Memories of the Perano Family
Memories of the Perano Family
Category: Other
| Title | Memories of the Perano Family |
|---|---|
| Author | Elizabeth Peek |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publisher | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Speech transcript |
| Geographic reference | Picton, Cook Strait, Dunedin |
| Time reference | 1850s to 1960s |
| Online resource | YES |
| Topic | Italian fishermen, Italian whalers, Perano family, liguri in Nuova Zelanda, Ligurian immigrants |
Transcript of the speech Elizabeth Peek gave as part of the Week of Italian Language in the World in 2007 which was celebrated at Club Garibaldi. Elizabeth Peek was Agostino Perano's great-granddaughter, a member of Club Garibaldi and also President of the Circolo Italiano di Wellington. Agostino Perano was born in Quezzi, Genoa, in 1850 and left Italy at age 14. He arrived in New Zealand 10 years later, after living in the USA, and worked as a fisherman. Peeks talks also about her great uncle Joseph August (Joe) Perano and the family whaling enterprise. The transcript has been published on the Facebook page of Island Bay Little Italy. Elizabeth sadly passed away on 18 November 2017, the year before the Perano family reunion.
More about the Perano family:
Perano, Joseph August- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Getting the family back together ... all 1000 of them
The Perano whalers of Cook Strait, 1911-1964
