Morelli & Vanoni Genealogy - Person Sheet
Morelli & Vanoni Genealogy - Person Sheet
NamePERRY, Joseph Julian
Birth1 Dec 1903, Sebastopol, California
Death27 Aug 1980, Sebastopol, California
Burial1980, Occidental Druid’s Cemetary
OccupationApple farmer
EducationSweets Business College
ReligionCatholic
Spouses
Birth19 Oct 1903, Occidental, California
MemoBorn at the Morelli farm
Death2 Nov 1998, Santa Rosa, California
Burial1998, Occidental Druid’s Cemetary
OccupationHomemaker, business secretary
EducationSweet’s Business College, Santa Rosa, California
ReligionCatholic
FatherMORELLI, Joseph Barnaba Jr. (1865-1951)
Marriage12 Oct 1924, Sebastopol, California
ChildrenRobert Leland (1933-2020)
 Thomas Edwin (1938-)
Notes for Joseph Julian PERRY
Joe was born on the Perry family farm located several miles north of Sebastopol on Gravenstein Highway. He was an apple farmer and a founder of the Sebastopol Cooperative Cannery. He attended school in Sebastopol, then went to Sweets Business College in Santa Rosa. It was there that he met Elizabeth Morelli.
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Elizabeth and Louise were sent to live with friends in Tomales so that they could attend high school. They fell in with the party crowd. There were parties at Dillon’s Beach and drinking. When the party gang got caught, Elizabeth refused to testify that the boys were drinking. The Principal of Tomales High School expelled the girls, and Joe Morelli had to come to Tomales to pick them up. He said he was proud of them for not snitching on their friends. They returned to the ranch near Occidental, and Elizabeth went on to Sweet’s Business College in Santa Rosa where she took a stenographic course. She graduated in 1923. The college has been gone for many years. It was located on Ross Street, about 2 blocks north from Santa Rosa's down town main intersection of Mendocino Avenue and 4th Street.

Louise Morelli went to work in Occidental and, after about a year, she became one of the youngest postmasters in California at the age of 19.

Joe & Lea met at the Harvester's Ball in Bloomfield in October 1922.
Last Modified 3 Aug 2000Created 9 Jan 2024 by Dennis W. Morelli
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