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Gracia

torosesm02 — 2012-04-12 07:41:34Z

My Grandmother Engracia Gracia was born in Ponce Puerto Rico abt 1864 and she married a ------Toro had three children Rita Toro Gracia abt 1882 Ramon Toro Gracia abt 1884 and Jose Maria Toro Gracia abt1885 looking for anyone having these connection Judy

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wgracia57 — 2012-04-03 03:20:14Z

HiSerafin,

I'm Gracia-Berrios from Corozal my family started with Manuel R Gracia Negron and Theodosio R. Gracia Negron please look up my family tree. Wilmer

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cruzgracia19181 — 2012-04-02 17:07:59Z

We have a big family and they mainly were raised in Corozal, P.R. and Cedro Abajo, Naranjito, P.R., the Gracias are also in the Santigo family and married to many Morales, Rodriguez, Nieves, Berrios, Rivera and many more they came from N.Y. City to Yauco, Puerto Rico and due to the family being so big they are all over Puerto,Rico, Spain, Portugal, Japan and many more Countries even Mexico. Small World right I have been doing research for the past 5yrs and this is where I stand as of today. May God Bless You And Your Family and nice to have seen your post and your interest about knowing more about our Ancestors because not too many people care about doing this unless you really care about family like I do.... :)

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cruzgracia19181 — 2012-04-02 16:52:44Z

Hi, Nice to have found someone in the family i'm Serafin Gracia Santiago's only grand-daughter my name is Cruz Maria Gracia like my dad he was Cruz Gracia Berrios and Francisco Gracia Santiago lived with my grand-father and the rest of the Gracia, Santiago, Berrios, Morales from Corozal, P.R. and moved to Cedro Abajo, naranjito, P.R. where he resided with my grand parents and my dad and uncle Claudio Gracia Berrios you could see this information by looking up Serafin Gracia Santiago that resided in Cedro Abajo, naranjito P.R. 00719... Wow It's a small WORLD but i would love to keep in touch so we all could now more about our Ancestors, it's very interesting and also i've learned we are all family at the end of the day.... May God Bless and hope to hear back from you soon.... Our family came from N.Y. and out of Yauco, P.R.... Thanks for having your page public... If you think were not related please disregard this comment on your post.

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wgracia57 — 2012-03-21 03:35:22Z

Mr Neives Aponte have ever found any information on Leocadia Gracia? My great gran father was Theodiso Gracia born in 1880s. let me know Wilmer

Re: Santiago Gracia and Maria Guadalupe Cantu

l_cavazosp — 2011-10-20 05:04:07Z

Creo que somos parientes. Santiago Gracia y Guadalupe Cantu eran los abuelos de mi abuela materna. Según los datos que encontre los hijos de Santiago y Guadalupe fueron: Anacleta(1844), Ma. del Rosario(1848), Ma. de Jesús(1848) Huesequia(1849) y Ma. Leonides(1858. Por los datos que mencionas de Ma. Sanjuana(1857) creo se trate de la misma familia.

Re: Santiago Gracia and Maria Guadalupe Cantu

l_cavazosp — 2011-10-20 04:53:09Z

Hola Loretta. Por la línea de mi abuela materna, tengo estos datos: Igancio Gracia se casó con Ma. Juana Salinas, su hijo Santiago se casó con Ma. Guadalupe Cantú el 3 de enero de 1844, sus hijos fueron: Ma. Anacleta de Jesús(1844), Ma. del Rosario(1848), Ma. de Jesús(1848??), Huesequia(1849) y Ma. Leonides(1858).
Ma. Leonides se casó con Jesús Leal Quintanilla el 30 de noviembre de 1878,padres de mi abuela Ma. Reyes Leal Gracia(1895).
Por las fechas creo que hablamos de la misma familia.

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dgraci20 — 2011-10-19 19:31:38Z

my family and your families are distant cousins. My Gracia branch of the family originated from a family who stepped off the boat in New Orleans in 1790s... later a family member sent their only grand son to them almost 100 years later, and his name is recorded as Jose Gracia.

As far as I know, they separated from the rest of the bunch that ended up mainly in San Fernando, then Tampico, & Vera Cruz due to my branch being the direct descendants of king Carlos I, but I've yet to find the concrete connection there... probably never will. But my surname should have been "de Gracia," which separated the royal lineage of "Gracia" from the rest, but it was changed to just Gracia.

I believe according to paperwork I was able to find, however, that my great great great grandfather and his siblings ended up in what is now Houston and spread west and down to south Texas and Mexico before Texas was a state I believe in an effort to reconnect with the cousins and family that ended up in San Fernando, but my great great grandfather settled in China NL... his sons dispursed from there... I'm at work and can't remember any names, sorry... but my great grandfather was from China NL and he had light brown hair and ice gray eyes. He was also 6'5-7". What got him to married a 5' native american lady is beyond me, but now I'm only 5'8". He settled in Rio Grande City where the Gracias had lots of land. Then some politician named Blaas did some paperwork theivery and we lost about 80% of it.

My grandfather's name is Domingo M Gracia and carried surnames of Mireles and Avalos. He married Maria Lopez (have no clue what her other surnames were). My father is Matilde Lopez Gracia, who still lives in Rio Grande City. My name is Domingo Rivera Gracia. My mother was from Cd Victoria, Tamps. That's a whole other Aztec lineage on that side.

Re: Looking for information on Vidal Gracia

dgraci20 — 2011-10-19 18:18:54Z

Hey Melida,

My great grandfather was from China NL and he had a few brothers and sisters. I believe one of them was an older brother named Vidal. There are still Gracias in China, but if you have red and/or blonde headed ice gray or hazel eyed relatives, then we are distant family.

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dgraci20 — 2011-10-19 17:39:05Z

hi Genevieve...

We are distant relatives. One of your great uncles is related to my great great great grandfather and they resided in China NL.

God bless!

Re: Gracia Family

dgraci20 — 2011-10-19 16:35:30Z

Greetings Lorenzo,

There were 10 different Gracia families from Spain that made it to the "new world" and 3 from Portugal ended up in Argentina, Belize, and Brazil. 2 of the 10 actually ended up in the Philipines. Of the 8 that made it to the northern hemisphere during the 1600-1700s, 1 ended up in San Francisco, 4 went to Mexico... San Fernando, Tampico, Vera Cruz. 1 ended up in New Orleans (who is my descendant), 1 in Florida, and 1 in Puerto Rico. The one in Puerto Rico, part of them ended up in New York, and some in Cuba.

Of the 4 in Mexico, they went all over Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. Florida people stayed there mostly.

The one in New Orleans ended up in Houston and some of his sons (3 of them I think) spread down into central and south Texas and into Mexico. One of those sons was my great great grandfather whose name I do not know, he ended up in China, Nuevo Leon, but had bought land in Rio Grande City as well. My great grandfather whose name I can't remember right now moved to Rio Grande area and a few of his siblings came along. My grandfather was Domingo Gracia and lived Rio Grande City. My dad, Matilde Gracia, talks a lot about family and mentioned Armando Gracia.

Your grandfather is correct. The Gracias are from Castile and Aragon areas and most were part of the royal armies. My particular branch, and I haven't found the missing pieces yet and probably won't, but my branch comes from Aragon and the names lead to a son of king Charles I. When the settlement of the Americas took place during his reign, the families of the Gracia's that were linked with the royal family that were given a choice as to where they wanted to go. That's as far as I know.

You can still find major concentrations of Gracias in Barcelona, Burgos, Madrid, Valladolid, & Gijon.

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irmaiscelagracia — 2011-08-20 13:18:41Z

Hello, my name is Irmaiscela Gracia, my family from my father's side is from San Fernando and my parents live in Brownsville Tx, Ricardo Gracia is my father's cousin, It looks like the Gracia last name is not that common I have never find any of my family members in places that I have been around, I live in Katy tx (Houston. I found information on Tamaulipas history and since it was colonized by Spaniards, I assumed the Gracia last name is purely from Spain, here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaulipas

I agree with some others that have been posted in this space that it bothers when people read Garcia instead of Gracia.

my grandma lucia Diaz-Rivera in catano pr

lucia2343 — 2011-07-19 19:27:45Z

hello my name is lucia diaz-rivera my grandma same name and she passed away i need any help i can please get i live in colorado and no one will tell me if she had a will who is probate attorney when she passed away my father is augustin diaz-rivera her son and he passed away in 1982 i only speak english and i pray to God someone will help me please get any information will be appreciated i need your help please jesus give someone knowledge and your blessing to do what is right.. AMEN

my grandma lucia Diaz-Rivera in catano pr

lucia2343 — 2011-07-19 19:27:41Z

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torosesm02 — 2011-07-14 00:20:22Z

I'm researching my grandmother's last name Gracia from Ponce Puerto Rico I would like to know if there is any other Gracia decedants from Ponce,

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phkilgore1 — 2011-07-09 04:24:24Z

Hi,
Gracia is also a Portuguese name.
My great grandmothers maiden name was Gracia (Anglicized to Grace by some of her relatives in this country) she came to Mass. as a young woman in the 1880's from Horta,Fayal in the Azores. There was a large Portuguese community around the New Bedford,Falmouth and Provincetown areas. They were mostly Whalers. I found Gracias still there when I last visited in 2000.

Pam

Re: Santiago Gracia and Maria Guadalupe Cantu

rettagee — 2011-05-09 00:44:07Z

Hi Melinda,
Yes, please contact me. I have a Ignacio Gracia-Villarreal married to Juana Maria Salinas, with sons Catarino, Santiago and Blas Gracia, but have not confirmed that this is the same Santiago married to my MaGuadalupe Cantu since parents were not listed in the marriage or baptisms of their children that i have found so far. It seems probable by the date.
Blas married Bibiana Cantu-Chapa.
I have Catarino having married Eufemia Barraz.
Let's talk more! retta gee at yahoo dot com is okay to contact.

Re: Santiago Gracia and Maria Guadalupe Cantu

Melida73 — 2011-03-18 12:51:41Z

Hello,

I think I am also in this family tree. Do you know if Santiago Gracia had a sibling by the name of Jose Catarino Gracia? If so, do you have any information on Jose Catarino and his wife Maria Eufemia Barraza? They had a son Vidal whom I think is my great grandfather.

Could I contact you at your email address to share more information?

Thank you for your time and attention.

Melida73

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Languageladki — 2011-03-09 15:35:00Z

Hi Mark. I know you were looking for information about your surname Gracia but I am intrigued by your grandmother's name Venalda. My name is Venalda and is my mother's and we thought it was a family name. My mother was raised in New Jersey. Can you tell me a little about your grandmother (where she was from, etc). Do you have any idea where she got that name? Were there other ancestors with the name? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Re: Looking for information on Vidal Gracia

Melida73 — 2011-03-07 17:42:12Z

I am glad you found the Vidal Gracia you were looking for.

Good Luck with the rest of your search.

Melida73

Re: Looking for information on Vidal Gracia

torosesm02 — 2011-02-20 00:11:41Z

The gracia I'm looking for ,lived in Puerto Rico USA. thanks!!

Re: Looking for information on Vidal Gracia

Melida73 — 2011-02-17 07:25:22Z

Hi,

This is the information that I have been able to gather on Vidal and Jutina so far. Vidal Gracia and Justina Bustamante married on 10 Jul 1883, Zapata County, Texas. They had 10 children that I am aware of. Santiago F. Gracia is one of their children.

Vidal Gracia B: 28 Apr 1866 D: 9 Aug 1924
Zapata County, Texas

Justina Bustamante B: 26 Sep 1861 Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico D: 4 Dec 1935 Zapata County, Texas

Vidal and Justina's Children:

1. Severo B: 8 Nov 1884 Zapata County, Texas
D: 24 May 1946 Laredo, Webb, Texas

2. Catarino Gracia B: Oct 1886 Zapata County, Texas
D: abt 1918 Zapata County, Texas

3. Santiago F. Gracia B: 1 May 1889 (Peredeno Ranch)Zapata County, Texas D: 10 Feb 1964 Laredo, Webb, Texas

4. Santos Gracia B: 10 Mar 1891 Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico D: abt 1914 Zapata County, Texas

5. Agripina B: abt May 1892 Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
D: abt 1918 Zapata County, Texas

6. Ursula B: 21 Oct 1895 Zapata County, Texas
D: 24 Dec 1936 Laredo, Webb, Texas

7. Vidal Jr. B: 20 Nov 1897 Zapata County, Texas
D: 24 Jun 1953 Laredo, Webb, Texas

8. Manuela B: 9 Jun 1899 (Carrizo)which is now Zapata, Texas
D: 13 Feb 1981 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

9. Luciano B: 7 Jan 1901 Zapata County, Texas
D: 13 Jul 1961 Laredo, Webb, Texas

10. Vidala B: 22 Feb 1904 Zapata County, Texas
D: 24 Oct 1990 Corpus Christi Industrial, Nueces, Texas

Only three of Vidal and Justina's children married. Severo, Santiago F. and Manuela married.

Santiago F. Gracia married Maria Nieves Vela and they had 9 children that I am aware of.

Maria Nieves Vela B: 5 Aug 1900 Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico D: 14 Jun 1937 Zapata County, Texas

Maria Nieves Vela is the daughter of Domingo Vela and Guadalupe Escamilla.

Santiago F. and Maria Nieves's children are:

1. Jose Juan B: 27 Aug 1917 Zapata County, Texas
D: 27 Jun 1992 Edinburg, Hidalgo, Texas

2. Santiago Jr. B: 4 Jan 1920 Zapata County, Texas
D: May 1983 Zapata County, Texas

3. Arturo B: abt 1921 Zapata County, Texas
D: 1 Jun 1956

4. Maria Cleofas B: 9 Apri 1923 Zapata County, Texas
D: 24 Apr 2008 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

5. Manuel B: 1 Feb 1925 Zapata County, Texas
D: Dec 1986 Corpus Christi Industrial, Nueces, Texas

6. Calixto B: 1 Jan 1927 Zapata County, Texas
D:

7. Oscar B: 2 Jul 1930 Zapata County, Texas
D: Aug 1995

8. Gertrudis B: 18 Feb 1933 Zapata County, Texas
D: 2 Jun 1976 Laredo, Webb, Texas

9. Roy B: 15 Nov 1935 Zapata County, Texas
D: 11 Jan 2010 Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Hope this information helps.

Melida73

Re: Gracia Family

torosesm02 — 2011-01-25 21:55:24Z

Hi, My Grandma lived in Ponce Puerto Rico Engracia Gracia Almodovar born in 1864, My interest is to find decendants or someone that know about her family or know some information on this branch of the Gracia. I don't need to know if they came from Spain or if they were from the nobles. muchas gracias.

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melissaggonzalez — 2011-01-25 06:57:19Z

My mom is from jalostotitlan jalisco,Mexico her last name is de gracia and I also wonder where her last name came from. I have heard it comes from spain and others say portugal

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erickgracia09 — 2010-11-18 05:15:17Z

My family is also from San Fernando Tamaulipas. We have family in houston, indiana, california, and iowa. But the majority are living in San fernando as of today. Oh and is from an ejido called "las escobas."

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ochog1 — 2010-11-10 23:17:44Z

Hi. I recently traced my family Gracia roots from Durango to Chihuahua to Ontario, Ca. They left due to the civil war. My great grandfather is Francisco Gracia and my great grandmother is Lucas Molina and they are from Santa Maria del Oro, Durango, Mexico. Francisco's parents are Jose Maria Gracia and Dionicia Diaz. I very much like to find out more family history. Thank You.

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torjessica — 2010-10-26 05:40:05Z

Hi My grandparents are from San fernando, Tamp. too My grandpa is Mario Gracia Gracia and I believe he has a brother named Ricardo. Most of our family is either in San Fernando, brownsville, or Houston. My grandpa is married to Graciela who is my grandma. My grandparents had 10 children 6 boys and 4 girls. But i also heard that we go back to the Spaniards.
PS i hate when they say Garcia ughhh its Gracia.

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torjessica — 2010-10-26 05:39:10Z

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sleezyg — 2010-10-18 09:54:47Z

most of my family is in arizona and some in sonora and durango mexico.people just dont get it we are not garcia and i make sure they know it. our name is unique. i jsut whant to know wre it came from and how it got to mexico.

Re: Gracia Family

sleezyg — 2010-10-18 09:48:48Z

hey am jesus my dads family came from durango my grandpas name was isidro gracia. my family are the only gracias i have ever met any were. i hate it when everybody asumes am a garcia even my computer thinks am wrong.

Re: Gracia Family

RAIDERLARRY — 2010-03-18 02:32:23Z

TO ALL THE GRACIA FAMILIES OUT THEIR WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT OUR LAST NAME. YES IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND I'M ALSO PROUD AND CAN'T STAND WHEN ANYONE PRONOUNCES. IT GARCIA.I MY FATHER MARIO WOULD LET THEM HAVE IT. I'VE ALSO HAD PEOPLE TRY TO CORRECT ME SAYING IT'S GARCIA AND NOT GRACIA. ANYWAY, MY FATHER IS MARIO B GRACIA AND HE TOLD ME THE FAMILY NAME HAS SOME SPANARD AND SOME ITALIAN IN IT HANDED DOWN FROM PAST FAMILY ANCESTORS. I DON'T KNOW MANY GRACIAS OUT THEIR BUT IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE RESPOND BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS

GRACIA Javier 1950-1987

t42MountOlivet — 2010-01-02 14:40:06Z

GRACIA Javier 1950-1987

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 211,976 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

hazel a gracia

lhammes45 — 2009-12-20 23:08:51Z

looking for info. on Hazel aurelia gracia and her father emile vincent gracia along with siblings from San Francisco,CA.
Lisa

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floresgenevieve — 2009-11-11 18:29:19Z

Hello everyone, my name is Genevieve Gracia Flores. I recently became curious where my middle name came from. I use it very proudly, it is my mother's last name. She was born in Sonora, Mexico, where we have a big Gracia family. When having conversations with my great uncle's who are still living they share stories of their upbringing and, they all too reside in Sonora, Mexico. My mother, five sisters and I all reside in Arizona. Yes, I can relate, Garcia is not my name, it's Gracia.

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maxyg62 — 2009-11-09 03:20:42Z

lol yes i agree!!! my name is Maxy Gracia and i cant stand it when ppl assume that my name is GARCIA. I have been through so many problems with different documents because they have always spelled my last name wrong. lol its as if they think i dont know how to spell my own name i mean who freally mispells their name!!!

Re: Gracia Family

dark8memories — 2009-07-23 06:42:02Z

Hello Lorenzo. My name is Victor Gracia. I'm from Monterrey, Mexico, and like you, have lived in Texas. I am very pleased to see another Gracia. My father's name is Victor Gracia and my mother's is Lourdes Cantú. Reply if you want to dark8memories@hotmail.com

I also can't stand my last name being pronounced Garcia.

Long live our mighty last name!

Re: Gracia Family

edithallen1 — 2009-07-09 22:51:31Z

Hi..My Grandfather's name was Francisco Gracia and he was born in Arizona in 1918..I don't know were he might have more relatives..

Re: Santiago Gracia and Maria Guadalupe Cantu

rettagee — 2009-04-01 04:11:04Z

Hi Maria,
I am in this family tree also and found information on labs.familysearch.org under Records.
Santiago Gracia and Ma Guadalupe Cantu were married January 3, 1844 in San Felipe De Jesús, China, Nuevo León, Mexico. General Bravo I have learned is also called Rancho del Toro, and this area is near China, Nuevo Leon. I find all the family records listed in China at San Felipe.
I do not have nor find a San Juana Gracia, except married to a Nicolas Alanis.
Contact me to share more information at rettagee at yahoo.

Re: Gracia Family

marky6011 — 2009-03-09 03:37:01Z

My name is Mark Gracia My Fathers name is the same. My Grandparents are David and Venalda. I did some research and I found that our name is of Spain and Portuguese decent. I am also very curious as to more info on the excact country in which our beautiful last name has come from. I would also like information on culture and lifestyle of our roots thankyou. Mark Gracia

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pricentonreview — 2009-01-17 17:37:00Z

Hi!!I,m Huguette Gracia I live in Corpus Christi Texas,but I'm really from Mexico city my dads name is Armando Gracia too and grandpas name is Armando Gracia Rul.And I hate when they call me Garcia to.Hope to meet you soon!(Do you have a my space or facebook?)

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rociogracia — 2009-01-16 22:29:52Z

Hi Lorenzo,

My father is Jaime Gracia, my parents are from Durango Mexico where we have a large family of Gracia. From what my father tells me, our last name comes from Spain. My Grandfather on my dad's side was half spanish and half mexican. I also hate it when they pronounce my last name like GARCIA.

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torosesm02 — 2008-11-30 02:12:40Z

Gracia

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nena16_1 — 2008-10-14 21:27:55Z

yea dats true alot of people dont understand dat our last name is unique....dey always trying 2correct us or say wow dats new n i hate it.........

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gonzalezfernando — 2008-08-05 20:02:45Z

awwww i was married to a Gracia from Sanfer - years ago someone told me this name originated from Italy but that it was spelled "Grazia"

Re: Gracia/Grace New Bedford Massachusetts

suluc1 — 2008-06-12 02:33:02Z

I may have a connection to this. My GGGrandparents Joseph and Mary went by Grace in RI and then Gracia in California. They were both from the Azores although I haven't been able to determine which islands. Please email me so we can exchange information.
suluc@hotmail.com

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MeridianSage — 2008-05-28 17:12:05Z

The only connection that I have to Gracia is my Great Great Great Grandmother Eliza Gracia. I don't know much about her except that she was married to Zenon Garcia and had 5 children. She was born in the late 1880's early 1890's and that she lived in several places around Puerto Rico but finally settled in and around Carolina where the next 2 generations where raised. If anyone else has managed to get their family charts back that far and finds we are connected please let me know.

Gracia/Grace New Bedford Massachusetts

rkulm1 — 2008-05-07 04:46:45Z

I am looking for relatives of Manual Gracia (b. Fayal Portugal abt 1856 to 1870), died abt 1900), and wife Maria Rosa (b. Pico, Portugal Abt 1871, died aft 1930.) I believe they lived and died in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They had a son Lewis Silva Grace or Gracia born 15 May 1897 in New Bedford who married Emelia Leona Britton.
R Kulm

Gracia/Grace New Bedford Massachusetts

rkulm1 — 2008-05-07 04:46:40Z

Re: Looking for information on Vidal Gracia

Melida73 — 2008-05-03 01:36:15Z

Hi,

Nice to meet you, I think we are cousins. :)

Yes, Vidal Gracia had a son named Santiago F. Gracia born on the ranch in Zapata Texas.

I am still trying to find out more information on Vidal Gracia and where he came from.

For more info contact me at mojeda90@yahoo.com

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jgraci20 — 2008-04-11 02:58:02Z

Hi my name is Joselind Cristal Gracia Lugo, I am from Aguadilla, P.R. Daughter of Humberto Luis Gracia, from San Juan,P.R. ; and possibl born in Corozal. I am too looking for information about my family's history.