Exposto = orphan, foundling
Cheri Mello
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Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
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What is an Exposto ?
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On Jul 1, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Ângela Loura angelalo...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an ancestor who was an Exposto, born in 1804. His baptism record
refers his godfather, as well as the names of the parents who raised him. As
to dates it only says that he
There seem to be certain churches that are a center of Exposto baptisms (
Lomba, Flores in my records) and that they tend to do large batches of
them.
In a Luz, Graciosa book, there were almost 60 in a row, with ages from a
week to 4 years old.
Sometimes the parent who is raising them is named
I don't recall this being discussed before. My ancestor Alexandre Martins
was an exposto. I have his marriage record and the baptismo record of his
spouse. The marriage record indicates he was baptized at Se Cathedral in
Angra, but no indication as to when or his age. I've been going through
I have an ancestor who was an Exposto, born in 1804. His baptism record
refers his godfather, as well as the names of the parents who raised him.
As to dates it only says that he was exposto the night before the
baptism. I was lucky to confirm he was the guy i was looking for because he
married
I seem to remember Joao Ventura (the archivist researcher for hire)
saying many of the expostos were brought to the Matriz to be baptized. Not
sure if the churches you mention are Matriz'
Cheri
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Ângela Loura angelalo...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an ancestor who
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