My Croatian/Italian/Austrian/German Empire (depended who controlled the area at the time - marriage record says German Empire) 6th great grandfather was34 years older than his 2nd wife. He was 63 when he married her. She was 29. This was ca 1750's. They went on to have 4 children. The last when he was 75 years old!! He died when the youngest child was 4 months old. He had 8 children with his first wife starting when he was 27.
"E" On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Maria Lima <maria.lima...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you Doug- I'm still getting over the shock but if I cannot find > another marriage record for them- then I'll be sure. Thank you so much > > Maria Elena > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 24, 2014, at 10:22 AM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > > Hi Maria, > > I have seen this many, many times where the groom is way younger than the > bride. > There can be many reasons for it. Just take any guess. > One could be he was more poor than the bride. Maybe she had some family > wealth and he thought that's a pretty good deal, even if she's way older. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > > When I realized she was born in 1722 I did a double take! Her husband > Antonio was born in 1740! IF I was following the right parents of Antonio > and Antonia. > > Thats when I wrote the LIST (the GURU's here!!:) - again. > > I wondered if I found the correct marriage record for Antonio Botteilho > and Antonia de Jesus. Maybe I've been chasing children of these two > couples on the marriage record both of who, "coincidentally" had a son > named Antonio in the case of the paternal and who fits the 20 year rule) ) > and a daughter named Antonia, born 1722! She was old enough to be > Antonio's mother. mother. > > Have you seen this before? It didn't say she was widowed either from the > marriage record I found. > > > > -- > 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. > 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. > 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
