What does the DNA say?
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:13 PM 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > > I have been looking for a document that validates my husband's paternal > grandmother's birth. > > Here is what I have about my husband, Bob Perry's, paternal line. I have > all the information except the birth (baptism) of his paternal > grandmother. I call her the elusive "Maria Cristo." I went to the church > in RI this year where she married to see if there is a margin note that > says she was baptized and where it occurred. There is no such note. > > Ancestors of SERAPHINE EDWARD PERRY > Generation No. 1 > 1. SERAPHINE EDWARD PERRY, born 23 Aug 1912 in East Providence, RI, > USA**; died 17 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA, USA/CA death index. He was > the son of 2. FELIPE PEREIRA da SILVA and 3. MARIA CRISTO MORAIS. He > married (1) ADELINA (LENA) CANTO SILVA 15 Nov 1933 in East Providence, RI, > USA. She was born 03 May 1912 in East Providence, RI, USA**, and died 24 > Jul 2000 in Hayward, CA, USA, Holy Sepulchre, Hayward. She was the > daughter of JACINTHO do CANTO SILVA and MARIA PAIXAO da COSTA. > Generation No. 2 > 2. FELIPE PEREIRA da SILVA, born 05 Feb 1887 in Soldao, Lajes, Pico, > Azores**; died 15 Jul 1970 in San Leandro, CA, USA (buried Holy Sepulchre, > Hayward). He was the son of 4. MANUEL PEREIRA da SILVA and 5. MARIA GLORIA > da ASCENSAO. He married 3. MARIA CRISTO MORAIS 24 Nov 1907 in Bristol, > RI/**daughter, Mary Cruz. > 3. MARIA CRISTO MORAIS, born 22 May 1885 in Lomba da Santa Barbara, > Sao Miguel, Azores/daughter, Mary Cruz; died 03 Sep 1970 in San Leandro, > CA, USA (buried Holy Sepulchre, Hayward). She was the daughter of 6. JOAO > MORAIS da COSTA and 7. JACINTHA LIBANIA. > Notes for MARIA CRISTO MORAIS: > 4/15/2015: I have searched through all the baptismal records for Lomba da > Santa Barbara on the island of Sao Miguel. Joao Ventura has also done this > search. In addition, I have searched through all the records of the > villages surrounding Lomba da Santa Barbara for a "Maria" whose > grandparents were the same as Maria Christo's parents. My thought was that > Maria Christo may have been raised by the family she though was her > biological family and was the child of someone else in the family. I have > not found her in any of these searches. As of this date, I continue to > follow any leads I find that will give me proof of her birth to the family > to which she believed she belonged. > 1/12/2017: Wrote to St. Mary's Church in Bristol, RI and asked them to > look for any information that she gave when she married in 1909. I have > found that the information I had for her arrival was not her so I am not > sure when she arrived in the US. > Children of FELIPE and MARIA are: > i. Mary Perry, born 26 Jun 1911 in East Providence, RI/self; > died in Buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA; married Fernando Cruz > Sr Bef. 1937 in East Providence, RI, USA; born Abt. 1910 in Rhode Island, > USA; died in Buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA. > 1 ii. SERAPHINE EDWARD PERRY, born 23 Aug 1912 in East > Providence, RI, USA**; died 17 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA, USA/CA death > index; married ADELINA (LENA) CANTO SILVA 15 Nov 1933 in East Providence, > RI, USA. > iii. Phillip S. Perry, born 29 Dec 1913 in East Providence, RI, > USA/Vitalsearch; died 29 Mar 1989 in Alameda County, CA, USA/Vitalsearch; > married Margaret Roark Abt. 1938 in East Providence, RI, USA; born Abt. > 1913 in East Providence, RI, USA. > iv. John (Johnny) Pereira-da-Silva, born 08 Apr 1916 in East > Providence, RI/Ronnie; died 22 Nov 2000 in Oakland, CA, USA; married Hilda > Cruz 1944 in Bristol, RI, USA; born 26 Feb 1923 in East Providence, RI. > v. Manuel (Manny) Pereira da Silva, born Aft. 1921 in East > Providence, RI/Mary Cruz; died 06 Oct 2000 in RI, USA; married Pauline > Louise Abt. 1935; born Abt. 1915 in /Lena. > > Any help in “documenting” her birth is what I need. > > > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
