Bras - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Brás in Puerto Rico

vbras — 2012-06-01 21:25:24Z

I just got your message.
Yes, I do! I have done a lot of research since my 2000 posting and have learned that Gasper Bras y Urpina born cica 1820, Barcelona, Spain, died Aug 27, 1896 in Mayaguez, PR, was my great grandfather. Attached is a copy of Gaspar's death certificate. My grandfather was Juan Bras y Mendoza born Nov 23, 1880 in Mayaguez and died June 11, 1932 in New York City. I have continued working the family tree and have some information about ancestors in Spain and a fair amount concerning the Bras family in PR and the mainland U.S. I would love to compare notes. You may contact me directly at brasv@verizon.net or phone at 703-878-1962.

Re: Brás in Puerto Rico

CPerezBras — 2012-06-01 18:14:06Z

Look for "BRAS FAMILY TREE"

Re: bras ancestors, netherlands

aap31 — 2011-07-18 18:45:30Z

Dear Monica
I can by accident across your e.mail
If you would like to receive some more information,
pleae don't hesitate to contact me
Astrid Bras
aap3@sunrise.ch

Re: Brás in Puerto Rico

vbras — 2009-06-02 21:29:52Z

I just found this 2000 posting. I am also searching for information about how the Bras name came to Puerto Rico. I believe my great grandfather Gasper and grandfather Juan(circa 1884 - june 11, 1932) were from Mayaquez. Do you have any information you can share? Thanks, Victor Bras.

BRAS, EDGAR A.; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil War

jasche — 2006-11-18 16:22:35Z

Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm

Note: This is not my ancestry. I am just passing along information that may be useful.

BRAS, EDGAR A.

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 8th Iowa Infantry. Place and date: Spanish Fort, Ala., 8 April 1865. Entered service at: Louisa County, Iowa. Birth: Jefferson County, Iowa. Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.

Re: BRAS, EDGAR A.; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil War

jasche — 2006-11-18 16:22:35Z

EDGAR A. BRAS

Burial: FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORDIA IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY

Born: 1841 - IA

Died: 1923

Additional Information and cemetery monument photo:

http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/bras_...

* Feel free to pass this on to other appropriate resources.

Angeline Bras (Majors) Smith

jan_conaty — 2006-06-19 17:07:50Z

Am looking for information on my gggrandmother Angeline Bras. She married John Smith abt. 1Apr 1847. Her daughter Mary (1860Census) my ggrandmother m. James H. Stewart My grandmother was Vera Stewart.
Thanks for any help,
Jan Conaty
e-mail kandjconaty@cox.net

BRAS/BROSS connections

NancyLiedtke — 2004-02-17 14:40:42Z

searching for parents of JOHN BROSS b. 1766 NJ. Have tried to connect to BRAS family but there are too many Johns! Earliest record is 1800 SC Census. Lots on Hendrick Pietersz BRAS & Hendrick Volckertsz BRIES families--nancy

Mary E. Bras b. 1829/m 1864 Iowa/d 1829 KS?

Brishedun — 2002-11-11 04:08:43Z

Hi, I'm looking for a Mary Bras who married Robert Sheets. Family information has her to be French.. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Donna.

Harmon Bras

jjwarden1 — 2002-02-18 16:46:15Z

Friends,

I'm descended from Harmon and Geertje Bras' daughter Ariantje (who must have been the first daughter as Geertje's mother was named Ariantje. Any information on Harmon and Geertje's parents and lineage before that most welcome. Any speculation on why Hendrick came over?

Many thanks

Harman Bras

jjwarden1 — 2002-02-18 16:46:15Z

Hi LInda

This is terrific info on Harman Bras. I also found that his Father Hendrick Pietersz was born in 1615 in Gelderland Holland and arrived in the US about 1640.

If you give me your email I'll send you my snail mail address. I'm very interested in the article in the American Genalogist.

BTW, I'm trying to find my Huguenot ancestor Abraham Coriell/Coryell who was born in France in 1666, emigrated to HOlland, then England in 1685, and arrived in Piscataway NJ by about 1700. Probably married a Dutch woman - something like Annetje Van Court. I'm just stuck getting more information about him. Any ideas? I'm looking through ships's passenger lists trying to find his hame.

This info is terrrific - thank you very much
Jenny

BRAS/brass/broas/

GLORIABROASSTOREY77 — 2001-10-07 02:32:16Z

I have a hendrick pietersz(van Duisberg/bras/brass,in my family tree,like to know who is father was and mother,sister,brothers in Weslel,germany or Gelderland netherlands,holland.first child was born pieter 7 sept,1640,new amsterdam,ny.I was born in loxley,ala- came to tulsa,okla in jul 1962 from reedsburg,wisc with my dad and mom and brother,s and 1 sister died in ala,1 sister with us .thank you gloria

bras/brass/broas./rollin.

GLORIABROASSTOREY77 — 2001-10-07 02:32:16Z

That the only Information that I got from looking on the web.of 1615 Hendricks Pietersen Brass-Vanduisberg in Gelderland Netherlands,Holland.E-Mail me back thank you

Bras\Brass\Broas

RBrass — 2001-07-13 19:20:54Z

Gloria, as you can see by my name, we now use another "s". I have a Pedigree which goes back to a Henderick Pieterson Brass who was born in 1615 in Gelderland, Holland. His wife was Geertje Everts. They came to New Amsterdam (NYC) sometime before 1640. I think they had a total of nine children (Pieter, Adam,Harmon,Wilhelm,Bruno,Walter, Rut, Evert Garrit). I have some of the descendent tracking on all these children, but have nothing on parents. If you're interested in any of these please let me know and we may be able to exchange some info. Have a nice day.

Harman Bras

RBrass — 2001-07-13 19:20:54Z

Linda, Would you send me an email message, so I Can reply too you. I"ll send you a report (Couple of pages) with what I have on Harman BRAS. My data does not spell all the names the same way but it includes Harmans WIVES 1ST, 2nd 3rd. (Geertje Koemans, his 2nd, With five children (two Lucas), Lena Rycken, lucas wife and three of their children.
A source you may want to check out on the internet is: familysearch.net - It's free and the last search I did on Elizabeth Bras(s)revealed over 50 matchs. This may help as they also identify who submitted the data for the record info. HAve a nice day. Rollin

Harman Bras

RBrass — 2001-07-13 19:20:54Z

Linda. I sent the materiel I had this morning. HOPE it helps you out some. Rollin

Harman Bras

2001-04-19 18:08:40Z

Jenny,
Sorry I don't have anything on Coriell or Van Court. There is a Huguenot webring, accessible through the Huguenot Historical Society (www.hhs-newpaltz.org/). One of their pages may have something useful. I vaguely remember seeing a list of "officially recognized" Huguenot emigrant ancestors somewhere. Your Abraham Coriell/Coryell may appear there. The U. S. GenWeb has pages for each state; you may be able to locate this family via this site. Try www.rootsweb.com/~njgenweb/ Hope this helps. My address is lhelaudais@yahoo.com
Linda

Harman Bras

2001-04-18 14:27:06Z

Herman/Harmanus Hendrickse Bras, bpt. 17 August 1655, Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, s/o Hendrick Pietersz and Geertje Everts; sponsors: Hans Jansen, Janneken Gerris; m. 1st, 10 Jan. 1682, Anna Wynaert, b. Amsterdam, d/o Cornelis Wynaert and Catharina Pelle. He married 2nd, Geertie Coeymans/Koemans/Coijmans, of Albany, NY, around Oct. 1695; 3rd, 1707 (intentions 03 May), Geertie Egbers, b. Albany, NY, widow of Lourens Ackerman. Harmen Bras died ca. 1713; an inventory of his estate was taken 16 March 1713/14 (NJ Arch. 1st Ser. Vol.xxii, Abstracts of Wills Vol. I: 1670-1730.)
Children of Harman Bras and Annetie Wynants:
i. Geertruid, bpt. 01 July 1682, NYDRC, sponsors: Thomas Laurentszen, Marritie Cornelis “01 Jul; Herman Hendr. Dras, Annetie Wynants; Geertruyd; Thomas Laurenszen, Marritie Cornelis”
ii. Elisabeth
iii. Aertje
Children of Harman Bras and Geertruy Coeymans
i. Adriaentie, bpt. Hackensack, 15 Nov. 1696; m. ca. 1717, Ide Marselis
ii. Geertje, bpt. Hackensack, 26 Nov. 1699; m. Abraham Codmis
iii. Lucas, bpt. Hackensack, 14 Sept. 1701; sp: Andries Tibout, Maritie his wife; died in infancy
iv. Lucas, bpt. Hackensack, 31 Oct. 1703; sp: Andries Tibout, Maritie his wife; m. Lena Rycke/Rycken, d/o Ryck Rycke(n) and Willemptie Clement, bpt 23 Oct 1711, Port Richmond (Staten Island, NY) DRC; Sp: Adriaen Schouten. Marytie Schouten
v. Pieter, bpt. Hackensack, 17 Jan. 1706
vi. Henry
vii. Gerrit?
Harman's father, Hendrick Pietersz, also appears in the records as Van Dusenburg and
Hendrick Van duis berg, alias 1,000 berg.
If you send me your address, I will mail you a copy of an article by William Hoffman that appeared in "The American Genealogist" on the Bras family. It's very interesting reading and gives lots of information on the early members of the family in New Netherland.

Harman Bras

2000-10-09 19:10:40Z

Rollin -
Thanks for responding so quickly to my query. You can reach me at lhelaudais@yahoo.com. Thanks, too, for recommending familysearch.net; that's one I haven't tried yet. Linda

Harman Bras

2000-10-07 18:54:39Z

Hi Rollin- Would you know anything about the children of Harmanus Bras and his 2nd wife Geertruy Coeymans? I believe that they had a son, Lucas, who married a Lena Rycke somewhere in Bergen Co., NJ (possibly Hackensack). I have found baptism records for several of their children, but not my ancestor Elisabeth Bras. Circumstantial evidence points to her as their daughter: she named her 2nd son Lucas (Lucas Bras witnessed), and 2nd daughter Helena (for Lena?). I just can't locate the records to prove it. Elisabeth married Matheis van Keuren in Kingston, NY, 1777, and their children were baptized there. I would greatly appreciate any info whatsoever; Lucas is proving to be something of a brick wall! Linda

bras ancestors, netherlands

2000-09-05 15:58:37Z

I am looking for information regarding a Bras family in the Netherlands. My grandfather's name was Pieter Bras,(1895 - ????) married to Wilhemina Maria Bakker (1893 - 1974) They were from Beverwijk. Any info would be appreciated.

Brás in Puerto Rico

2000-08-12 08:41:17Z

I'm just trying to find information on the origins of the name and how it came to the island. Thanks!