Occasionally you will see a member of the lay community exercising a
ministerial function that seems out of the ordinary (for a lay person)
but is necessary. In most of these a newborn child is dying and so they are baptizing it quickly (without a formal church ceremony).
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Pedro Antonio dos Santos
- I have not yet found a Pedro Antonio dos Santos who is married.
However, note that a man named PAdS was a godfather as early as 1844
which means that he was b probably around or before 1826.
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IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE SAME MAN BUT A PEDRO ANTONIO dos SANTOS WAS BAPTIZING INFANTS IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AROUND 1866.
Pedro Antonio dos Santos - doRObits1865-1873 - 15/- On 6/19//1866, Maria died at 2 days, she had been baptised in case of emergency by Pedro Antonio dos Santos, & was the d/o Teresa Maria de Jesus.
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AND
Pedro Antonio dos Santos who were witnesses or godfathers without any other identifying information: doRBaps1842-52 - 71/- On 11/17/1844, Maria was bap., b. 11/8/1844, d/o Luiz Joze (last name hard to read) & Maria das Dores da Luz, gods - Pedro Antonio dos Santos & Maria da Luz Montgeiro, m/d Gregorio Sequeria da Conceicao; doRBaps1852-64 - 29/- On 1/15/1854, Francisca was bap., b. 1/3/1854, d/o Gregorio Joze da Silva & Antonia Maria Lopes, gods - Pedro Antonio dos Santos & Francisca, f/d Manoel Luiz Santiago doRBaps1852 -64 - 58/ - On 11/18/1855. Pedro was bap., b. 11/8/1855, s/o Pedro Jose Soares (RARE INSTANCE WHERE THE CHILD'S FIRST NAME IS THE SAME AS THE FATHER'S FIRST NAME BUT NOT RARE IN THAT THE CHILD IS NAMED AFTER THE GODFATHER) & Ignez Francisca da Silva, gods - Pedro Antonio dos Santos & Isabel, f/d Joao dos Santos Pereira; ***** doRBaps1852-64 99/- On 7/25/1858, Pedro was bap, b. 7/18/1858, s/o Jose Antonio Araujo & Felippa Francisca Goimes, gods - Pedro Antonio dos Santos & Antonia Maria da Conceicao;
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Jul ___ Antonio da Luz Nereu - doRBaps1897 which are filed in BV da Luz Obits 1899-1900 - 278/95 - On 5/8/1897, Clara was
bap in case of emergency by Julio _______ Antonio da Luz Nereu -
either the child or the person who bap the child was from Agua das
Patas, b. _______, the child was the d/o Maria da Piedade Soares, d/o
Joao Lourenco Dias & Rosa Anna Soares, gods - Joao Manoel
Boaventtura & Clara Anna Gomes, some sort of witness function was
performed by Carolino Jose do Livramento & Jose Antonio Vieira.
