sense. Thanks so much for bothering to educate me! 😊
>
> Angela, thank you as well! 😊
>
> Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
>
> From: Genealogia sem segredos
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:36 PM
> To: azores@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Official Alfaia
I had that word “official” in a record for an iron worker and it turned out to
be like the word for “occupation” like “oficieu?( probably I didn’t spell it.
I thought it meant “office” (?) ”something but it referred to occupation. I
don’t know if that makes sense but it was a word used in a sh
Francisco, That makes sense. Thanks so much for bothering to educate me! 😊
Angela, thank you as well! 😊
Sam (Mazatlán, MX)
From: Genealogia sem segredos
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:36 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Official Alfaiate (Official Tailor)?
In
In several craft jobs (tailors, masons, wood carvers, etc) workers had 3
categories: aprendiz (aprentice), oficial, and mestre (master). That's the
explanation for "official de alfaiate": he was not an aprentice, nor a
master yet.
Francisco Queiroz
("Genealogia sem segredos" researcher)
'Sam (
I think oficial-alfaiate was the one who sow the pieces together, There was
also the meste-alfaiate, amd others.
Leonor Bertoni escreveu no dia sexta, 22/03/2019
à(s) 18:02:
> I can't speak on your record but my mother was a seamstress and at 17 she
> was the seamstress the soldiers took their p
I think in this case "official" is better translated as journeyman or
craftsman than as an equivalent to the English word "official". Oficina
means workshop.
Bill
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11:02:03 AM UTC-7, Leonor Bertoni wrote:
> I can't speak on your record but my mother was a seamstres
I can't speak on your record but my mother was a seamstress and at 17 she
was the seamstress the soldiers took their pants to me hemmed and pressed.
I'm not sure she had the official title but that is what she was known for
and it was her job. This was in the mid 1930's though. This is also how she
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