Doug, I will give a try :)
marcou o prazo de um ano: one-year period was established para prestação de contas: to render accounts I hope it makes sense. Manoel Em terça-feira, 27 de agosto de 2013 19h47min47s UTC-3, Lionel Holmes escreveu: > > Manoel (man...@gmail.com <javascript:>): > > What does this mean: "Mancou o prozo de um anno para prestacao de contas" > ? > > Lionel Rocha Holmes > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:28 PM, mances <man...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Doug, >> >> I am not that good in english, but pipa d'água is something like tank for >> water. The word pipa has nothing to do with the word pipe in english, in >> this case. >> >> Manoel >> >> Em terça-feira, 27 de agosto de 2013 19h12min41s UTC-3, Doug da Rocha >> Holmes escreveu: >>> >>> Good question, Cheri. >>> >>> I was thinking if water pipes is the correct interpretation of that, >>> maybe he was working as a plumber and these were simply some of his stock >>> of work materials. It mentions he had two carts, which I suppose were >>> pulled by horse, so the animals he had were probably horses. It sure adds >>> some color to just a name in a family tree. >>> >>> It doesn't mention he owned a house, so I assume he was renting. And I >>> suppose he could have been installing pipes in the homes of the upper class. >>> >>> I didn't yet look on a map to find that part of the city. >>> >>> My brother was born in Niteroi in 1952 when my family was living there. >>> It was before they built a bridge to Rio and one had to take a ferry to >>> cross the bay. >>> >>> We have slides of Corcovado, that famous statue of Christ on the >>> mountain overlooking Rio. >>> >>> Doug da Rocha Holmes >>> Sacramento, California >>> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >>> 916-550-1618 >>> www.dholmes.com >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] death in Niteroi, Brasil >>> From: Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Tue, August 27, 2013 2:46 pm >>> To: Azores Genealogy <azo...@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> This obit is from 1878? So someone with water pipes would have been >>> considered upper class? >>> >>> -- >> For 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." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to azo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
