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From: Diana L Smith< >
Subject: Re: A FINE STORY, Also Azbill/ Berryessa ?
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 20:50:12 EST


Tlhanks, Harleigh--shows something of the life and times for all our
ancestors, too.

Win Terrell, researching in Calaveras Co ABBOTT, ARNOLD, BOX, BURNS,
EPPERSON, EPROSON, FINE, FOX, SCHROEBEL, WARNER
in Tulare Co ABBOTT, BURNS, EPPERSON, FINE, GARNER, KING, TIENKEN; in
Bakersfield CITRA
in East Coast ABBOTT, BURNS, FINE; in SF/Stockton/Oakland/ ALREU,
THOMAS, TIENKEN
in AR, MO, IN, OH, PA, ABBOTT, EPPERSON, FINE, MATTHEWS

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 20:20:25 -0800 "Harleigh and Sandy Winkler"
<> writes:
>Susan, Jill & List:
>
>I included Azbill (Asbill) and Berryessa in this e-mail in hopes it
>would
>catch someone's eye and they might have come across something on the
>Romero
>family in the Mtn. View, Monterey and Carmel areas. I have not had an
>opportunity to research this side of my family yet, and do not have
>any
>data on them. I had one phone conversation with a 90 year old cousin
>in
>Salinas last May. I would like very much to meet her, but haven't
>been
>able to arrange that yet.
>
>She told me an interesting story of an experience my G Grandmother,
>Mary
>Romero, had as a young child while working in the cattle camp below
>Carmel.
> As soon as the children were able, they were given jobs to do right
>along
>with the rest of the family. One of hers was to help with the feeding
>of
>the men and cleaning up after the meals. One day she got feed up and
>took
>off by her self on a horse. She, as did the others, carried a gun and
>apparently could handle it very well. She had ridden some distance
>from
>camp and came upon a bear, which she shot and killed. She about 14 at
>the
>time.
>
>Ella d'Avila's maternal side was Native American Indian and
>Spanish/Mexican. I can't find my notes as to her family name, but
>will get
>back to you with it, when we return from Salt Lake City. Ella has a
>copy
>of the "Roll Approved in 1933" listing the Indians of California
>qualified
>under sec. 1 of the Act of May 18, 1928. It contains 458 pages plus a
>supplement consisting of 38 pages. I made a copy of her copy. It
>contains
>the following Asbill, Azbill, Berryessa and Littlejohn names:
>
>Asbill, Leonard, roll # 752, b. 8/9/1900, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Asbill,Mercyline Willitts, roll # 753, b. 4/1/1905, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Asbill, Reginald, roll # 754, b. 12/4/1924, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Asbill, Katherine, roll # 755, b. 6/19/1926, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Asbill, Velma, roll # 756, b. 4/6/1928, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Asbill, Newton, roll # 757, b. 5/27/1900, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Azbill, John B., roll # 899, b. 4/12/1862, res. R.R. #4, Box 101,
>Chico,
>CA.
>Azbill, Mary, roll # 900, b. 12/24/1863,res. same as above
>Azbill, Henry, roll # 901, b. 9/22/1899, res. same as above
>Azbill, John F., roll # 902, b. 10/15/1906, res. same as above
>Azbill, Kenneth, roll # 903, b. 2/15/1926, res. same as above
>Azbill, Percy, roll # 904, b. 12/12/1877, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Azbill, Andrew, roll # 905, b. 10/7/1900, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Azbill, Ruby Irene, roll # 906, b. 1/2/1906, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Azbill, Lawanna, roll # 907, b. 10/9/1925, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Azbill, Veltha Frazier, roll # 908, b. 1/21/1900, res. Covelo, Ca.
>Berryessa, Lemon, roll # 1535, b. 6/8/1897, res. Williams, Ca.
>Berryessa, Quaita, roll # 1536, b. 8/20/1902, res. Williams, ca.
>Berryessa, Inez, roll # 1537, b. 9/6/1921, Williams, Ca.
>Berryessa, Ella Marie, roll # 1538, b. 6/10/1923, res. Williams, Ca.
>Berryessa, Albert, roll # 1539, b. 2/9/1927, res. Williams, Ca.
>Berryessa, Virnie (or Vinie), roll # 1540, b. 10/3/1901, res. Box 805,
>Elk
>Grove, Ca.
>Hatch, Wallace, roll # 1541, b. 5/15/1922, res. same as above
>Berryessa, William, roll # 1542, b. 12/13/1891, res. Williams, Ca.
>Gen'l
>Del.
>Berryessa, Clorena, roll # 1543, b. 12/8/1890, res. same as above
>Berryessa, Herman, roll # 1544, b. 1/13/1913, res. same as above
>Berryessa, Christine, roll # 1547, b. 8/23/1924, res. same as above
>Berryessa, William (Billy), roll # 1548, b. 10/10/1927, res. same as
>above
>Littlejohn, Elmer Joseph, roll # 11107, b. 8/18/1905, res. 419
>Irvington
>St., Daly City, Ca.
>Littlejohn, Rosa de Lima, roll # 11108, b. 8/30/1880, res.1188 Treat
>Ave.., San Francisco, Ca.
>
>I apparently didn't copy pages 2 and 3 of the supplement, which would
>have
>both Asbill, Azbill and Berryessa, if there were any.
>
>I will do look ups after we return on 2/17/98, if anyone would like.
>
>----------
>| From: Susan Vallejo <>
>| To: Harleigh and Sandy Winkler <>
>| Subject: Re: A FINE STORY, Also Azbill/ Berryessa ?
>| Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 3:55 PM
>|
>| I was curious....as to Berryessa being included in the title of this
>email.
>| Am I missing something....(I being a Berryessa)...was trying to
>figure
>out the
>| connection to Romero. Or was something not included in your orig
>email to
>| Norcal.
>| Just CURIOUS...I look for any Berryessa tidbits I can get at.
>| Please let me know how Berryessa figures in all this...altho I do
>know
>they came
>| directly from Spain but I'm not sure if it was from Valencia or the
>Basque
>| region.
>| Only this week did I hear the name d'Avila....maybe connected with
>my
>| Littlejohn branch
>| that married into the Berryessa family Nov 1894.
>| Susan Berryessa Vallejo
>| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>| At 01:23 PM 1/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>|
>| >*****Asbill-Azbill and Berryessa Tidbits ?? any possible related
>info.
>in
>| >the following paragraph??*****
>| >
>| >I also found from Ella, and this book, that my natural g
>grandparents
>were
>| >Edwin GERMANN (b) 7/26/1897, Camden Michigan, (d) 7/25/1897
>Mountain
>View,
>| >Ca. and Mary B. ROMERO (b) 5/20/1862, Ca., (d) 11/26/1925, Santa
>Clara,
>Ca.
>| > My g grandmother's, Mary ROMERO, family was from Spain and held
>apparently
>| >large land holding in the areas of Mtn. View more particularly in
>Monterey
>| >Co. in the area of Carmel. "Gasrrapata" State Park once part of
>the
>Romero
>| >family ranch. The Romero family was Castilian Spanish, per Ella
>D'Avila.
>| >Ella's ?gg grandfather, (? escapes me) Alverado) was the first
>Governor
>of
>| >Calif. under Mexico.
>
>Appreciate any leads,
>Harleigh Winkler
>San Andreas, Ca.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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