Thanks Cheri! I'm sure you're right, and that there were other factors that determined why they ended up on S. Miguel for the wedding. Such a mystery!
:D Linda On Monday, January 27, 2020 at 12:27:18 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > I looked up a calendar for 1849 and yes, Lent would have been from 22 > February and 8 April (Easter Sunday). You couldn't marry during Lent. > However, it didn't matter where you married, as the marriage banns had to > be posted at both the bride and groom's home churches. Maybe they moved > around trying to conceive her pregnancy (that's a bit expensive), but a > possibility. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 12:00 PM linda <menese...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> Probably this is the source for that info in the database about the >> Gazelle, 1870: >> >> >> https://www.worldcat.org/title/logbook-of-the-ship-gazelle-1870-oct-26-1872-nov-28/oclc/71254679&referer=brief_results >> >> I can't see where the logbook itself is held, but it must still exist. >> >> It seems that the whaling museum has a logbook database in an excel file >> (hope this link will work): >> >> >> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=16&ved=2ahUKEwik0OSjx6TnAhWhna0KHcvrA3AQFjAPegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whalingmuseum.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FDocuments%2FLogbook%2520Database%2520Master_web.xls&usg=AOvVaw3aUTqkSiGAaEq18He9SVHv >> >> It comes up near the top of a google search on the terms >> >> ship seconet logbook 1855 >> >> I have to run, but hope this provides a lead. >> >> :) >> >> Linda >> >> On Monday, January 27, 2020 at 11:33:02 AM UTC-8, Bill Seidler wrote: >>> >>> Sorry but in my memory I co-mingled some whaling crew entries. There >>> are many Francis Joseph, Francisco Jose, or other iterations in the whaling >>> crew database. Many can be eliminated by age or residence. I also >>> eliminated any entry before 1855 since he was listed as a carpenter and not >>> a mariner his son's baptisms that year. That left several that didn't have >>> enough data to be eliminated, but two that had additional data consistent >>> with being my Francisco Jose. It was these two I co-mingled. First was >>> 1855 on the Ship Seconet who was listed as a COOPER but it did not give his >>> age or residence. A cooper would be consistent with Francisco Jose being a >>> carpenter and with Francis Joseph in New Zealand being a cooper. The >>> second was a Francis Joseph on the Bark Gazelle in 1870 which gives his age >>> as 43 and his residence as Sao Jorge, Azores. Either or both of these >>> could fit (or not) my wife's ancestor. >>> >>> Bill Seidler >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:57:57 AM UTC-8, Bill Seidler wrote: >>>> >>>> Thank you Linda, your insight is always appreciated and helpful. Sorry >>>> for the delay in responding. You are correct that I search for an Azorean >>>> obit for him. I looked through 1911 in Urzelina where he last lived and >>>> in >>>> Praia, Graciosa where he was born. The DNA evidence coupled with the name >>>> and occupation circumstance seems very compelling. Another coincidence is >>>> that the New Bedford Whaling Museum database show that the was a crew >>>> member on a Whaler in 1867 named Francisco Jose Cordeiro from Sao Jorge, >>>> Azores, whose job was "cooper". >>>> >>>> Attached are timelines of what I have for him in the Azores and what >>>> Tony (my New Zealand contact) provided from his records. >>>> >>>> Thanks again, >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> -- >> 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 azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/607ecd66-5935-4306-a531-6cc352edfac2%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/607ecd66-5935-4306-a531-6cc352edfac2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/8e7c15ec-d561-4d46-a187-60bd28edb7bf%40googlegroups.com.
