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| Rufina Berryessa |
by Carolyn Williams
San
Mateo County Genealogical Society is excited to announce that Anthony Ray,
a descendant of the original Berryessa colonist who came to Alta California
with the de Anza party in 1776, will present a brief history of the
Berryessa family for us on Saturday Jun 24th
from10:30 am - 12 noon at Grace Lutheran Church, 2825 Alameda de las Pulgas in San
Mateo. The event is free.
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| Jose de los Santos Berryessa |
Anthony will begin with the de Anza
expedition and end in the early twentieth century. He will review Berryessa
military involvement, ranchos, their religious and social involvements, and the
murder of Berryessa family members in the 1850s, as well as how the family
settled into American culture by the late nineteenth century.
Anthony will also discuss the records
that he has personally researched. These include manuscript collections, church
records, newspapers, vital records and more, and how he incorporated them into
his history of the
Berryessa family.
About the Speaker
Anthony Ray is an avid genealogist who
specializes in church records, California, Mexican, and Southwest research. He
has been researching his own family for the past fourteen years and has been a
member of the Antelope Valley Genealogical Society, the Genealogical Society of
Hispanic America, The Contra Costa County Historical Society, and the Solano
County Genealogical Society.
In 2011, Ray was honored with being awarded the first Suzanne Winsor Freeman
Student Genealogy Grant, which he used to further his research. He has
done extensive research all throughout California, Arizona, and in the
northern Mexican state of Sonora. He is currently in the process of researching
and writing a comprehensive history of the Berryessa’s, a founding family of
San Francisco and San Jose.
In addition to being a genealogist, Ray is also a musician, currently pursuing
a bachelor's degree in vocal performance and music education. He sings with the
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Tonality, Lore Vocal Ensemble, and
the Sunday Night Singers. He has also been a guest chorister with
many other community and church choirs throughout the Los Angeles area.
Images provided by Carolyn Williams,
San Mateo Genealogical Society
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