their marriage, before going back. My have been what prompted them to go 'home'. I have not been able to find anything on an infant birth. Any tips on finding this? Maria On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 12:40 AM Bill Seidler <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t know this family but was bored so decided to do some detective > work. Here are my results: > > > I believe they married brothers. Filomena married João and Margarida > married José. These brothers are from São João, Lajes, Pico: > > > José’s baptism bottom left > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-SAOJOAO-B-1860-1875/PIC-LJ-SAOJOAO-B-1860-1875_item1/P192.html > > João’s baptism bottom right > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-SAOJOAO-B-1860-1875/PIC-LJ-SAOJOAO-B-1860-1875_item1/P103.html > > > Margarida and José returned to Faial, Margarida’s home and had a daughter, > Maria, in 1900. Her baptism may have originally reported and incorrect > father’s name. It seems to have two pen-and-ink corrections: one changing > the birth month to March on page 2, line 2 and one changing the father’s > name from João to José on the third line. My belief is that NEPS > transcribed João but José was the correct one which would explain the > confusion. > > > Maria’s baptism: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-FETEIRA-B-1896-1903/FAL-HT-FETEIRA-B-1896-1903_item1/P130.html > (bottom right continuing on next page) > > > They had another daughter Olinda that gave the correct father’s name from > the start. Both of these baptisms indicate the parents were married in New > Bedford. > > Olinda’s baptism: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-FETEIRA-B-1896-1903/FAL-HT-FETEIRA-B-1896-1903_item1/P180.html > (bottom left) > > > Also, if you have access to New Bedford’s marriage logs, you can see that > in 1891 Filomena married João and in 1896 Margarida married José. > > I hope this helps. > > Bill Seidler > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:34:20 PM UTC-7, lunamarc wrote: >> >> I came across this and need to correct the fact that Joao is NOT Jose. It >> is like saying John is Joseph. My Great Grandfather is Jose, not Joao. I >> tried to fix this on the CITCEM site as I noted it was there incorrectly >> but it just wouldn't let me. I know it's been a while since this was posted >> so I hope you have that worked out by now. ;) >> >> On Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 6:48:56 PM UTC-4, DBM wrote: >>> >>> I am hoping group members might be able to help me with two topics. >>> >>> >>> *Questions: Does anyone know anything about the families below? Did >>> the two sisters, Filomena and Margarida, marry the same man or are these >>> different men? How should I proceed?* >>> >>> >>> - The NEPS site for Feteira, Faial lists my grandfather's sister: >>> *Filomena* (1870 Feteira, Faial - 1955 Feteira, Faial), daughter of *Jose >>> Francisco Martins* and *Virginia Emilia. * >>> - The NEGHS site includes a marriage record for *Filomena* and her >>> spouse, *Joao Correia*, of Pico. The couple was married in 1891 in >>> New Bedford. Per the marriage cert, Joao is the son of "*Manuel >>> C."* and "*Francisca J.* " Filomena's parents' names agree with the >>> info in the first bullet. >>> - Filomena had a younger sister, *Margarida Martins* (1875 Feteira, >>> Faial - death ?) Margarida was married in New Bedford, MA to *Joao >>> Correia de Bettencourt* (1866 Sao Joao, Pico - death ?) They had two >>> daughters, *Maria* (1900 Feteira, Faial - death ?) and *Olinda*(date >>> ?, Feteira, Faial - death ?) >>> - The NEHGS site includes a marriage record for Margarida and >>> Joao in New Bedford in 1896. This Joao is the son of Manuel Correa (sp >>> error?) Bettencourt and Francisca Josefa. >>> - It looks like both Joao's have parents wtih the same given names. >>> Thus my question about whether they are one in the same man. >>> >>> *Questions: Would the NEPS note below suggest that there is more >>> information available than what is shown on NEPS? If so, how would I go >>> about acquiring it?* >>> >>> - The NEPS page for Margarida's father-in-law, Manuel Correia de >>> Bettencourt, has the following note at the bottom of the page. NOTA: >>> Qualquer interessado neste ramo, poderá fazer as suas pesquisas através >>> do >>> site de genealogia do NEPS, da Universidade do Minho, onte consta >>> umavasta >>> ascendência deste casal. >>> >>> Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail and for any help you >>> might be able to provide. >>> >>> Deb >>> >>> *When I searched for ancestors, I found friends!* >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/azores/AXyLtpnKW_4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/e0d663ab-cc9a-4152-a12d-515f86f764bf%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/e0d663ab-cc9a-4152-a12d-515f86f764bf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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