Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing your family history. Diane Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:40 PM, nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Group, > > I thought some of you might find this interesting. > > Emanuel Joseph Perry is a first generation Azorean American born in New > Bedford in 1887. He was the son of Jose Pereira Mancebo, from Beira, Sao > Jorge and Rosa Luisa from Pico. They were married in 1866. > > He was the 9th child of this couple who had 11 children...all girls except > for the 1st, Frank, who died at birth. > > I know he had other aunts and uncles in this country....because when Jose > came to New Bedford in 1865 it was because of knowing he had aunts and uncles > in the area.....Jose was also from a very large family in Beira. I've yet to > find any connections to my Perry family but I know they're out there with the > numbers of offspring from just these 2 generations. > > Emanuel became a prolific inventor....dry cleaning machine, commercial washer > and many others. We just found a complete list of his patents and realized he > had many more inventions than we ever knew about. If interested the complete > list may be found at: > > http://www.archpatent.com/patents/1636069 > > this takes you to his invention for sliding locks and if you click on his > name you will see his other patents......a brilliant 1st generation Azorean > American whose father came over on a whaling ship, jumped ship and made his > living all his life in New Bedford as a cigar maker....a skill he picked up > when the ship had an extended stay in Brazil. Rosa Luisa was a "sent for" > bride.....the sister of a friend of Jose's. The most remarkable thing was > that Jose's life as a cabin boy from a very young age, kept him quite > small...family lore is that he was about 4'11" tall.....when Rosa arrived she > was an unusually tall Azorean woman....he refused to marry her because of > their size difference...he was told he had no choice....money had been paid > and she was there. So they married and had 11 children...truly, size doesn't > matter! I've never been able to find Rosa Luisa in the records in > Pico....she's remembered in family lore about speaking of Madelena....her > sister was Maria Luisa....we think their last name was Gracia. Someday I'll > find her.....but I'm very proud of the accomplishments of my grandfather, > Emanuel....his life story reads like a novel.....he lived to be 94 years > old.....he loved to eat dates and smoke White Owl Cigars! > > Nancy Jean > -- > -- > 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
