RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Super young groom?

2016-07-27 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
I would look back further in the baptisms and see if there is another with that name born with the parents having the same names. I have found records where there are two different couples in the same friguesa having the same names. Rick From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@google

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Relevant book & website

2016-07-27 Thread Hermano C. Pires
Thanks for posting your web site. Interesting historical photos (before my time !! :) ) ermano From: azores@googlegroups.com [azores@googlegroups.com] on behalf of George Medeiros [migueldeav...@gmail.com] Sent: July 27, 2016 7:24 AM To: azores@googlegroup

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Super young groom?

2016-07-27 Thread Theresa Entin
There must have been another son born with the same name prior to the one you found. > On Jul 27, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > > Cheri,I think that you are right about the ages that Joao gave for marriages. > Can't remember exactly but it sounds right. > > Rosemarie > rcap

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Super young groom?

2016-07-27 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Cheri,I think that you are right about the ages that Joao gave for marriages. Can't remember exactly but it sounds right. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Cheri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Super young groom?

2016-07-27 Thread Cheri Mello
No, 11 year old boys did not marry. I'll have to find my notes...Joao Ventura, the archivist, said something along the lines that the groom didn't marry until somewhere around 18 - and only those that were well to do. The others (peasants) waited until they were in their 20s or older. I'm pulling t

[AZORES-Genealogy] Super young groom?

2016-07-27 Thread Barb Davis
I have followed a line back to the 1700s and found the marriage record for the family member, married in Santa Barbara in 1799. Then i followed it back to the baptism record. All names and info seem to match but the groom of the 1799 marriage was born in 1788, according to what I've found. The f

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help in translating the plaque at the Ermida of Praia da Vitoria (Terceira)

2016-07-27 Thread Cheri Mello
Jack, I did not send your translation to Margaret. You hit "reply" to a random posting. You needed to start your own thread or posting, so I started it for you and sent it to the entire list. John Miranda Raposo replied and translated it for you. Margaret is not going to spend her time translating

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Relevant book & website

2016-07-27 Thread George Medeiros
What is the title of your book ? George M. Sent from my iPad On Jul 25, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Lew White wrote: > My family started emigrating from the Azores in the 1870's, finding their way > to Falmouth, Mass where they were one of the founding families for a local > Holy Ghost Society. My int

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Relevant book & website

2016-07-27 Thread George Medeiros
Thanks so much for sharing your website ! George ( Pereira) Medeiros Sent from my iPad On Jul 25, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Lew White wrote: > My family started emigrating from the Azores in the 1870's, finding their way > to Falmouth, Mass where they were one of the founding families for a local >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help in translating the plaque at the Ermida of Praia da Vitoria (Terceira)

2016-07-27 Thread jperrym via Azores Genealogy
Hi Margaret, I hope I didn't somehow delete your translation, but I saw that Cheri forward this along to you. I'm not sure if Cheri forwarded you the background on this, but here it is: I'm writing a novel that is set, in part, in Praia da vittoria in Terceira. I recently went there with my d