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I do not speak Spanish very well - Do you speak English?

My grandfather Antonio Iglesias Bocija La Coruna ES born October 19, 1891

His father Manuel Bocija, his mother Liboria Iglesias
Paternal grandfather Juna Bocija, paternal grandmother Manuela Lozano

His maternal grandfather Jose Iglesias (Yglesias), paternal grandmother
Escolastica Silviera.

His Brother Manuel and I know he had sisters. One sister left Spain after she married and moved somewhere in South America so I was told. She and her husband had children. I was told that she came back to Spain after her husband died. I have a picture of my great grandmother and 2 of her daughters.

Can you help with any information on this last name? Thank you.

Bocija,

I am wondering what exactly your question is. If you want to know about this family in particular maybe there can be someone who read this website and can help you. If you want to know about the surnames then you can search for them in surnames (apelidos). If you dont find them there you can ask about it in here. Just put the surname in subject and then explain what you want to know. Reading this message i cannot deduce what kind of information you are looking for.

Regards,

José

keizersdream escribió:Bocija,

I am wondering what exactly your question is. If you want to know about this family in particular maybe there can be someone who read this website and can help you. If you want to know about the surnames then you can search for them in surnames (apelidos). If you dont find them there you can ask about it in here. Just put the surname in subject and then explain what you want to know. Reading this message i cannot deduce what kind of information you are looking for.

Regards,

José

I am looking for information about the family. My grandfather left Spain alone as a child at the age of 9. He worked on fishing ships and other ships before arriving in Cuba, then onto to the United States. We never knew what happened to his family or why he left. We knew his mother was still alive and he had sisters. He went back to Spain as an elderly man maybe 7 or 8 times and brought his family clothing and other things prior to his death. My father and his brother have been wanting to know more about the family and they are now elderly themselves. There are no other Bocija in the United States. My Grandmother Carmen Alonso from Orsense also came to this country she had no family here either. She died in 1944.

Hello, i do not speack english very well

A Coruña is a "provincia" of Galicia, the country. A Coruña is a city too (see the map http://www.xenealoxia.org/modules.php?n ... e&artid=13 ).
It´s difficult for me tell you where to look exactly for your ancestros . You read the following tracks and then you look with intuition in the thelephone numbers.

Here, four responses from http://www.familysearch.org
1. Manuel Castro Bocija - International Genealogical Index / SE
Gender: Male Birth: 1956 Pontoxo,Encrobas,Cerceda,A, , La Coruna, Spain

2. Manuela Barbeito Bocija - International Genealogical Index / SE
Gender: Female Birth: About 1887 Pontoxo,Encrobas,Cerceda,A, , La Coruna, Spain

3. Manuela Fernandez Bocija - International Genealogical Index / SE
Gender: Female Birth: 1906 A Coruna,A, , La Coruna, Spain

4. Manuela Campos Bocija - International Genealogical Index / SE
Gender: Female Birth: About 1933 Rutis,Laxe,A, , La Coruna, Spain

From http://www.ellisisland.org

Manuel Bocija
Spanish
Date of Arrival: November 26, 1919
Age: 28y
Ship of Travel: Mexico
Port of Departure: Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama

Manuel Bocija
Spanish
Date of Arrival: July 23, 1920
Age: 30y
Ship of Travel: Seekonk
Port of Departure: San Juan, Porto Rico

Manuel Bocija
Spanish
Date of Arrival: February 25, 1921
Age: 30y
Ship of Travel: Mitchell


From http://www.infobel.com/spain by phone numbers, there are 100 responses for all Spain.

You must search in http://paginas-blancas.ya.com (Provincia= A Coruña)
42 responses for Bocija first surname (primer apellido) and 35 responses for Bocija second surname (segundo apellido).

Regards