Asturian-American Migration Forum

My name is Carol Kowall and my great grand parents are Jose and Josefa Frenandez. I believe our Geat grandparents were friends and may have been related. They lived at 990 Meldon Avenue which would be just a few doors from the address of your great grandparents. Also, I have may old photographs and ...

Thank you for the Covadonga translation. I was pronouncing it "Co-va - dung-a" maybe making my own connection between the memorial and the vision of those cow pies!


Carol K.

It is funny what memories a word or smell bring can bring to mind. When I read this post I remembered a silly detail from my trip to Asturias. The people we visited took us to Covadonga and then to the beautiful park on the top of the mountain there. We walked through the fields and had to take care...

Dear Terechu. I have never seen the major cattle drives you describe but hearing about the cattle drive brought back memories from my last trip to Spain. Here in Pennsylvania, cattle farmers do not move the cattle to another place for grazing. I guess they have enough land to keep the cattle feed th...

Hello Friends, After already writing a few forum posts, I realize that this Introduction of Members is a place to refer to, so here is some information that I hope will be meaningful to others who may have information to share. I grew up in Donora, Pa. and left after high school in about 1967. My As...

Terechu, A special thank you for all your contributions to the forum. The information in the forum is such a gift and one that can be shared woth my family. Yes, the conversation is sentimental and your thoughts were much appreciated. I have been trying to look at these emotional feelings with some ...

Art , That makes so much sense to me. While in Asturias I noticed the way people carried themselves and their faces and most astonishing, thier hands! They were the hands of my grandfather and his brothers and sisters. Those hands and the way the thumb sat at the base of the hand and the large knuck...

Art and Bob, Thank you both for the information. When I was last in Spain I asked these questions but something was lost in the translation and I did not understand the distinction between the city and county. This helps to understand the documents I have. I did visit the old church on the hill - Sa...

This is, my first post here. I have read, with excitement, all the accumulated information and hope I can add some useful information. I am Carol Kowall born in Donora Pa and now living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My mother is Louise Fernandez and my Grandfather is Constantine Fernandez born in Pie...