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My great grandfather was Florencio Bribiesca. He was born in Penjamo, Mexico on October 28 1896. Apparently he came to America in 1917 through Texas. He had a wife whose name I dont know and a son named Antonio. Aparently she died in a car crash in Oklahoma. He lived in Texas for the most part untill the mid 1930s. He worked on the Rail Road. He married my bisabuela Cyrilla Parra in Taylor, Texas in 1929 I believe. (I dont have it right in front of me.) They had several sons: Johnny, Jose, and Gregory. Towards the end of the 1930’s he moved to Finney County, Kansas. He died there on his birthday October 28, 1991. If I can get any help Death Records or Obits I would be very thankful.

This looks like great grandfather in 1930. A bisabuela a grandparent?

The name in the census is scribbled over.

Name: Florenzo Briworks
Home in 1930: Taylor, Williamson, Texas

Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: Mexico
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse’s Name: Cerille Briworks
Race: Mexican (Latino)
Household Members: Name Age
Florenzo Briworks 30
Cerille Briworks 22
Antonio Briworks 7

Name: Florencio Bribiesca
Year: 1919
Place: Texas
Source Publication Code: 1829.10
Primary Immigrant: Bribiesca, Florencio
Annotation: Date and place of naturalization or date and port of arrival. Abstracts from the Clerk of the District Court’s Office in the Finney County Court House. Concerns also what was once Garfield County (now Finney County).
Source Bibliography: EMBREE, FRANCES WHEELER, compiler Naturalization Records, Finney County, Kansas, 1885-1979. Garden City, KS: Embree, 1986. 98p.

This listing as the first wife is from a family tree.

Maria Refugio Padilla

Birth 1896 in Penjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico

I’m just stumped right now. His name was Vito Gerardi, born in 1877 in Italy. He immigrated January 10, 1886 to New York with his parents, Domenico Gerardi and Catherina (Nole) Gerardi. I *believe* he was from Avigliano, Italy, but that’s just speculation until the microfilm from the LDS library arrives in a few weeks.

I have found his naturalization records. I have found him in the 1910 Federal Census. I have found his marriage certificate. I have found what I believe to be the death records of his father, mother, wife, and daughter. I just can’t find any record of his actual immigration. I’ve looked on Ancestry.com and Castle Garden’s website without luck.

Maybe some of you who are more skilled at this can either find more information or lead me in another direction. I feel like I’ve exhausted almost every source.

Also, would there be a website where I could look up passenger vessels by the date or the year or where they departed? That might help me narrow it down since I have his date of arrival. Thanks!

Several things to keep in mind. Prior to 1892, ships passenger lists could be sketchy. The only records may be for the entire family. New York harbor was only one of many ports of entry. The other major ports were Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and New Orleans

CyndisList has links in several possible sections http://www.cyndislist.com/
Ports of Departure, Ports of Entry, Ships & Passenger Lists and Immigration & Naturalization

One Step Search Stephen Morse has both free & paid links in an easy to search format http://stevemorse.org/