I've seen some Claudinas. Less Eugenias, but both names exist in the Azores. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 10:31 AM Rob Whaite <rwhait...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Cheri > > Thanks to you I have been able to track down my Do Couto family aka > Josephs aka Decoite aka DeCoyte and also DeKoyte. > > The English were always pretty hopeless when it comes to pronouncing > European names and spelling them!! > > Joseph Josephs aka Jose' Do Couto was born about 1808 and married to a > Claudina Eugenia or something like that? > > His wife apparently died before he came to the state of Victoria Australia > about 1845 with his son Joao who was born about 1835 in Portugal. > > Joseph remarried in South Australia in 1851,leaving his son behind in > Victoria and changed his surname to Josephs for what reason I don't know.. > > Maybe he ran foul of the law,easy enough to do in the 19th century. > > He was supposed to be born in the Azores but I wouldn't swear to that. > > Records for the period are difficult to come by as we don't have Census > records for example. > > Thanks again Rob > > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/7ea7650e-3d52-4dd5-99dc-23c3e8845456%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/7ea7650e-3d52-4dd5-99dc-23c3e8845456%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_F0EpM3-7pON0_b3_Zuy15ARZqyuv25fkiUNS%2B-DQr0Og%40mail.gmail.com.
