Asturian-American Migration Forum

Ah, thanks. I'd thought this would be easiest for everyone, since I'd lost track of all my info -- user name, password, email, etc. I should have known my name would have been enough! Apologies and, again, thanks.

Hi Karen, Sorry for the extreme delay -- I haven't checked this forum since I had to get rid of my old email address and website several years ago! But I happened upon your reply via Google. Since I've re-joined through my new email, I'm limited as to what I can do here and hope this manages to reac...

I've already posted this in the "Introductions" thread, and have been discussing things in the Moundsville topic in the "Immigrant Stories", but it would also make sense to post in this section. Here are the details of my family...as near as my mother can tell them. My grandfathe...

Thanks for the details...Those dates go back further than any information my family has -- I'll have to get into investigating church/birth records! But I do seem to come from a family of walkers, so I'm not ruling out the possibility of relation...What a wonderful website.

Thank you, Barbara -- I'll pass the news on to my mother (living in Oregon without internet). That's fantastic. I'm at work, or I'd write more. Thanks again for the news. I've posted a big description of my family in the Introductions thread...

Hello...I've already posted a few times in the Immigrant Stories/Moundsville topic, but here are the details of my family...as near as my mother can tell them. My grandfather was Jose Luis Ovies (born in St. Luis, Missouri in 1906). His parents came to America from near Aviles. They were Jose Ovies ...

Thanks for the Las Barzanas clarification! I spoke with my mother, who, as a child, visited Moundsville with her father, Jose Luis Ovies. (I'll go into more detail about my family in the Introductions section of the forum...) She remembers that Uncle Nick (Ovies) was in charge of the Pepsi plant and...

The Ovies mentioned are relatives of mine. My mother speaks of visiting them as a child and enjoying...I think she said Royal Crown Cola, but I may be confused. I can ask her for more details...Her father was Jose (Joe) Luis Ovies. The story has always been that the family was from near Aviles, but ...