I'm with John M R, I have seen quite a few of these obitos with the same wording, and it should not be read as a Jewish or Muslim custom, even if they have their own such custom. I have only seen one reference to Jewish ancestry in all my years of researching Sao Miguel, and it was plainly stated. The people involved were more recent, the 1800's and they were from Morocco. That many of us have connections to Jewish ancestry, I have no doubt, but we cannot simply jump to conclusions without some evidence, especially in more recent times.
JR On Thursday, October 9, 2014 3:53:41 PM UTC-4, Mary Bordi wrote: > > My GGG Grandfather died in 1829, Sao Jorge. This from his obito: > > > seo corpo foi involto em abito de saial de uso dos religiozos de São > Francisco... > > His body was dressed with the habit of St. Francis... > > > Mary > > On Thursday, October 9, 2014, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I think we need to be careful about reading too much into burial in a >> white shroud. I have seen some death records that state the deceased was >> buried in a white shroud (usually a bed sheet /lençol: "she was wrapped in >> a bed sheet because she had nothing else in which to be buried...") because >> they simply were so poor they had nothing but rags to wear. I also think >> that sometimes, providing the deceased with a full set of clothes might >> have been a luxury, especially if you had a lot of children, some of whom >> approaching adolesence, who could really benefit from the "hand me downs." >> >> >> On Thursday, October 9, 2014 1:08 PM, "robertaing...@gmail.com" < >> robertaing...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Doug, >> >> I don't know what you mean by nearly 100%, it would depend a lot of the >> custom of the place/people. Catholics, in general, do not have this custom. >> Unless, as someone mentioned, the person was baptized as an adult or maybe >> right before dying. But I never heard of such a custom in Brazil. >> >> Roberta >> >> On Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:38:44 AM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes >> wrote: >> >> MaryAnn, >> >> That's how almost everyone was buried - nearly 100%. >> >> Doug da Rocha Holmes >> Sacramento, California >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >> 916-550-1618 >> www.dholmes.com >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trying to decipher Obitos >> From: MaryAnn Santos <ma...@nyu.edu> >> Date: Sun, September 28, 2014 9:32 am >> To: azo...@googlegroups.com >> >> How weird. I've never come across that before - just a sentence that they >> were buried in the public cemetary. She must have died suddenly because she >> didn't receive the sacraments. >> >> Thank you for your help! >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM, mnk <kami...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> Yep, that's what it says. Basically her body was wrapped in a white >> shroud and the priest accompanied the body from home to the church to be >> buried. >> MNK >> >> -- >> 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.
