Help needed about ancestors from Portugal - Marie Franzisca Freure (1796-1837)

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Johann Christoph Graue was a soldier from Anemolter, Lower Saxony Germany. He served for 11 years in the Eighth Company of the First Hussar Regiment of the King's German Legion. While serving, he married Marie Franzisca Freure in 1811 in Portugal. The couple had two children during his military service:
Heinrich Adam Graue, born in Portugal
Marie Karoline Graue, born in Bordeaux, France

In the church book of Schinna, Lower Saxony, Germany, I found an entry that gives a clue to the place of marriage or the origin of the Marie Franzisca:
Kirchenbuch Schinna, entry Christoph Graue

I am hoping that someone can help me to find the sources.

I am specifically looking for:

  • the marriage entry Johann Christoph and Marie Francesca in 1811 in Portugal, Place probably Tortosendo
  • birth/baptism entry Marie Francesca about 1796 in Portugal, Place probably Alverca da Beira
  • birth/baptism of their first son Heinrich Adam 1812 in Portugal, Place parish of Praedus?
WikiTree profile: Marie Franzisca Graue
in Genealogy Help by Christine Hühn G2G5 (5.2k points)
If she is Portuguese, her name probably is Maria Francisca Freire.

Looks like Tortosendo 1811 marriage records are lost (
Links to digitized online books: https://tombo.pt/f/cvl24 )

There is any clue about the names of Maria Francisca Freire parents?
Unfortunately, there is not a single German source that mentions the parents of her

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=Question 1. Marriage of "Johann Christoph Graue" and "Marie Franzisca", in 1811, probably in Tortosendo.

. If she is Portuguese her name probably is "Maria Francisca Freire".

. Tortosendo 1811 marriage records are probably lost. Records available online: https://tombo.pt/en/f/cvl24#MARR

The Castelo Branco archives has Tortosendo marriages from 1860 to 1911 ( https://digitarq.adctb.arquivos.pt/details?id=1040407 ), the national archives (Torre do Tombo) has Tortosendo marriages from 1675 to 1761 ( https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=4804911 )

=Question 2. birth/baptism entry Marie Francesca about 1796 in Portugal, Place probably Alverca da Beira

Probably there are many "Maria Francisca", we should get the parents names before searching for her baptism.

=Question 3. birth/baptism of their first son Heinrich Adam 1812 in Portugal, Place parish of Praedus?

 "Praedus": sounds like "Prados". There is a "Prados, Celorico da Beira, Guarda" in the region ( https://tombo.pt/en/f/clb15 )

Did not find Heinrich Adam's baptism but:

1812 baptism should be in  PT/TT/PRQ/PCLB15/001/B2 ( https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=4802887 )
Some pages of this book are missing, and other are ripped off

image m0068 (fl 87v and fl 88): https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/Controls/vault/?id=DISSEMINATION/209007C2D76E0AA984F88C3102876317 . On the left has a record of 1808. On the right, only the first 1/3 of the fl 88 is available.

image m0069 (fl 90v and fl 91): https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/Controls/vault/?id=DISSEMINATION/08D1AA736D5F7968C8A83AC2EAC797B5 . on the left has 1/3 of the fl 90v, on the right, the fl 91 has a record from June 1812.

The fl 88v, fl 89, fl 89v, fl 90 are not digitized because the paged are partially cutted off. If we look at the image m0068 and m0069 almost 1/3 of the pages are available in the book. Maybe there is enough information in them to find Heinrich Adam baptism!
by Anonymous Anonymous G2G6 Mach 1 (16.1k points)
selected by Christine Hühn

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