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Title: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 11:00 BST (UK)
Hello,
I am hoping for direction as to where I would locate a 1977 Obituary.
It is for a Dora Louise Portanova (nee Bevan) who died 21 Oct 1977 at Long Island City, Queens. Dora was buried with her husband Rocco Portanova in Long Island National Cemetery. I am hoping to find some named siblings in her obituary.
Many thanks
Sio
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 08 July 24 12:05 BST (UK)


1950 census    4535 42 St New York, Queens. (transcribed at Cortanova)

Rocco Cortanova   35   Head. Mechanic.
Louise Cortanova 31 Wife
Cortanova 4 Son

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XR7-39DJ

Sandra
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 12:11 BST (UK)
Thank you Sandra, would you believe I just found that a while ago.
I’m very keen to find if any of Doras siblings were listed. I know she had sisters Lillian and Mary Susan plus a brother named John B.

Thanks again for your help.

Sio
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 08 July 24 12:22 BST (UK)
The family is on the 1920 US census - parents James  & Lilian

Mary was b 1912 John 1914 & Dora 1918

www.familysearch.org
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 12:25 BST (UK)
Thank you CaroleW.
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 08 July 24 12:26 BST (UK)
Forgot to post the link to the 1920 entry🙄

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJG6-G6T
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 12:28 BST (UK)
Lol, no problem, thank you
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: amondg on Monday 08 July 24 18:26 BST (UK)
1915 census New York. Oyster Bay
James Bevan 28  Tennis Professional born Eng.
Lilian 28   born Ireland
Philip 7  born U.S.
Lilian 5
May 4
John 2

1930 census Palm Beach Florida
James V Bevan 44 Tennis Instructor born England
Lilian 43    born Ireland
Lilian 20 born Mississippi
May 18  born New York
Dora 11  born New York.
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 18:41 BST (UK)
Thanks amondg.

I have the census up to 1950.
To date I now have Lillian married a Hubert Glover and lived in New York. No idea if Mary Susan or Susie as she was later known married.
 It’s possible John may have died in a sleding accident in Glen Cove in 1920.
These ancestry trails are never ending😀
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: shellyesq on Monday 08 July 24 18:45 BST (UK)
In case you don’t have it, Rocco and (Dora) Louise’s marriage license is here - https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/12016242
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 18:47 BST (UK)
shellyesq thank you
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 08 July 24 18:50 BST (UK)
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Lillian Margaret Bevan - Lillian Glover
Birth Date   27 Jan 1909 Cottonplant, Mississippi
Death Date   2 Mar 1998
Father   James Bevan - Mother    Lillian Lynch

FIND A GRAVE

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Hawthorne, Westchester County, New YorK.
PLOT
Sec Mausoleum 2 Our Lady Queen of Peace, Plot 3, Row N, Grave 30D

https://shk.cx/74LL

Sandra
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: amondg on Monday 08 July 24 18:52 BST (UK)
Phillip died 11 November 1915 Glen Cove New York

Lilian died 1998
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 08 July 24 18:52 BST (UK)
Obit Hubert Glover

The Daily Times
Mamaroneck, New York
Fri, 8 Nov 1985
Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-obituary-for-hubert-a-g/150921066/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238604514/hubert-a-glover

Lillian Bevan - Marriage License Date   1954
Marriage License Place   Manhattan, New York City, New York
Spouse    Hubert Glover
License Number   16436

Sandra
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 08 July 24 19:11 BST (UK)

Newspaper article 1920 - see here - couldn't attach to look up board.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=884075.msg7570347#msg7570347

similar report

Times Union
Brooklyn, New York 
Mon, 2 Feb 1920
Page 7

https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union/150922970/

Sandra
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 19:24 BST (UK)
Sandra and almondg, thank you both so much
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: sio59 on Monday 08 July 24 19:25 BST (UK)
Sorry amondg!
Title: Re: Seeking Obituary
Post by: shellyesq on Monday 08 July 24 21:48 BST (UK)
There are passport applications for James that mention daughters Mary Susan - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDF-TR3Z and Dora Louise - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-7P4K  There are pictures of James, wife Lillian, and each daughter on subsequent pages, in case you haven't seen them.  It looks like it says that Mary Susan was born in Nov. 1912 in Brooklyn, but I couldn't find a birth record that matched that.