>From the 1920 census page for the Frank Jesse family The census shows they arrived in Mass in 1907. , , I've compared the births for Massachucetts on Familysearch. The mother is Frances Nunes Silva, or Francisca Nunes Silveira
. A 1924 shiplist for the Arcadian from Bermuda to New York shows a group of this family returning from a visit . their birth is shown as St Michaels. The oldest shown as father is Frank Jesse 70 years. giving a birthdate of 1854. They give Frank Jesse's address on Prince street as destination. With Frank's childrens names of Naomi, Samuel, Abraham,Ruth and Moses, I'd make a guess of some Jewish origin. Eric Edgar On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Dick Boba <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aztec. My mother's maiden name is Jesse. Frank Jesse, from North > Plymouth, Massachusetts is my great-uncle. There were four brothers. > Manual, Frank, Ted and Antoine. Antoine is my grandfather. One of Frank's > grandchildren is my cousin Scott Jesse, and we have discussed the family to > great length. He is not into computers and I don't live in Plymouth anymore > so I don't get to see him at all so most of what he told me about Frank and > his wing of the Jesse family was verbal and in my memory. My mother's > sisters have recently provided us with verbal recordings (tapes) of their > early family history which I have not fully processed yet. They were all > very fiercly proud hard workers, middle income, which was quite an > accomplishment in the early 20th century for Portuguese immigrants to > America, so you can be proud of that. They provided for their families as > boat builders and fishermen. They had their own boatyard in North Plymouth. > The Jesse boat building business survives to this day. They all lived on > Castle Street in North Plymouth, Ma. They have many descendants who are > still strongly populated in the eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island area > and many of the cousins are very strongly connected. Our wing of the Jesse > family (Antone's descendants) ave a family reunion every year in August at > a campground in New Hampshire. My mother has told me her grandfather and > grandmother (Frank's parents) were John and Mary (Jesse) that they came to > North Plymouth in the late 1800s, around 1880 or 1890 from some kind of > vessel by way of Bermuda. It is confirmed they came from Azores (San > Miguel) but before that Portugal and even before that from France (the name > Jacinth has French roots) but we have not been able to trace that far back. > They are all buried in Vine Hills cemetery in Plymouth, Ma. There are many > Jesse graves there, that I have visited and examined myself. A distant > relative from Plymouth has given me a database and photos he was working on > of the early family tree. I have been combining this with the verbal > recordings and our own family photos. I would be glad to send everything I > have to you if you provide me with an email address (privately). There is > also a wealth of information in this blog posting that I did not have which > I will "pencil in" concerning the Azores connections and locations. The > pre-Plymouth history has always been a great mystery to us Jesse > descendants. Our parents simply do not know, and the 1st and 2nd > generations have all long since passed and kept no records. So it's up to > us children to piece it all together! > > I have attached a photo of the four brothers, which I am told was taken on > my grandfather's wedding day in Fall River, MA, sometime in the 1930s. > Frank is the one with the dark moustache. They also called him "Blackie" > Jesse. > > On Wednesday, March 4, 2009 5:56:26 PM UTC-6, Aztec wrote: >> >> I am new to this group so please be patient. I have been trying to >> research my Portuguese roots with little to no lucky. My Grandfather >> was a ship builder in Plymouth named Frank Jesse (Jacintho?). He >> married Francis Nunes de Silva. I have the Ellis island report of my >> Grandfather coming to the US (twice) but am having no luck with my >> Grandmother. My GGrandfather was also Frank (Francisco?) Jesse >> (Jacintho?). His wife was Jacintha Jacintho (maiden name same as >> married name). Both Franks came from San Miguel, and Francis came from >> Pico. My mother always said her mother had a sister in California. Can >> anyone help me with my research? >> > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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