Bill, You're correct, Manuel Andrade is the priest (Vigaro); In the narrative he is merely stating that those named individuals were signing (signo) below, along with him. He may actually have signed *for* them. As for padrinhos, I don't see anyone specifically listed as such, but, these individuals were, at least, acting as witnesses to the ceremony. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 12:52:11 PM UTC-4, bsei...@gmail.com wrote: > > Like Lee, I am very curious about those people named after the groom's > deceased parents. The first, Manuel Andrade, seems to be the priest, then > it looks like Jose de Medeiros da Camera, ??? Jose Martins, Martinho Rapozo > and Joseph Rapozo. I haven't seen this done before. > > My first thought is that one or more was standing in for the deceased > parents because perhaps the groom had not reached majority age (I don't > know if he had or not). But if this is the case, why so many people? > > Bill Seidler >
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