Dave, Another wild guess may be in the 1933 Los Angeles County marriage record of Joseph Thomas Lopes, the son of Herculeano and Bell Lopes.
The witness is " Billie Sexton" with a L A address. Could be Velma with a stage name. I've tried the city directories to find that person and address without sucess. Eric Edgar On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:05 PM, luiznoia . <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave, > > I believe I have good lead, someone not looked at before. > > Belimira Cotta, shown on the 1910 census in Kaweah, Tulare county. This is > in the Sierra east of Visalia. > > Her parents are listed as Joe M and Mary Courter ( That's how Cotta might > sound to an American from a recently arrived Azorean) > > She's born in California ( age shows 2 months) Parents arrived in 1902. > > There is a Massachucetts birth record to match her sister Mary that > confirms the Cotta name > > . > > The only time the name is seen again is the 1923 Portuguese newspaper > marriage article, Belmira Cotto to Manuel Coelho > > In 1930 , Joe M and Mary Cotta are in Tulare township with a grandson, > Edward Coelho, born about 1926. > > In 1940 , a 15 yr old Eddie Coelho turns up in the San Bernardino County > Boys Detention Center. His birthplace is blank, but says he lived in that > county in 1935 > > It seems it could be another Eddie, except that a Joe M Cotta died in San > Bernardino county in 1961, suggesting residency or a visit there. > > If I have the correct Joe and Mary Cotta, then their buried in the Tulare > city cemetery. > > > Eric Edgar > > > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
