Thanks Steve for your thoughts. There is likely some changing or
rearranging of names as you have noted. I'll have to keep working at it.
I agree that the script being clear is one of the key problems. If it were
clearer then we could more easily translate. Thanks again and hope your
Hi Ed.
My parent's families are also from Flores I find the records challenging
because of clarity more than not being able to read Portuguese. I don't
know about the surname Anthony or Antonio but my relatives have that as a
first name the last name Miguel (which is really a first name as
Hello Eric,
Thanks. I had only seen the 1859 entry but not the others. That is an
interesting observation. So the thinking would be that he added a c
because there was also another of the same name. The 1859 and 1880 census
do not show the c but the 1870 does. He is noted twice in the
Oh golly, I should have read your message all the way through before
posting. Clearly you are already linked into the CCA site. If you see
anything that looks possible send the page number and the parish, and let
others take a look for you. Did you see any Nicholau, Nicholas, etc?
On
No problem. Thanks Marcia for your thoughts. You may well be right about
the birthday and I agree that the name well have been changed or rearranged
in some way. I will continue to work at it and let folks know if I find
anything. Reading the script in the records seems to be the biggest
The Francisco Gomes book, Casais das Flores e do Corvo, is available in Kindle
format. It is an abstract of marriages on Flores and Corvo. It is in Portuguese
but because it is typescript it is much easier to read. It is arranged by
parishes and is alpha by groom's first name within the parish.
I have the Casais das Flores e do Corvo book, and have searched it for
clues. There's not anything jumping out as a clue here. The name Nicholas C
Anthony may have been Nicolau Antonio.
The C may have been most likely for Caetano, maybe Coelho. So, Nicolau
Caetano Antonio?
There is also a
Thank you Mary and Eric for your thoughts and help. I did go ahead and buy
the Kindle version of the book and it is much easier to decipher than the
original records. Has anyone done this for the baptismal or birth records
for Flores? I am sure the book will be of more help once I can
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