Marriage Certificate - Genival and Deolinda de Macedo

I have a rediculously huge stack of documents and pictures to scan and transcribe, so I thought I better get started. This is a copy of my father's parent's marriage certificate.

Genival and Deolinda - 1984 - Sao Marcos, Brazil

• I love how they listed the exact time of the wedding - "ten hours and twenty five minutes".
• The witnesses, according to my dad, are my grandmother's uncle and his wife.
• I thought it was interesting that my grandmother was listed as being born in the "Federal District" until I remembered that Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil at the time. Now the capital is in Brasilia, many hundreds of miles away.
• My grandfather is listed as a machinist. He was a navy man all his life, so I guess he was a machinist for the navy. I never knew that.
• My grandmother is listed as a public worker. She was an accountant for the city of Rio de Janeiro, I remember her telling me she was the first woman to have that job. She also talked about the computers they had in the late 40s and early 50s that would take up entire rooms. Now, she's on facebook. Go figure!
• They were living on the same street. The story goes that they met when grandma was 13 years old and grandpa was 19. She was just the neighbor girl. They didn't start dating until she was 18, which would have been just after my grandfather returned from serving in WWII - in which his ship was sunk (!!), or so the story goes.

According to Google Maps, they lived 98 m away from each other, which would take 15 sec to drive in a car. Unfortunately, there was no street view available for this part of Rio de Janeiro.

Source: Twelfth Division, Guanabara, marriage certificate no. B. 80, 70, entry 7.180 (2 October 1948), Genival Marinho de Macedo and Deolinda Ferreira; Parish of Irajá and Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Transcription:

REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL

DÉCIMA SEGUNDA CIRCUNSCRIÇÃO

ESTADO DA GUANABARA

CERTIDÃO DE CASAMENTO

Duljacy Espirito Santo Cardoso – Oficial do Registro Civil e Tabelião vitalicio da Décima

Segunda Circunscrição, Freguezia de Irajá e Jacarepaguá do Estado de Guanabara.

CERTIFICO que revendo em meu cartório o livro n. B. 80.-

de Registro de casamentos, n’ele a jolhas 70.-

acha-se lavrado o termo sob o n. 7. 180.-

do qual consta que no dia 2 de Outubro de 1948.-

às dex.- horas e vinte e cinco.- minutos, na sala dos casamentos.-

perante o Dr. Avelino José da Cunha.-

e as testemunhas Herminio Thomé de Paiva e Emerita Ferreira Paiva.-

receberam-se em matrimônio pelo regime de Comunhão de Bens: GENIVAL MARIN-

HO DE MACEDO e DEOLINDA FERREIRA.-

que passou a chamar-se DEOLINDA FERREIRA DE MACEDO.-

Êle, de nacionalidade barsileira.-

natural do Est. da Paraiba.-

nascido em 1^o de Abril de 1921.-

filho de Antonio Avelino de Macedo e Leonisa Marinho de Macedo.-

estado civil solteiro.-

profissão maquinista.-

e residente rua Marechal Falção da Fronta, 1.365, ap. 202.-

Ela, de nacionalidade brasileira.-

natural do Distrito Federal.-

nascida em 4 de Janeiro de 1927.-

filha de José Ferreira da Fonseca e Anna Ferreria.-

estado civil solteira.-

profissão funcionária pública.-

e residente rua Marechal Falcão da Fronta, 1.457, apt 102.-

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Translation:

REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRASIL

TWELFTH DIVISION

STATE OF GUANABARA

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE

Duljacy Espirito Santo Cardoso – Officer of the Civil Register and Notary of the Twelfth

Division, Parish of Irajá and Jacarepaguá in the State of Guanabara.

I hereby certify that in my office reviewing the book n. B. 80.-

of the Registry of Marriages, in the ????? 70.-

can be found under the ???? entry n. 7. 180.-

which states that on the day 2 of October of 1948.-

at ten hours and twenty-five minutes, in the hall of weddings.-

before Dr. Avelino José da Cunha.-

and the witnesses Herminio Thomé de Paiva and Emerita Ferreira Paiva.-

recived each other in matrimony through the communion of the bans: GENIVAL MARIN-

HO DE MACEDO and DEOLINDA FERREIRA.-

who came to call herself DEOLINDA FERREIRA DE MACEDO.-

He, of nationality brasilian.-

born in the state of Paraiba.-

born on the 1^st of April of 1921.-

son of Antonio Avelino de Macedo and Leonisa Marinho de Macedo.-

marital status single.-

profession machinist.-

and residing at rua Marechal Falcção da Fronta, 1.365, ap. 202.-

She, of nationality brasilian.-

born in the Federal District.- (Rio de Janeiro)

born on the 4^th of January of 1927.-

daughter of José Ferreira da Fonseca and Anna Ferreria.-

marital status single.-

profession public worker.-

and residing at rua Marechal Falcão da Fronta, 1.457, apt 102.-

Birth Record - Genival Marinho de Macedo

Since looking at my Grandfather's death certificate I thought I should try to track down the other "documents" of his life. First, I decided to find his birth record.

Source: Family Search, "Brazil, Catholic Church Records," digital image, Family Search (familysearch.org : downloaded 13 September 2011), Christening of Genival de Macedo, 8 Apr 1921, Sao Sebastiao, Picui, Paraiba, Brazil, page 32, entry 76; from dioceses and local parish archives throughout Brazil.

Transcription:

Aos oito de Abril de mil novecentos e vinte e um baptizei solenemente a Genival nacido o um de Abril do mesmo anno, filho legítimo de Antonio Avellino de Macedo e Leonizia Marinho de Macedo. Foram padrinhos Abdias Genuinro de Farias e Celidonia Marinho de Farias.
Para constar fiz este assento.
Pe. Antonio Augusto, Vigário
     Casou-se na Arquidiocese do Rio de Janeiro, com Deolinda Ferreira aos 2-10-1948

Translation:
On the 8th of April of nineteen twenty one I solemnly baptised Genival, born on the 1st of April of the same year, legitimate son of Antonio Avellino de Macedo and Leonizia Marinho de Macedo. The godparents were Abdias Genuinro de Farias and Celidonia Marinho de Fairas.
For the record I made this entry.
Father Antonio Augusto, Vicar
     Married at the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro to Deolinda Ferreira on 2 Oct 1948.

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About the side note: I thought it was interesting that the priest went back and noted Genival's marriage to the side of his birth record. My father said that since Genival's mother died when he was a young child he was raised by another woman and when he joined the military he gave his name with that woman's maiden name as his middle name (which is the Brazilian naming custom) to honor her. When he went to marry my grandmother the name he gave was different than what was on his military records so the priest requested a copy of his original birth record to verify who he was. So, when the priest in Picui looked up his birth record he noted to the side that Genival married Deolinda.

I know my Grandfather was a navy man all his life and retired from the military. I would love to get access to his military records and corroborate all the stories he told us when we were kids. According to grandpa, during World War II his ship was sunk twice...he even had a wicked scar on his arm to "prove" it. I'd love to find the records that show him as assigned to those ships and records of what happened to those ships...perhaps even photographs. I may have to assign this out to my grandmother since she is in Rio and may have to go to some repository to get those documents.

Death Certificate - Genival Marinho de Macedo

Genival Marinho de Macedo, abt 1955

I guess before I get too carried away with researching my Dad's side of the family I better start by reviewing what I know and the people closest to me. Here's my paternal grandfather's death certificate.

Source: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dante Alighieri Campos Seixas, Death Certificate fl. 30, book C-0279, certificate no. 49230 (24 August 1999), Genival Marinho de Macedo; 23o Oficio de Notas, Jacarepagua/RJ.

Transcription:
ÓBITO
Certifico que à fl. 30 do livro no C-0279 de registro de óbitos, sob o número de ordem 49230, foi lavrado o óbito de GENIVAL MARINHO DE MACEDO, falecido aos 24 dias do mês de agosto do ano de 1999, às 01:10 horas, no(a) Via Pública-Linha Amarela-RJ, do sexo masculine, filho de Antonio Avelino de Macedo e Leonizia Marinho de Macedo, com 78 Anos de idade, profissão: ex-combatente, Estado Civil: casado com Deolinda Ferreira de Macedo, residente na Estrada da Boiuna, 1133, c/63-Taquara-RJ, natural de Paraíba. Deixou 1 filho(a) maior, deixou bens, não deixou testament, era eleitor. No do CPF: 025668187-20. Identidade No: MM42109. Causa mortis: insuficiência respiratória, doença pulmonary obstrutiva crônica, cardiomiopatia. Médico atestante: Dr(a). Fernando M. Theóphilo, Local do sepultamento: Jardim da Saudade de Sulacap – RJ. Declarante: Orlando Borges Fraga. Observações: *--*--*--*.

Translation:
DEATH
I certify that page 30 of book no. C-0279 of the registers of death, under the order (certificate) number 49230, was recorded the death of GENIVAL MARINHO DE MACEDO, died on the 24th day of the month of August in the year 1999, at 01:10 o’clock, on the Via Pública-Linha Amarela-RJ, sex male, son of Antonio Avelino de Macedo and Leonizia Marinho de Macedo, at 78 years of age, occupation: veteran, status: married to Deolinda Ferreira de Macedo, residence: Estrada da Boiuna, 1133, c/63-Taquara-RJ, native of Paraíba. Leaves one child of age, assets left, left no will, was a voter. CPF (SSN): 025668187-20. Identification no: MM42109. Cause of death: insufficient respiration, chronic pulmonary obstruction disease, cardiomyopathy. Medical certifying officer: Dr. Fernando M. Theóphilo, Location of Burial: Jardim da Saudade de Sulacap – RJ. Declarant: Orando Borges Fraga. Observations: [blank]

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Of Note:

• He died at 1:10 am on the "Via Pública-Linha Amarela-RJ" which is a freeway. I think he was in an ambulance.
• Lists his parents and his age but not his birthdate. Good thing I already knew that.
• I wonder who the declarant is. I'll have to ask my dad if he knows him.

Death Record - Maria Avelina da Conceicao

Antonio Avelino de Macedo was married before he married my great-grandmother Leonizia. According to his marriage record to Leonizia, he was the widow of Maria Avelina da Conceicao. I thought I better try to find her death record. I knew she died before 7 April 1920 when Antonio married Leonizia but didn't know how long she had been dead. I figured if, as according to my dad, he married 5 times, he didn't wait very long between marriages. So I started looking back from 1920 for Maria's death record. There are LOTS of Maria's in Brazil!!! I looked for the name (off to the side) then looked for the age. Many of the Maria's were young children or single/widows. Then I found her!

Source: Family Search, "Brazil, Catholic Church Records," digital image, Family Search (familysearch.org : downloaded 12 September 2011), Death of Maria Avelina da Conceicao, 8 Mar 1919, Sao Sebastiao, Picui, Paraiba, Brazil, Anno de 1919, entry 25; from dioceses and local parish archives throughout Brazil.

Transcription:

Maria
Aos oito de Marco de mil novecentos e dezenove foi sepultado no Cemiterio publico desta Villa o cadaver de Maria Amelia da Conceicao com quarenta e trez annos de idade cazada com Antonio Avelino de Macedo, o cadaver foi emcommendado moradores nesta Freguezia.
  Para constar mandei fazer este assento.
   Pe Antonio augusto, Vigario

Translation:

Maria
On the eighth of March of nineteen hundred and nineteen was buried in the Public Cemetery of this township the body of Maria Amelia da Conceicao at fourty three years of age married to Antonio Avelino de Macedo, the body was designated as residents of this County.
For the record I made this truthful account
      Father Antonio Augusto, vicar.

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Items of Note:

• Maria died on 8 Mar 1919, and Antonio married his next wife, Leonizia on 7 Apr 1920 just over a year later.
• Maria was 43 years old when she died, did she really die in childbirth and was it really her first child as my father said? If Maria was Antonio's 3rd wife, maybe she was married before? Or, maybe they hadn't been married long?

Marriage Record - Antonio and Leonizia deMacedo

After looking at Leonizia's Death Certificate I decided to look for the church Marriage Record so that I could find out more information about her. Here's the record of their marriage in the Parrish records (bottom right entry). I had my dad help me with translating and understanding some of the words.

Source: Family Search, "Brazil, Catholic Church Records," digital image, Family Search (familysearch.org : downloaded 9 September 2011), Marriage of Antonio de Macedo and Leonisia Marinho, 7 Apr 1920, Sao Sebastiao, Picui, Paraiba, Brazil, Anno de 1920, entry 4; from dioceses and local parish archives throughout Brazil.

Transcription:

Aos sete de Abril de mil novecentos e vinte, nesta matriz de Picuhy, servatis servandis, perante as testemunhas Bel  Jose Bezerra Dantas e Theophanos Alves da Silva, assisti ao recebimento matrimonial de Antonio Avelino de Macedo, viuvo de Maria Amelia da Conceicao, com Leonizia Marinho do Rego, elle filho legitimo de Antonio Avelino de Macedo e Petronilla Maria dos Prazeres, ella filha legitima de Luiz Jose Marinho e Avelina Rosa Marinho.
     Para constar fiz este assento.
          Pe. Antonio Augusto, Vigario.

Translation:

On the seventh of April of nineteen twenty, in this parish of Picuhy, servatis servandis (latin for: With what is to be preserved having been preserved) in the presence of witnesses, Bachelor/Graduate Jose Bezerra Dantas and Theophanos Alves da Silva, I witnessed the nuptials/matrimony of Antonio Avelino de Macedo, widower of Maria Amelia da Conceicao with Leonizia Marinho do Rego, him a legal son of Antonio Avelino de Macedo and Petronilla Maria dos Prazeres, her legal daughter of Luiz Jose Marinho and Avelina Rosa Marinho.
     To document it I made this record.
          Father Antonio Augusto, vicar.

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Interesting Items:

• The date we had in the database for the marriage was wrong! We had 6th of April instead of 7th of April.
• One of the witnesses is listed as "Bel" which means Bachelor...but not unmarried man, rather a man with a bachelor degree.
• Antonio was married before to Maria. When I asked my dad about this he said that Leonizia was Antonio's 4th wife. His first 4 wives died in childbirth, the first three wives with their first child. Leonizia had two children, my Grandfather and Great Uncle. According to my father, Antonio was married one last time after Leonizia. I need to go back and find all these marriage/death/birth records.
• Now I can add Antonio's father and correct Leonizia's parents' names in our database.

Leonisia Marinho de Macedo - Death Certificate

My father gave me a few documents that he has collected over the years. This is the Death Certificate for my Paternal Grandfather's Mother, Leonisia Marinho de Macedo. My parents went to the registry office to get a transcribed copy of the death certificate.

Source: Paraiba, Brazil, Cartorio do Registro Civil, Death Certificate reg. no. 168/84, page 68-v, book C-5 (6 July 1922, copy 5 April 1984), Leonisia Marinho de Macedo; Servico de Notas Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais de Barauna, Centro Baruna/PB.

Transcription:

REPÚBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL

REGISTRO DAS PESSOAS NATURAIS

COMARCA DE PICUÍ – PARAÍBA

MARIA DO SOCORRO FARIAS DE MACÊDO

OFICIAL DO REGISTRO CIVIL DESTA CIDADE DOE PICUÍ, EM VIRTUDE DA LEI, ETC.

CARTÓRIO DO REGISTRO CIVIL

            CERTIFICO que, às folhas 68-v do livro n^o. C-5 de registros de óbitos, cons-

Ta o assent de LEONISIA MARINHO DE MACEDO

Falecido ao 06 de julho de 1922 às – horas, em domicilio nesta vila

De Picuí PB. do sexo feminino de cor :z:z:z:z:

profissao .z:z:z:z:z:z: natural de :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z: domicilado nesta vila

e residente nesta vila com 32

anos de idade, estado civil casada filho de :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:

profissão :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z: natural de :z:z:z:z:z

e de :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z: profissão :z:z:z:z:z:z

:z:z:z:z:z: natural de :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z: e residente em :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:

foi declarante  Antonio Avelino de Macedo

sendo o atestado de óbito firmado por :z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z:

que deu como causa da morte :z parto

O sepultamento foi feito no Cemiterio desta cidade de Picui PB.

Observaççes: Livro do Registro n^o. C-5 fls 68-v n^o 158 em 11.7.1922.

O referido é verdade e dou fe.

TAXA DE APOSENTADORIA Cr$ 20,00 reg.no 168/84 Fls.9-v do L-no 06

Picuí 05 de Abril de 1984 Saldecir Bezerra Barros Eseredente Oficial do registro Civil

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Translation:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

REGISTER OF NATURAL PERSONS

COUNTY OF PICUI – PARAIBA

MARIA DO SOCORRO FARIAS DE MACEDO

REGISTRY OFFICIAL OF THIS CITY OF PICUI, UNDER THE LAW, ETC.

REGISTRY OF THE CIVIL REGISTRY

It is certified that, the pages 68-v of book no. C-5 of death registries,

contains the information of Leonisia Marinho de Macedo

died on 06 of July of 1922 at – o’clock, in her home in this town

of Picui, PB. of sex female, color -----,

occupation -----, born at ------, home in this town,

resident of this town, at 32

years of age, marital status married, daughter of [i.e. father] -----,

occupation -----, born at -----,

and of [i.e. mother] -----, occupation -----,

born at -----, and resident of -----.

Declaring: Antonio Avelino de Macedo

being a witness of the death and signed by -----

and gave as cause of death labor/delivery

The burial was done at the cemetery of this city of Picui, PB

Remarks: book of registry no. C-5 fls 68-v n^o 158 em 11.7.1922.

The above is true and I give faith.

RETIREMENT TAX Cr$ 20,00 reg.no 168/84 Fls.9-v do L-no 06

Picuí 05 de April de 1984 (signed)Saldecir Bezerra Barros Eseredente Civil Registry Official

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Interesting Information:

• Leonisia died in childbirth. According to the dates she died on 6 July 1922. Her last child, Amilton Marinho de Macedo, my father's uncle, was born on 3 May 1922. So, Leonisia was ill for about a month before she died.
• The Declarant is my great-grandfather, Leonisia's husband.
• I'm surprised that so many fields were left blank. It would have been great to find her father and mother and where they were born. I will have to look for some sort of marriage record which I hope will have this information on it.

deMacedo Family Home - 1956

I collected a few old pictures from my Grandmother (Deolinda) many years ago and am finally going to do something with them. As they make the move to an acid free photo album I thought I'd share them. I emailed my Dad and asked for some more information.

Here's what he said about this picture: I'm the baby, Walter is the 6 yrs old (or a few months before his b-day). This is the house where I lived my first 13 years.

Later, I received another email with a story he thought of when he saw this picture. It's really cute and says a lot for the type of father, and grandfather, that Genival was.

The stork trip to Vista Alegre back in 1956. by Nilton deMacedo

If there is one thing that my dad did well was to tell stories. He would resort to vivid details, so specific that I still can see (in my mind) how the story came to life when I heard them as a little boy. He was very good in telling the story almost verbatim every time, and he never sounded bored, on the contrary, he seemed to enjoy as much as I did.

The first story I can recall I heard for the first time when I was very, very, small. The versions I recall come from when I was about 5 maybe 6 years old. Every birthday, or when a neighbor or family member had a baby, I would ask him to tell me this story. Besides telling the story he would walk around our yard and show me where the fictitious story would have happened, as if he wanted to prove it true. As I said, the details were precise, down to specific facts that made the story so believable. I will try to re-count as close to what I heard, in his words, and in brackets I’ll add my comments to clarify items that may not make sense for someone outside of the family.

I guess this story came as a result of me (or my brother, who was six years older than me) asking about our birth. The question must have been something like: Why was I born into this family, and not any other? How did I get here?

This gave origin to the story of the “Visit from Ms. Stork”, and it went like this [the times I recall he was alone in the yard with me. Maybe my brother was getting too old for these stories]:

When babies are ready to be born, a Stork is called to take that baby to their future parents. Your mommy and I were waiting for a visit from Ms. Stork for more than five years (so your brother could have a brother or sister to play with). Because of the large avocado tree by the side of the house, and a coconut tree on the front, our home was not very visible from above and every time the stork came by with a baby she would (by mistake) deliver it to the neighbors instead. [That explained why they had nine children, at least to me].

I had enough of it [again, these are my dad’s word], so almost daily I went to the upstairs room [we had an extra bedroom above on the second floor with a window to the front of the house, with better visibility because it was a little above the avocado tree]. I decided to look for the stork as often as I could, to make it sure she wouldn’t miss our house again. Every day I would go up there, go to the window and watch the skies. It took a long time, but one day I saw it coming in our direction with a baby in its beak. That was you. I started waiving my hands, screaming, trying to get the storks attention. At first she ignored me and flew past our home, towards the neighbors house [the lady with nine kids]. I didn’t give up. I ran downstairs, grabbed a dish cloth in the kitchen and started waiving it towards the stork that was now going in circles, round and round, preparing to land.

[At this point my dad would take me outside, if we were not there already, and show me exactly where all that “happened”].

I waived the dish cloth, I screamed, I waived my hands. Your mom and your grandma came out to see what was happening. I started climbing the avocado tree and jumped from there into the neighbor’s roof. The stork was very close to landing when she saw me. I told her that I was expecting that baby for so long; it wasn’t fair to give you to the neighbors, who already had their hands full. The stork finally ended the slow descending and landed on the neighbor’s roof, gave me a curious look (they don’t talk, but she understood what I was saying) and I guess she decided I was right and slowly walked my way with you in her beak. I was so happy! I got you in my arms, and I could hear your mom and grandma screaming in excitement down below us.

I couldn’t get down through the avocado tree, because I could slip and drop you, so I walk carefully towards the window of the bedroom on our house upper level and by then your grandma was already there, arms open to get you.

Can you see that bent rain gutter and the cracked ceramic tile? [I would acknowledge that I could spot them]. I bent the gutter and cracked the tile when I was walking on the roof, because I’m so heavy for those fragile tiles. I never fixed them because they remind me of that wonderful day, March 12, 1956. [I still remember vividly that every time I saw the bent rain-gutter and the cracked tile I would think about the story and how I was “born”]

After grandma got you, your mom came in also and you were going from one to the other. I just climbed in through the window, and you were now part of the family. That was a close call. If I had missed the stork’s visit, Abel and Wilma [Our next door neighbors - I don’t recall her last name, we never used it!] would have had 10 kids instead.

That was an adventure for all of us, but it was well worth.

Deolinda's Employment Identification Card, 1954

As the story goes, Deolinda worked as an Accountant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Federal government. I've been told she was one of the, if not the, first female Accountant in Rio. Below is her Identification card and transcriptions of what it says. (Click on images to see larger)

Around the outside: Departamento Federal de Segurança Publica, Instituto Felix Pacheco (Federal Department of Public Safety, Felix Pacheco Institute)

Registration Number: 592 986
Order Number: 99379
Photograph, right index print, and signature

TOP

Cartão de Identidade (Identification Card)

Estados Unidos do Brasil (United States of Brazil)

Instituto Félix Pacheco (Felix Pacheco Institute)

BOTTOM

Marca D'água - Armas da República (Watermark - Arms of the Republic)

Nome (Name): Deolinda Ferreira de Macedo
Natural de (Native of): Distrito Federal
Data do Nacimento (Date of Birth): 4.1.927 (4 Jan 1927)
Da Cutis (race/skin): Branca (white)
Filiacao (Parents): José Ferreira da Fonseca e (and) Anna Ferreira
Issued 26 de...1954
Signed by the director.