Melody, I found Benjamin's birth record and all it says is Joseph was born in Portugal.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:56 AM, "E" Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
