Week 13: Belonging

Chapter 2 - Early Life Memories (up to about 12 years old.)

Let's talk about the clubs or organizations you were in during these years, OK? Were you in cub scouts or brownies or were you in a 4-H club? What did you do in those clubs? What about church activities? Were you active in Primary? How did you feel about going? Did you like to learn the songs? Were you anxious to graduate to MIA? Do you have any specific memories about Primary that you can remember? Are they good or bad memories? Did your Primary years help you in your adult life? Tell me about it. How about a "secret club" with some of your friends in the neighborhood? What was the name of the club? (I know it's a secret, but I won't tell) Who was int he club and what did you do? Where were these club meetings held? Were these clubs and organizations or groups important to you? Why or why not?

Do you think your involvement or lack of involvement in groups like these had a significant influence in shaping your self concept and values? Were you ever in a children's choir? Did you ever participate in a dace recital? Were you ever in a sports league of any kind? Do you feel that sports participation on a league level at this early age is wise? Why or why not? Did you perform in a recital with an instrument? How do you feel about children int he grade school level taking lessons and performing? What about in competition? Is it too young? Did it benefit or hurt your early years? Explain.

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.

Week 12: School

Chapter 2 - Early Life Memories (up to about 12 years old.)

Did you attend a formal (public or private) elementary school or were you taught at home? Do you remember the names of the school(s) you attended up through the 6th grade? What were those schools like...big or small...always hot or too cold or just right? Well lit or poorly lit? Quiet or noisy?

Were those elementary schools close to home or did you have to walk a long way to get there? How did you get to school? Did you ride a bus (or a horse, or a bicycle, or something else?) or did your parents take you?

Did you ever get into "trouble" at elementary school? What games did you play at recess? Do you remember anything significant or unusual that happened on your way to or from school? Did you have any special teachers in elementary school (or up until the time that you were approximately 12 years old)? What do you remember about them? Why were they so special? Any particularly memorable principals (or ones who used a big paddle)? Were those early school years fun and exciting, or were they difficult and frightening, ro some of each? Why? What made them that way? I'd like to hear about it.

Newspaper - Mathias Lund - death notices

I searched for Mathias Lund on the Utah Digital Newspapers site and got a few hits for his death announcements.


The first one was published on 2 May 1926, the day he died.

Source: University of Utah, "Deaths," death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 2 May 1926, Mathias C. Lund death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

DEATHS ----- Mathias C. Lund of Plain City, aged 76, died this morning at 2 o’clock at the local hospital following a week’s illness. He is survived by six daughters, three sons, and one brother, Willard R. Lund. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Lindquist undertakers, and will be announced tomorrow.

Then the next day there was another announcement.

Source: University of Utah, "Deaths," death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 3 March 1926, Mathias Christian Lund death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

DEATHS ----- Mathias Christian Lund, son of Dedrick F. and Karen Christina Hansen Lund, died at the local hospital Monday after an illness of three weeks. He was born in Bornholm, Denmark, Sept. 1 1849. He joined the Latter Day Saints church in 1853 and in July of that year left his native land to cast his lot with the Mormons in Utah. He arrived in Ogden over the Union Pacific railway. The terminus was then at Riverdale, where he got off the train at 3 o’clock in the morning. After a short sleep in the willows nearby he walked to Plain City. He established his home there and had since resided in that place. He was married to Pauline Swenson in 1874. Mrs. Lund died two years ago. Mr. Lund was an earnest and devoted Latter Day Saint, having been deacon, teacher, priest, elder, seventy and high priest, which latter office he held at the time of his death. For the last few years he had done genealogical work. He was the father of 10 children, nine of whom survive. Thy are Mrs. J.D. Moore of Ogden, Mrs. P. M. Folman and Francis M. Lund of Plain City; Mrs. R. A. Witten of Perry, Victor, Heber, Sadie and Clyde Lund and Mrs. Lawrence Cottle, all of Plain City. One brother, W. R. Lund of Plain City. 27 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 1:30 o’clock at the Plain City meeting house with Bishop Wilmer Maw presiding. Flowers left at Lindquist’s on Friday until 11 o’clock will be taken to the home at Plain City. The body may be viewed there Thursday evening and also on Friday until the funeral.

Isn't that an awesome obituary!?! It added so much more information to his immigration. Now I wonder if there is a way to find passenger lists for the Union Pacific Railroad.


A few days later the family posted an acknowledgement in the paper for all the people who have helped them:

Source: University of Utah, "Acknowledgement," announcement, Ogden Standard Examiner, 6 March 1926, acknowledgement of friends during MC Lund funeral; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011); p. 6.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ----- To the many friends who have assisted us in any way during the sickness, death and burial of our beloved father, Mathias C. Lund, and especially for the many beautiful floral offerings, we extend our heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation.
   May you all be likewise remembered in your hour of affliction.
       With Sincere Gratitude.
                          THE FAMILY
                             2724

Not sure what the 2724 means at the bottom...any ideas?