My grandmother's(Mary Vaughn Joiner) second husband was Emilio Brusa, born 9/14/1887 in Italy and died 9/30/1938 in Columbia county, Florida. His father was Ferma Brusa and his mother was Virginia Abbate, both born in Italy. I find Ferma and Virginia in Merrimac county, New Hampshire in 1920 with sons Louis and Manuel. Although I am not related directly to this man, I thought this information may be of some help to someone who is researching this surname. Emilio was listed as a stone cutter in the 1930 Palm Beach county, Florida census along with my grandmother and my father, James Joiner. I hope this will be helpful to someone. Gail Ellis