If the name is José de Sousa Brum, probably is Faial island, the surname Brum is more common in this island, the possibilities is José de Sousa Brum born in 11-3-1825 in Matriz, Horta, son of António José de Sousa and Delfina Rita. paternal gradparents Manuel Inácio de Brum and Ana Joaquina and maternal grandparents Jorge José de Sousa and Rita Tomasia http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-MATRIZ-B-1820-1826/FAL-HT-MATRIZ-B-1820-1826_item1/P198.html
quarta-feira, 17 de Janeiro de 2018 às 17:09:39 UTC-1, Brett Moffitt escreveu: > > I am researching my g-g-grandfather who I believe was born in the Azores. > The image below contains the place of birth from a variety of documents. I > believe he was illiterate so the place names may have been written as heard > by an English-speaker. > > > He went by the name of Joseph Le Swezer and then later by Joseph Soizer > Brown. I suspect his name was actually Joseph De Souza as someone of that > name arrived in Australia at the place and time that fits with my ancestor. > This person boarded his ship (the 'Water Lily') in St Michael, Azores in > 1853. > > > Can anyone please assist with confirming the place name below? > > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-buZJ4osSlC0/Wl85zTIrurI/AAAAAAAAADw/NqHCJkpsM3c_CLRzqVN12tnfsB0-Qey7wCLcBGAs/s1600/Joseph%2BDe%2BSouza%2B-%2BBirth%2BPlace.JPG> > > > > > > -- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
