I realize this is a long shot but I have some Perrys connected to my Davis family and while they are not direct connections to me I am wondering if they might also be connected some way. The daughter of Mathilda who married George W. Davis-Alice was married to a H. R. Perry. They were living in Goodyear Bar in 1880. And as far as I can find so far had two children. I also have a sister of Richard Rich's who married Judge A. J. Howe after his first wife died. I do not know Alice's last name as she was born before Mathilda married George Davis. It may have been Phelps as her brother listed in the same household was Charles Phelps-born 1862-Illinois. Have you checked the California Death Index and FindaGrave.com? If any of this sounds familiar to your family, I will like for you to contact me personally. In the meantime, since this is also one of my mysteries, I will try to see if I can find anything. Pat Morano -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Harris family ([email protected]) > 2. Re: John Dineen - Calif. Civil War Veteran > ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:48:15 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" > Subject: Re: [CASIERRA] Harris family > To: > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: kuahiwi1 > Surnames: Harris, Howe, Moynier, Fournier > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sie > rra/149.151.4/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > Abraham Perry Harris (born 1831 in Kinzua, Pennsylvania)and Catherine Eliza Howe (apparently born 1846, somewhere in Wisconsin) are my great-great-grandparents. > My mother (Linda Morgan) was the original poster on this thread. Our family > records have come from John Holmes Harris (who later married Victoria Moynier), > one of their sons. We know that Abe and Catherine Eliza were divorced in Nov. > 1883; we have copies of the court orders, which list these children at that time > (and their names/ages match with those in the family Bible): > Como Leon Lincoln (21 years) > Lena (19 years) > Inez (17 years) > Lilly (15 years---usually written as Lillie in other documents > Eliza (14 years) > Rosa (10 years)---usually called Rose in other documents > John Holmes (8 years) > Iola (6 years) > and Abraham Perry Jr. (3 years) > > The family papers we have came to us through Victoria Harris (nee Moynier), wife > of John Holmes; he died in 1923. Her family is the Moyniers (originally Moynier > Du Bourg when they came from France) and Fourniers, both long time farmers in > French Corral. Another branch of the family is the Brownings, of Nevada City. > > My great-uncle Ralphard Harris (son of John Holmes and Victoria) wrote to the > Forestry Service back in the 1970s, in trying to stop clear-cutting of the areas > around the old family territories ( Banner Mines, Harris Meadows), that Abraham > Perry was an Indian scout for wagon trains coming over the Sierras, and > Catherine Eliza was a young (14 years) girl in one of the trains he led. They > married in 1860 and founded Middle Water House and Our House as wagon/stage/mail > stops, with lodging and supplies. > > My mother and I would like to find out more about what happened to Catherine > Eliza Howe Harris after her 1883 divorce. The only information I have is a 1901 > letter from her to her son John Holmes, wishing him well in his new marriage. > She was living in San Jose. > > Abraham Perry died sometime between 1903 and 1906; John Holmes seems to have > become the manager of Our House at that time, but the siblings (especially > Abraham Perry Jr.) then tried to sell it, and we don't have papers for it after > that time. John Holmes continued to work the mining claims. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like > to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond > on the board. > > > > > >