oh, btw, "proprietaria" means that your great grandmother was a property owner.
:) Linda On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:21:54 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: > > > > I'm glad to have helped :D The vocabulary used in the records is limited, > and with very little practice, you can be reading them in no time. > FamilySearch.org has a list of words used in the records on their site, and > that's really all you need to get started. > > Here's a transcription: > > Elvira Augusa de 30 anos, > casada com Antonio Augus- > to da Cunha, proprieta- > ria, natural da freguesia > de Santa Cruz ilha Gracio- > sa deste districto; levando seu > filho, Joao Augusto da Cu- > nha de 15 anos solteiro, traba- > lhador, Alfredo Augusto da > Cunha de 11, e Rosalia de 6 anos, > todos da dita freguesia. > > > Good luck! > > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >> >> Thank you so very much Linda. That is definitely my great grandmother and >> her children. My grandmother, her daughter came at a different time. So >> thrilled to have found this.My skill level is zero! It is good enough for >> me to be able scan the records on tombo.pt but I'm not able to translate. >> >> So excited to share this with a cousin of my father's who happens to be >> daughter of Alfredo! >> >> Obrigado, >> >> Colleen >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:41 PM, linda <menese...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Colleen, >> >> Here's a translation of the top, right corner entry. I broke it up by >> lines as they are in the original document so you can compare the two. I >> don't know your skill level, but I'd be happy to provide a transcription >> too if you're trying to learn to read the records. >> >> passport number: 838 >> August 30th >> Destination: United States of North America >> >> Elvira Augusta, aged 30, >> married to Antonio Augus- >> to de Cunha, proprieta- >> ria, native of the parish >> of Santa Cruz, isle [of] Gracio- >> sa of this district; taking her >> son, Joao Augusto da Cu- >> nha aged 15 single, labor >> -er, Alfredo Augusto da >> Cunha [the age] of 11, and Rosalia [aged] 6 years, >> all of the said [i.e., the same] parish. >> >> Linda >> >> >> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 4:46:29 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >>> >>> I believe this to be my great-grandmother's passport along with 3 of her >>> children, Alreado, Rosalia, Joao (Jose)! I know they arrived 9/16/1913 on >>> the ship Canopic. >>> >>> Top right corner >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914_item1/P118.html >>> >>> Thank you again for your help, >>> >>> Colleen Wright >>> Researching: Cunha, Bettencourt, Rosa from Graciosa >>> >> -- >> 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. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
