This was on familysearch.org Name Joseph A. Lewis Event Type Marriage Event Date 22 Jun 1911 Event Place Bronx, New York, New York, United States Event Place (Original) Bronx, New York Gender Male Age 30 Marital Status Single Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1881 Birthplace Fayal Azore Island Father's Name Joseph <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244W-89T> Mother's Name Philomina Thomas <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244W-89Y> Spouse's Name Margenute G. Brogan <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244W-89B> Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 23 Spouse's Marital Status Single Spouse's Race White Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1888 Spouse's Birthplace N. Y. C. Spouse's Father's Name Joseph Brogan <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244W-891> Spouse's Mother's Name Margaret Walsh <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:244W-8SM>
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote: > was he born on 23 June 1881? > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Claire <cele...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Thank you, Neil. My grandfather was an infant when he came to America. >> He was married in NYC in 1911, but I don't know how to go about finding >> where specifically. I wish I knew the names of my great grandparents as I >> think that would solve some puzzles. >> >> >> On Friday, September 1, 2017 at 11:58:41 AM UTC-4, Neil Teixeira wrote: >>> >>> Hi Claire, >>> Neil Teixeira here. You need to ID his correct name and village >>> on Faial Island. I would first get a copy of his marriage record from >>> which-ever Catholic Church he was married in. The Priest would have wanted >>> the "exact" village he was born at & baptized in which exact Church. If the >>> information you seek is not there, I would get a copy of his "Petition to >>> become Naturalization Citizen" papers from the County he lived in. NTX >>> >>> On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 8:12:21 PM UTC-7, Claire wrote: >>>> >>>> My grandfather was born in Faial in the Azores but came to the U.S. >>>> sometime between his birth year of approximately 1888 and 1910. His name >>>> in the U.S. was Lewis, but I remember my parents saying that the name was >>>> really Luiz or something close to that. I thought my mom told me the last >>>> name was four letters, 3 of which were consonants, but I could be wrong >>>> about that. No one in my family has any more information than my >>>> grandfather's name, place of birth, and approximate dates of birth and >>>> death. I joined Ancestry, but I have turned up nothing yet. Any >>>> suggestions? >>>> >>> -- >> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
