Asturian-American Migration Forum

According to Florentina, she was born in Oviedo, Spain, where her parents owned and operated a resort Hotel on the coast. She says her grandparents used to own machinery part factories in Belgium and Spain. But when there was a uprising in Spain and they lost their factories in that county (I am not...

I went back and looked at the 1920 census. My grandparents were listed as living in the Simpson District. So it may not have been a town but a division of the county for Census purposes. I am new to genealogy, so I just assumed it was the name of the town. -------------------- trans. Art Volví y mir...

I got the name Simpson from the 1920 census. It lists the City/Township as Simpson, the County as Harrison. I could have read it or wrote it down wrong from the census. I will go back and double check. -------------------- trans. Art Conseguí el nombre Simpson del censo 1920. Esto cataloga la Ciudad...

I am searching for information on the ancestors of my Grandparents Donato Artime(z) (b. 1888)and Florentina Verdin (b. 1891) of Salinas, Oviedo Spain. They came to America in 1913. Donato's parents were Francisco Artime and Amalia Menendez. Florentina's parents were Guillermo Verdin and Maria Artime...