Corinne, I found an Antonio Brier born in Fayal/Faial Azores 2/27/1872. Arrived in New Bedford 3/30/1888. Naturalized in 1900. So from what I can figure out....this is the Portuguese side of your family tree. Jon F. Barnes married his daughter Josephine Brier. Josephine's mother is not Portuguese. If Antonio came to US in 1888, which would have made him 16 which would mean married here...probably in MA? Josephine was born in the United States. I would look at the Passportes working back from 3/30/1888. Others on the list can tell you what port he would have left from as I am not sure of this. At my age, I have difficulty reading these Passportes records. I will keep searching.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 9:37 PM Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: > You may have to search through Faial and Sao Jorge islands birth records. > I did a white pages directory search and found the surname Braia in Castelo > Branco Faial. > > > > A quick check of the Horta passports turned up a Braia out of the island > of Sao Jorge. Nothing from Faial for those dates. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > *From: *Corinne Merritt <[email protected]> > *Sent: *February 4, 2019 10:11 PM > *To: *Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ancestor info- Antonio Brier > > > > Josephine married John F Barnes and her maiden name was Brier- it lists > her father as Antonio and her mother as Catherine Boskovich, but the family > name is Voskovich. I cannot find any records that they were married or > even together on a census. (Antonio and Catherine) There is an Antionio > (Anthony) Brier (and Bryer) and Catherine O'Brien married in > Massachusetts, Antonio came to New Bedford Mass per his naturalization > record, if in fact that one is my ancestor. > > Thank you > > On Monday, February 4, 2019 at 11:42:43 AM UTC-6, E. Sharp wrote: > > In the 1930 U. S. census there is a John Viskovich 54 to US 1895, > Josephine 38 to US 1909, both born in Yugoslavia (Croatia) NA Plumber, > children Nicholas, 19, Michael, 18, Theresa, 17, Anna, 15, Antonio 11. All > kids born NY. Living in Messina, St. Lawrence County NY. Also 2 boarders. > I am very aware of this name changing as my family came from Yugoslavia now > Croatia in 1800 to Portugal and depending on where the family is now living > the name is spelled 4 different ways!!! Living now in Croatia, Italy, > Portugal, Brazil and U. S. Oh. Also Costa Rica. And eventually I found all > of them and visited them in these countries. Keep searching!!! > > “E” > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
