My Portuguese Hawaiian relatives started flowing into California around 1905. The couple above has the distinctive of being the first Pacheco marriage in California. Jacinto “Jesse Algarva” Pacheco was the son of Manoel Pacheco and Jacinta Rosa Moniz. He was born in either 1885 or 1886 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Angelina Vierra was…
Tag: Kilauea
Tombstone Tuesday: A Baby Dies
One of the saddest parts of walking through a cemetery is finding the tombstones of babies. This stone is for Alexander Iida at St. Sylvester’s Catholic Cemetery, Kilauea, Kauai Co., Hawaii. Alexander was the son of Benedict and Maria (Pacheco) Iida. He was born on the 18 of August 1912. He died in February of…
Tombstone Tuesday: Dean
As far as it goes, this tombstone at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, CA, is pretty simple. Only one person is buried here, my Great Uncle, Antao A. Souza. Antao was born 12 Feb 1890 in Kilauea, Kauai Co., HI. He was the sixth child out of thirteen born to Francesca de Mendonca and Augusto…
Tombstone Tuesday: Buried under the Name Cosma
Do you believe everything you read on a tombstone? This one from St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, Alameda County, California reads: COSMA 1875 John 1941 1876 Marie 1951 When I first started researching my Great Great Aunt and Great Great Uncle I thought this information was gospel. It took several years of research before I…
Tombstone Tuesday: Joana’s Tombstone
Joana (Gonsalves Cardoza) Fernandes is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, California. The tombstone doesn’t tell you nearly enough about Joana. Though Joana’s life was long, it was not easy. Joana was born in 1875 in Magdalena do Mar, Madeira to Francisco Gonsalves Cardoso and Coleta de Jesus. At the age of 10 they…