Melody, There are quite a few things on this family on Ancestry.com and I sent you a couple. I did find them in the 1870 but no place of birth listed there only that he was a seaman. I did find the marriage record of son Benjamin and I will send it to you via ancestry and maybe the form they filled out to obtain it will give you the father's birthplace. I will keep searching.
There is also a Porto in mainland Portugal. "E" On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:38 AM, M. Masi <[email protected]> wrote: > Jose C. DeSilver b. 19 Jan 1829 Portugal (Yarmouth, MA V.R.); d. 19 > March 1896 West Yarmouth, MA; m. Amanda Robinson, 19 October 1854 South > Dennis, MA (All locations on Cape Cod.) Was in Civil War. Deposition papers > say he first came here at age 15. Was called a Mariner & Soldier. > > My Mom (passed 2011) was the real genealogist in the family so the above > post is hers. I found through 23andme testing that I have a 4th cousin > with family connections to Martha's Vineyard and I live on Cape Cod! I've > written, but over two weeks, and no response. :-( > > Mom said that she thought they came from the Azores. I found a Yarmouth > town record that said he came from "Porto". Last night, I found that there > is a vila du Porto in Sao Maria in the Azores, I'm hoping this is where > he's from, but no proof. I'm looking for: > > 1. Current family connection to the DeSilver line who is interested in > talking to me about it. (another cousin's wife close by, didn't answer a > letter sent). > > 2. Finding out exactly where he came from. > > I am not sure, but think that the family may be stonewalling me because > there was rumor of paternity issues. But my DNA is showing a connection to > this family that is unmistakeable. Any help, support, suggestions, > connections are welcome! > > Melody > > -- > 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. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
