I am new to this group. I have been looking for ancestors of my paternal great grandparents, Joe and Mary Perry of Monterey, California, and I have come to a dead end on info. Without their parents names and the village that they are from I can't find any info on their origins or ancestors in the Azores. Hopefully someone in this group is related or knows of someone who is. Here is the info I have so far from family bibles, photos, death certificates and the help of Rosemarie with the obits. and death record from the UPEC.
Americanized name: Joe Perry Portuguese Name: Jose Pereira Escobar from Fayal, Azores born Jan. 15, 1842 in Fayal? died Jan 25, 1933 in Monterey, California He may have had a brother or father or both named Antone Perry (probably Pereira). One was mentioned in his obit. and the other on his death certificate with unknown mother. He lived in the peninsula area in California for 26 years and in the USA for 55 or 65 years (depending on what record you go by), so it is possible that he first arrived on the East Coast. He sent for his wife after he was established in California. I suspect it was an arranged marriage and they did not marry till she arrived in California around 1885, because she was 18 years younger than him and he arrived in the states when she was only 8 years old. The story we were told when we were young was that he worked his way over from the Azores to the States in a cattle boat. (I have no documentation of this.) He owned their home in Monterey at 198 Park Avenue and had cattle and was well know in Monterey. When he was young he had red hair and the story in the family goes that his father beat him because he had red hair instead of black. Americanized name: Mary Perry Portuguese Name: Maria Margaret (Bettencourt) Escobar born Sept. 18, 1860 in Azores or Portugal died Oct. 22, 1948 in Monterey, California I have seen her maiden name spelled Bitcart, Bitencurt, Betencourt, or Bettencourt. Her obituary said that she was a resident of the Peninsula for 50 years and her death certificate said she lived in the country for 50 years. Her death certificate has her father as Mr. Bitcart and unknown mother. I have photos of both her and her husband but the only other info I have is from Ancestry.com that they lived in Monterey. They had 6 children: 1. Joseph Stanley Perry - b. Sept 8, 1889 in Coyote, California (south of San Jose and north of Morgan Hill) He died Apr. 6, 1964 in King City, California. He married Clara Evelyn Machado. He was my grandfather. 2. Anthony Thomas Perry - b. Aug 1, 1991 in Gilroy, California and died Dec 3, 1949 in Monterey, California. He married Catherine Marcella Grimes. 3. Manuel Joseph Perry - b. June 5, 1894 in Los Osos, California and died Dec 22, 1968 in San Luis Obispo, California. He married Mary Olivia Gularte. 4. Florence (Flora) M. Perry - b. Apr 8, 1900 in (probably Monterey), California and died Sept 17, 1994 in Gustine, California. She was married to Joe S. Silva. 5. Stella M Perry - b. Sept 5, 1903 in (probably Monterey), California and died June 14, 1973 in San Francisco, California. She was married to James Augusta Seyferth. 6. Frances Perry - b. about 1907 in Monterey, California and died sometime after 1948 probably in San Francisco, California. She was married to Richard O'Connor. I hope someone out there is related and can give me some more info to go on. Thanks everyone! Barbara Mecklenburg -- For 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
