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Note: Came to America with two cousins who later returned to Italy. They helped him in a shoe store. Went back to Italy after he died. Do not know what their last names but it was not Byrd. He was a Shoe Maker.
The store (do not think he owned it, only leased it, or worked for the owner), was in the first block of South Street, in Nacogdoches, Texas. Across form the the Court House.
Was Married to Nancy Flemming or Nancy Davis. Had Three children.
Elizabeth Ophelia Byrd - (Oldest) Edward Lee Byrd - (Middle child) James Anthony Byrd - (Youngest) The first four letters of his name are Byrd the last few (?) letters were dropped because of his dislike of the way people said it. BYRD??? It is possible that he changes a letter or two in the middle of the name.
I have never seen it writen but have heard it pronounced. I did not become deaf until I was 40 yeard old. I have heard it several times from several different people. I also can to some people read their lips, do better with it than sign language.
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Correct way of saying it Bye-ard-ah (or) Bye-are-dah. Have heard it pronounced both ways.
Incorrect way, that he did not like was Bird-dee-oh (or) Bird-e-o. Have also heard it both ways. This is why he dropped the last few letters of the name.
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Came to America after the Civil War. Left the port of Venizia, Italy, State of Venito. I was told that he was from there, Venizia. (Venice) The port he left from not the city he was from.
Landed at Port of Galveston, United States, State of Texas.
He is burried in Oak Grove Cemetery Nacogdoches, Texas. In the old section of the cemetery. No Head Stone.
He died in 1888.
I have met people that knew him and they all told me the same thing about the name.
I have visited the shoe store that he had, ran or worked at, and the children of the man that took over the store told me the same thing.
The store was still there in 1960.
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