That's really interesting! I knew I had a (very) few Donas in my tree but never figured out why. Like you Cheri, I thought I came from peasant stock. I see that one of my 5Ggrandmothers (born mid 1700s) used it. Her daughter and granddaughter also used it. But my GGgrandmother did not.
They were from Norte Grande, Sao Jorge. The paper about the history of Velas that was mentioned earlier in this group has info on Norte Grande. I'm going to have to study it more closely and see if these women or their husbands are mentioned! So glad this topic came up! Mary On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 9:08 AM Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if the title was passed down. I would think so. I come from a > really long line of peasants, so I don't believe I have any Donas in my > tree. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@me.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Cheri. So, it’s the “upper crust” of the Azores, then? LOL I > assume that would mean that the title is passed down to daughters? > > k > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > > Climb my Family Tree: > http://www.kathys-place.com/Kathy/index.php > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Notes from Joao Ventura, the archivist: > Dona was a title for a lady of higher position or nobility > > > 1600s, title was real > > > 1700s titles was sometimes real > > > 1800s titles were less accurate > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@me.com> wrote: > > How is it that a woman is called “Dona”? Is it a title of respect, money, > position? Is it inherited? I’ve never really known and thought it was time. > :) > > Kathy > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
