To all,
Talked to my mom about the name issue. She said that Ava Arminda said they
changed their names on purpose. This may not be for every family, but this is
what she was told. They were really poor in the Azores, so when they came to
America they felt rich and they wanted rich names so
na referida paroquiain the refered parish
- Original Message -
From: Richard Francis Pimentel rfrancispimen...@comcast.net
To: Azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:23:55 PM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with meaning.
Hi All,
I am attaching a clip
Hello,
Eric E Edgar kindly sent me the following family tree. I am still at a
loss as to the children of Manuel and Teresa (see generation 2) -
apart from my GG Grandfather 'Jose' (born 1841). Does anyone have any
tips?
Thanks
Anita
Descendants of Capitao Domingos Jose de Avelar
Generation
Hi Richard,Let us see if I can be of some help.To the best of my understanding it says: ... Eugenia baptizado na refferida Priocal (ou Pariocal)or in English: ... Eugenia baptized at the said ( or reffered) ParishIf you could send the whole record, maybe it could shed some morelight into
Rick,
In accordance to the American linguistics journal: PiOxah is a semantic
word and it means to wash and could also be the instrument which washes,
like soap or a washing board.
washes.
Veffer is also semantic surname. Veffer+ida. Could indicate a type or brand
Margaret
On Fri, Jan 20,
Batizado na referida Prioral
Prioral: the same as Priorado, Priory in english.
Manoel Cesar Furtado
2012/1/21 Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com:
Hi Richard,
It drives me crazy when you do the snips. I can't compare his handwriting
to something else :(
Is this a marriage? If I back up to
Priory could mean another church. This record is from Santissimo Salvador so
Priory could mean NS Estrela which is the mother church (Martz) or any other
church under NS Estrela. So translated it would be baptized in the above
referred Priory?
Rick
Richard Francis Pimentel
Spring, TX
Formerly of
Though Prior is commonly a monastic superior, I've seen it applied to
priests of a mother church.
Your translation seems correct to me.
Manoel César Furtado
2012/1/21 Richard Francis Pimentel rfrancispimen...@comcast.net:
Priory could mean another church. This record is from Santissimo
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