Joan, UPEC are the abreviations for Union of the Portuguese of California. This fraternal organization began with only men before the turn of the century. This year, the UPEC and the UPPEC (women), IDES (men) and SES (I think both men & women) merged into the Portuguese Fraternal Society of America. Their email is: www.mypfsa.org The new organization is housed in the former UPEC building in San Leandro, CA and the Freitas Library is also in that building. You can contact them and see if they can give you more information regarding your ancestor. Celeste, Hayward, CA
Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Joan Jurancich <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joan Jurancich <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching for Monteiro and Perry on Faial To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 7:05 PM My maternal ggrandfather was Augustus Garcia Monteiro. AG Monteiro was born on Faial (though I don't know the town) on March 3, 1867; he became a naturalized citizen on February 17, 1902 (Certificate No. 401-191, USCC Boston Mass). According to the 1930 Census for San Leandro, Alameda County, California, he immigrated in 1885. His wife was Olivia Perry (is that a shortened form of Pereira?); she was born c. 1864 on Faial and immigrated in 1883 (according to the 1910 Census) or 1879 (according to the 1930 Census). They had two children, Olivia, born c. 1893-4, and Augustus Perry (my maternal grandfather), born June 20, 1895, both in Massachusetts (Boston area). AP Monteiro died March 27, 1957, in Santa Clara, California. I found several newspaper articles in the Oakland Tribune about my ggrandfather's activities with the UPEC (what is the full name?). He was in two one-act comedies during the UPEC's celebration of the 3rd anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Portugal in 1913. There are many other people listed in the article dated October 6, 1913. Evidently someone has put up a lot of information on Ancestry.com (which is where I found most of the details). Does anyone on this list recognize any of these names? Joan Mary Jurancich Sacramento, CA Researching Monteiro, Perry, Fialho, Gonsalves (Goncalves), Garcia, da Silva, da Rosa on Faial -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
