Hi Group,
Anyone researching FURNAS? My brick wall: João de Sousa married to Maria (TAVARES?) In 1861 he was know as João de Sousa Adam (Adão) Below is the only reference I have found about him: João de Sousa adam, married man and land owner, living in a street named Rua Direita de Santana, witnessed the marriage of Jacinto de Sousa, a 19 year old boy (son of Jacinto de Sousa, farm worker and of Maria Ferreira, both living at Rua (street) do Estaleiro). Jacinto de Sousa Married to Rosa Jacinta (23 year old girl, daughter of José Borges and Bárbara da Conceição). The marriage took place in 23 of january, 1861. Where they relatives, siblings? It looks like but who knows? This name ADAM (Adão) is for sure a nick name. There are so many SOUSA in Furnas that they needed to know who was who! Sometimes we do know that this was a nickname not yet being a part of the name just because it was written with no capitalized initial letter. This is the case of the way the priest wrote the names of the relatives of the married: Jacinto de Sousa was the grandchild of João de Sousa creador and of Maria da Estrela, and he was the maternal grandchild of Manuel Ferreira and Maria Francisca. Rosa Jacinta, the bride, was man«ternal granddaughter of António da Costa Carneiro and of Francisca da Conceição. The two João de Sousa, one adam (adão) and the other creador (criador) where both witnesses what leeds us to the conclusion they where part of each family. Plus they both lived at the same street: Rua Direita de Santana. Please let me know if you have any other bit to help!!! Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching S. Miguel and Graciosa: PACHECO, ARRUDA, SILVA, SOUSA, BETTENCOURT -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
