California chronology

Fresno County.

before 1909One of the many Winans to migrate to California was Charles Spencer Winans, who came to Malaga from Ohio. His great-granddaughter, Cathy Allen, found her way into our family when she married my brother John Carey in 1964.

Los Angeles County.

1875S. M. Perry returns to California, settling in Los Angeles.
1906Jeanette's grandparents, Henry and Kate Wasserman, and their children arrive in Los Angeles from Kansas City.
Oct 1921My grandparents, Sam and Kate Carey, and their children move to Santa Monica from Urbana, OH, at the invitation of John and Lucinda Perry.
Sep 1924My grandparents, Charley and Alice Walker, and their children arrive in Santa Monica from Tucson, AZ.
~1925Jeanette's dad, Cecil Langton, comes to Los Angeles from Denver, along with his brother Merle.
Apr 1930Cecil marries Bertha Waterman in Los Angeles.
Mar 1932Jeanette's sister Roberta is born in Los Angeles.
~1936My dad, Dave Carey, moves to Ventura.
Apr 1938Jeanette is born in Los Angeles.
1939Dave and Jeanette Carey return to Los Angeles from Ventura, bringing little Chuck with them.
Apr 1942Dave, Jeanette and Chuck move to Tucson, AZ, returning in July 1944 along with the twins.
Jan 1961Chuck Carey and Jeanette Langton marry in Los Angeles and leave for Monterrey, N. L., México. For what we've been doing since then, please see our own personal chronology.

Nevada County.

Apr 1860Uncle Samuel Marshall Perry arrives after a long journey via the Isthmus of Panamá to search for gold in Nevada county, and other areas. After about two years, he gives up and returns to Ohio. He is the first of our relatives to come to California.
1860sAnother uncle, Stephen Winans, also from Piqua, Ohio, arrives along with his wife Eliza and several children. He stays and his numerous descendants spread throughout California.

Orange County.

~1900Uncle John and Aunt Lucinda Perry and their family arrive in California from Texas, most of them settling in Olinda, a boom town in the oil fields. (John is S. M. Perry's younger brother.) Almost exactly 100 years later...
May 2000our grandsons, Cole Walker Carey, and...
Jun 2006Cash Vincent Carey, are born in Orange, at St. Joseph's Hospital, and...
Oct 2014our first great-grandchild, Star Harlow Stuart, is also born in Orange, at the UCI Hospital.

Riverside County.

~1895Uncle Francis Asbury Voss comes from Indiana with his family. He dies in Riverside in 1898. He was the first of a number of people from my mother's side of the family to come to California.

Ventura County.

Jan 1937After marrying in Yuma, AZ, Dave and Jeanette Carey's first home together is in Ventura.
Aug 1937Chuck is born in Oxnard.

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This page was last updated 28 Apr 2015.