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Mary Angela Narvaez

Female Abt 1856 - 1937  (~ 81 years)


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  • Name Mary Angela Narvaez  [1, 2
    Alternate birth Abt 1854  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Birth Abt 1856  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Alternate birth 1857  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 18 Jun 1937  San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial Calvary Catholic Cemetery, San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I31418  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2020 

    Father Jose Dolores Narvaez,   b. Abt 1829   d. 24 Jun 1910, San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Maria Agustina Alviso,   b. 2 Feb 1831, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jul 1850  St. Joseph's, San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F18650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family (Unknown) Berryessa   d. Between 1875 and 1880 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Berryessa,   b. 9 Apr 1874, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1949, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F18649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2020 

  • Notes 
    • She appears in the 1880 census of San Jose, with her six-year-old daughter Margaret and her four-year-old son J. Edward, as Mary Berryessa, 24, widowed, born in California, both parents born in California. That her birth surname was Narvaez comes from the abstract of her daughter Margaret's 1949 death record.

      The 1900 census of San Jose shows a Mary, born Aug 1858, married for 11 years to a Daniel Berryessa, born Jul 1858, with daughter Maggie born Jun 1874, son Eddie born Aug 1877, and daughter Rose born Apr 1891. Given the close match of names and dates for Margaret/Maggie and son J. Edward/Eddie, it would appear that the widowed Mrs. Mary Berryessa of the 1880 census subsequently married a second man named Berryessa, bringing her daughter and son into the new family. (Daniel Berryessa need not have been closely related to her first Berryessa husband—the Berryessa family of Northern California, descended from the Basque Berrellezas, is and was extensive enough to have its own Wikipedia page. Today it lends its surname to an entire neighborhood in north San Jose.)

      As "Mrs. D. Berryessa" she is listed, in the 25 Jun 1910 San Jose Evening News obituary for her father Jose Dolores Narvaez, as one of his surviving family members.

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] California Death Index, 1940-1997, on ancestry.com., surname only.

    2. [S5116] "San Jose's Oldest Resident is Called" and "Funeral of Joe Narvaez." San Jose Evening News, 25 Jun 1910., calls her "Mrs. D. Berryessa".

    3. [S2231] 1870 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.

    4. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.

    5. [S5115] Find a Grave page for Mary Angela Narvaez Berryessa.

    6. [S5118] Find a Grave page for Maria Agustina Alviso Narvaez.