John, A very good explanation. As a Catholic myself, I understand the
symbolism. My Manoel Furtado Seixas & Maria Pereira has their first child
in someone's home. There are no godparents, however, there are witnesses.
I think the our Holy Mother is mentioned. I seem to recollect something
about
I live in Massachusetts. In the first third of the 20th century in Fall River
most people had their babies at home and the baby was more often than not,
delivered by the midwife, not the doctor.
In the Azores, every village had a midwife (wives) who delivered babies. Of
course the midwife migh
What was the role of midwives? I have seen the same name repeated on
births and often they act as a godparent. Was it a profession, such as,
the village midwife? I have also seen where the child is born in the home
of the midwife. Is it possible that it was the home of a relative acting as
the mi
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