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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. 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.
