JOSEPH PURCELLA, SR. LIVED AND MARRIED IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA AROUND 1900. HE HAD THREE CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE(JOSEPH, ROSALIE, AND LUCIA) WHEN HE LEFT AROUND 1939 OR 1940. HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, HIS MOTHER WAS LIVING THERE, AND HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO JACK PERA. HE WAS A SHOEMAKER BY TRADE AND WORKED FOR THE HOUSTON SHOE HOSPITAL IN 1958.
HE MARRIED IN TEXAS AND WHEN HE DIED DECEMBER 27, 1991, HIS STEP-DAUGHTER JACQUELINE CLARY HAD HIM CREMATED.
UNDER THE NAME OF JACK PERA HE HAD ANOTHER FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA AND ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS
WAS NAMED JACQUELINE. ANY INFO ON THE FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JUST SEARCHING FOR MY FATHER'S OTHER FAMILY, I DO NOT WANT OR NEED ANYTHING, JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MY OTHER SIBLINGS.