I checked James Guill's "A History of the Azores Islands." He found Braia as a Portuguese surname. Only thing is we don't know where he found it or what he was reading. If it is Portuguese, it's one rare surname. I really think Pereira is the better bet. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:50 AM Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: > Corinne, > > > > You may wish to try searching for Pereira instead of Brier for Passengers > arriving in the US within those parameters. Pereira will sound like Brier > when applying the ENG phonetics. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Margaret > > > > *From: *Corinne Merritt <[email protected]> > *Sent: *February 4, 2019 1:01 PM > *To: *Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ancestor info- Antonio Brier > > > > Hello, I am still sooo stuck. I believe the last name may have been > Braia possibly. I found his naturalization record only online and no > census , Marriage or death record or anything!. He is only listed on my > grandmothers wedding listing. They are John F Barnes and Josephine Brier.( > NY). at the bottom are the parents names, Antonio and Catherine Boskovich, > but the family name is Voskovitch. Antonio has on his naturalization > record the date and he came over. Upon research one boat came from > Portugal the day before and I found an Antonio Braia listed! but it shows > him as being 5 (and a Laborer !) but if this was listed as 15, it is him > then. I am pretty sure this is him. > > At this point, I am not sure that he is just the father and maybe they > were not married? This part of the family is sooo messed up ha! It > shows my GGrandmother (Josephine) was born in Bayonne NJ on her marriage > info, but cannot find anything of anyone being in NJ, leads me to think she > was just born there (?? just guessing). > > I did find a family with a Kathryn Voskovich, married to a Charles and > they had a daughter Josephine. > > Family lore is that Josephine came over with another family on a boat to > escape Europe and she took the family name, but, with her parents listed on > the marriage info and showing her born here in the US. that is debunked. > Its just that I cannot find anyone under any name. > > Attached are copies 1, copy and paste of marriage and attached 2 records. > > Thanks > > Corinne > > > > Name: > > John F. Barnes > > Event Type: > > Marriage > > Event Date: > > 08 Oct 1917 > > Event Place: > > Manhattan, New York, New York, United States > > Event Place: > > Manhattan, New York > > Gender: > > Male > > Age: > > 30 > > Marital Status: > > Single > > Race: > > White > > Birth Year (Estimated): > > 1887 > > Birthplace: > > Richmond, N.Y. City > > Father's Name: > > William <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QP-RGZ> > > Mother's Name: > > Catherine Lucey <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QP-RG8> > > Spouse's Name: > > Josephine Brier <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QP-RGD> > > Spouse's Gender: > > Female > > Spouse's Age: > > 22 > > Spouse's Marital Status: > > Single > > Spouse's Race: > > White > > Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): > > 1895 > > Spouse's Birthplace: > > Bayonne, N.J. > > Spouse's Father's Name: > > Antonio <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QP-RG6> > > Spouse's Mother's Name: > > Catherine Boskovitz <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QP-RGX> > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 10:42 AM Corinne Merritt <[email protected] > wrote: > > Hello, I am still sooo stuck. I believe the last name may have been > Braia possibly. I found his naturalization record only online and no > census , Marriage or death record or anything!. He is only listed on my > grandmothers wedding listing. They are John F Barnes and Josephine Brier.( > NY). at the bottom are the parents names, Antonio and Catherine Boskovich, > but the family name is Voskovitch. Antonio has on his naturalization > record the date and he came over. Upon research one boat came from > Portugal the day before and I found an Antonio Braia listed! but it shows > him as being 5 (and a Laborer !) but if this was listed as 15, it is him > then. I am pretty sure this is him. > > At this point, I am not sure that he is just the father and maybe they > were not married? This part of the family is sooo messed up ha! It > shows my GGrandmother (Josephine) was born in Bayonne NJ on her marriage > info, but cannot find anything of anyone being in NJ, leads me to think she > was just born there (?? just guessing). > > I did find a family with a Kathryn Voskovich, married to a Charles and > they had a daughter Josephine. > > Family lore is that Josephine came over with another family on a boat to > escape Europe and she took the family name, but, with her parents listed on > the marriage info and showing her born here in the US. that is debunked. > Its just that I cannot find anyone under any name. > > Thanks > > Corinne > > > > > > > On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 1:32:38 PM UTC-6, Corinne Merritt wrote: > > We are trying to find info on my Great Grandmother, Josephine Brier. I > found a marriage cert to my G Grandfather, John F Barnes and it states that > her father was Antonio. I have also seen a naturalization record for him > from Fayal, Azores Islands, Portugal. He was born in 1872 and > Naturalized in 1900. Anyone can help me find his side of the tree or know > where I can obtain info for him? There is very limited from what I can > find. I am wondering if he changed his name possibly?. Possible last name > may have been Oliver as a new cousin showed up on my 23 and me with > Portuguese decent and one of her relatives had his brother listed as > Antone on a census. I am thinking this might be him and maybe the census > just added "Oliver" since he said it was his brother, or he changed his > name.... or totally different person all together! I am stuck and need > help! 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