I saw some records wera the man was said “died on the sea”. To anothers, it seems exist a law with a definition on the time of the disapearence. I see a old paper with a sentence like that.
I saw too a lot of batism with this expression : “son of Maria wife of Manoel absent”. To the difficulties of this wives, il’s important to know that, on this time, the family solidarity was very strong (different of our time). Philippe Garnier Paris - France _____ De : azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] De la part de Cheri Mello Envoyé : mardi 18 octobre 2016 02:25 À : azores@googlegroups.com Objet : Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Lost husbands But if a husband had died at sea, wouldn't the crew have told his family back home when they returned? Then the wife would be a widow, not a married woman. Or would they have said nothing to his family and left them wondering? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/azores/ZYsBB8i4Ufc/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@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.
