I think the priest just wrote "Feteira" in the son's death record and did
not specify which one. It's more than I had. I was going back through some
of my earlier work trying to get more of the family group in and cleaning
up some loose ends, like the missing death on this couple.
Cheri Mello
Yes, Philippe is right and very knowledgeable in these matters. I remember
now, it is like a priest saying, "and we commend his soul to god."
By the way, there is Feteiras Grande and Feteiras Pequena and together they
are referred to as Feteiras. My wife has ancestors from there. They
actually
Thanks JR. I'm guessing burial according to custom is digging the hole,
sprinkling the holy water, and burying him.
I can't find his wife Maria dying in Sao Miguel Arcanjo in Vila Franca. She
may have lived with one of her kids and died in a freguesia over. The hunt
goes on.
The priest around
Hi Cheri,
"Encomandação de costume" : Encomadação is recomendation to the soul of the
died personn. "de costume" = usual, what is the minimum.
See others records, exemple in the img 131, to Antonio Duarte (bottom
right) : "celebrou se por sua alma um officio de tres liçoes" = the died
person
"encomendação" is an order (instruction or charge) or commission. The
priest was given money to carry out (encomendacao) a burial according to
custom. The deceased was accompanied by the priest to the cemetery and
buried according to custom.
*JR*
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