[AZORES-Genealogy] St. Joseph Cemetery in Hayward, CA

[Cheri Mello]

Repost for Eric Gomes at gomes.ancestry at gmail.com

Hi all,

I have belonged to the group for about two months... And I have been
reading the messages to try and understand the format before I send
out my first reply/email/message... In otherwords I have a lot of
questions etc., because my Azorean/Sao Miguel tree goes back three or
four generation to the point that we know which boat most of my gg-
grandparents travelled to Hawaii on.

I am going to start with a question to Celeste. In the message below
you mention the St. Joseph cemetery in Hayward. Where is that
located?? I grew up in Hayward (and now live in Castro Valley)

Thanks,

Eric Gomes

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[sl...@pacbell.net]

Hello Eric..

 

  i believe it is this one..
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/cemeteries/mtstjoseph.txt

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Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 10:43:45 AM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. Joseph Cemetery in Hayward, CA

[Jacki G.]

Eric,

 

St. Joseph's in Hayward is actually Mount St. Joseph's. It's located at the 1000 block of Walpert Street, Hayward. It is owned and over seen by All Saints Catholic Church, 22824 Second St., Hayward 510.581.2570. If you want to go to the cemetary, you'll need to contact them first as the cemetery is kept locked.

 

I'm curious about your Sao Miguel relatives. I also have ancestors that came from Sao Miguel to Hawaii and some of them are buried at St. Joseph's. Manuel (1850 -1933) and Maria Pereira (1954 - 1933) for one. Any possible connection?

 

Thank you

 

Jacki

Pittsburg, California, USA

Researching: Medeiros, Fernandes, Pacheco, Machado, Periera, Azevedo, Furtado, Rapoza

Islands: Faial & Sao Miguel

 

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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. Joseph Cemetery in Hayward, CA

[Shirley Allegre]

Who are you looking for that went to Hawaii????????

My ggrandparents went to Hawaii on the Bell Rock (Nov. 1883), and the City of Paris (about June 1884).

I have ggrandparents buried at Mt. St. Joseph's Cemetery also.

 

Shirley in CA

PS   My husband has ancestors from Faial.

[celeste perry]

Hi Eric,    Welcome to the group.  Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery is located on Walpert St. In the olden days, you could only reach the cemetery via Second St.  Walpert is the street just past the "castle."  Now, Walpert runs between Second St and Mission Blvd.     This cemetery was begun about 1875 and served the Hayward area for the most part.  When I was extracting the record, I heard that because a lot of babies were buried it was sometimes referred to the "Cemetery of the Babies" and that many people from other areas had their babies buried there.     I have the records for the most part from the beginning of the burials until about 1960.  At the time I extracted the records, there was one more book and I was not allowed to include that book.     It is pretty much true that Catholics buried from All Saints Church were buried there until Holy Sepulchre was started in 1937, I think.  The cemetery does not have perpetual care so families had to tend the graves themselves.  Now, I think the church does some maintenance; however, there has been a lot of vandalism.    If you have any additional questions, just email me privately.  Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry ccgr...@yahoo.com --- On Mon, 4/19/10, Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. Joseph Cemetery in Hayward, CA

[celeste perry]

Eric,    It is true that the grave stones were put into a database (not the one I did).  Many of the stones had been destroyed and were at the bottom of the creek that runs behind the cemetery.  If you are looking for someone that may be buried there, they may or may not have a stone.     In addition, there is a large section at the back of the cemetery that was known as "the poor ground."  Almost no stones were found there when I began looking for my uncle who died in 1917 at the age of 3 months.  Of course, my grandparents did not have the money for a stone and that is the reason I began looking at the 14 books for the cemetery.

Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry ccgr...@yahoo.com

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[Jacki G]

Shirley,

 

The family that I have which are buried at St. Joseph's are: Manuel Pereira 1850-1933 and Joaquina Rosa Morgado Pereira 1854-1933 ( I mistyped below when I typed Maria). They are my gg grandparents. They arrived in Hawaii in Sept 1882 from Feteiras, Ponta Delgado, Sao Miguel on the Hansa. They came to the Oakland/Hayward area about 1898. Also buried in St. Joseph's in the same plot is one of their daughters Alexandrina and her husband Germano Silva.

 

The other line which also came to Hawaii, also arrived in 1882. They arrived in June aboard the Monarch. They are the Fernandes' listed below.

 

My Faial ancestors are from Cedros. That is my Medeiros line. My grandfather, Jose Medeiros and his parents Manuel Medeiros and Maria Machado came here in 1906. They arrived in Boston and then traveled by train to the Martinez, CA area where they settled and stayed. Manuel's parents were Antonio Francisco Medeiros and Maria Clara. I don't have the names of Maria Machado's parents yet.

 

Jacki

 

Pittsburg, CA

Surnames: Medeiros, Fernandes, Pereira, Pacheco, Machado, Azevedo

Islands: Faial, Sao Miguel

 

Ancestors of Manuel FERNANDES

Generation 1

1.

Manuel FERNANDES was born on 01 Aug 1878 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal. He

was the son of 2. Luiz M. FARNANDES and 3. Roza A. PACHECO. He died on 16 Aug 1909 in

Dimond Canyon Quarry, Oakland, CA. He married Maria Augusta PEREIRA on 24 Jul 1904 in

Oakland, CA, daughter of Manuel PEREIRA and Joaquina Rosa MORGADO. She was born on 29

Oct 1886 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She died on 21 Aug 1959 in Contra Costa Co., CA.

Generation 2

2.

Luiz M. FARNANDES was born on 20 Jun 1842 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal. He

was the son of 4. Jose de Medeiros FARNANDES and 5. Antonia Jacinta FURTADA. He died on 15

Sep 1905. He married Antonia de Jesus

3.

Roza A. PACHECO was born 25 Jan 1857 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, died 03

May 1938 in San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, married 29 Sep 1875 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores,

Portugal. She was the daughter of 6. Jacinto PACHECO and 7. Maria dos Angos RAPOZA.

Children of Luiz M. FARNANDES and Roza A. PACHECO are:

+ 1. i. Manuel FERNANDES was born 01 Aug 1878 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores,

Portugal, died 16 Aug 1909 in Dimond Canyon Quarry, Oakland, CA, married Maria

Augusta PEREIRA 24 Jul 1904 in Oakland, CA.

ii. Jose FERNANDES was born Abt. Feb 1882 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores,

Portugal

[1], died Bef. 1910.

Generation 3

4.

Jose de Medeiros FARNANDES. He was the son of 8. Thome de Medeiros FARNANDES and 9.

Felicia Roza ?. He married Antonia Jacinta FURTADA.

5.

Antonia Jacinta FURTADA. She was the daughter of 10. Francisco FURTADO and 11. Laurianna de

Jesus ?.

Child of Jose de Medeiros FARNANDES and Antonia Jacinta FURTADA is:

+ 2. i. Luiz M. FARNANDES was born 20 Jun 1842 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores,

Portugal, died 15 Sep 1905, married Roza A. PACHECO 29 Sep 1875 in Fajã de Cima,

Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

6.

Jacinto PACHECO was born about Oct 1833 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal (Church = Senhora

do Oliveria)

[2]. He was the son of 12. Luis PACHECO and 13. Claudina de Jesus FERREIRA. He

married Maria dos Angos RAPOZA on 28 Oct 1855 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal.

7.

Maria dos Angos RAPOZA was born Abt. 1829 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal[2], married 28 Oct

1855 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal. She was the daughter of 14. Antonio Pereira RAPOZO and

15. Marianna de Jesus ?.

Child of Jacinto PACHECO and Maria dos Angos RAPOZA is:

+ 3. i. Roza A. PACHECO was born 25 Jan 1857 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal,

died 03 May 1938 in San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, married Luiz M. FARNANDES 29 Sep

1875 in Fajã de Cima, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal; married Manuel V. MIRANDA

Azores-Island Unknown.

Generation 4

8.

Thome de Medeiros FARNANDES. He married Felicia Roza ?.

9.

Felicia Roza ?.

Child of Thome de Medeiros FARNANDES and Felicia Roza ? is:

+ 4. i. Jose de Medeiros FARNANDES.

10.

Francisco FURTADO. He married Laurianna de Jesus ?.

11.

Laurianna de Jesus ? was born Sao Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel .

Child of Francisco FURTADO and Laurianna de Jesus ? is:

+ 5. i. Antonia Jacinta FURTADA.

12.

Luis PACHECO. He was the son of 24. Manoel PACHECO and 25. Maria Joaquina ?. He married

Claudina de Jesus FERREIRA on 10 Feb 1833 in Fajã de Baixo, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal

[3].

13.

Claudina de Jesus FERREIRA, married 10 Feb 1833 in Fajã de Baixo, Sao Miguel, Azores,

Portugal

[3]. She was the daughter of 26. Mathias Jose FERREIRA and 27. Suzana de Jesus ?.

Child of Luis PACHECO and Claudina de Jesus FERREIRA is:

+ 6. i. Jacinto PACHECO was born Abt. Oct 1833 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal; Church =

Senhora do Oliveria

[2], married Maria dos Angos RAPOZA 28 Oct 1855 in Fajã de Cima,

Azores, Portugal.

14.

Antonio Pereira RAPOZO. He married Marianna de Jesus ?.

15.

Marianna de Jesus ?, died Bef. Oct 1855.

Child of Antonio Pereira RAPOZO and Marianna de Jesus ? is:

+ 7. i. Maria dos Angos RAPOZA was born Abt. 1829 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal

[2],

married Jacinto PACHECO 28 Oct 1855 in Fajã de Cima, Azores, Portugal.

[Tish M]

Hi Celeste,

How were you able to extract the records? I have been to St Mary's cemetery in Oakland, CA and I was lucky

to get the location of my grandparents grave. Do you happen to know if it is easy to get records from the churches.

My mother and her siblings were baptized at St Leo's, also in Oakland. 

While I'm at it, has anyone obtained baptismal information from Mission San Jose, in Fremont CA from the 1880's?

Any ideas of how to get information of births of Alameda Co. in  the 1880's?

Thanks,

Tish

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[Eugenia]

I have relatives that are buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Below is additional information about the cemetery that I think some
of the information will be use for to you.
Eugenia

Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
Web site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=7835
This web site has photos.
Also known as: All Saints Cemetery, Portuguese Cemetery
1000 block of Walpert Street
Hayward
Alameda County
California USA
Postal Code: 94541
http://www.myallsaints.org

Cemetery notes and/or description:
Owned and operated by:
All Saints Catholic Church
22824 Second Street
Hayward, CA 94541
(510) 581-2570
off...@myallsaints.org

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY, ALAMEDA CO., CA
Walpert Street
Hayward, CA

Founded 1875. The following list of names, dates, and text is compiled
from the visible grave markers on and around Mount St. Joseph
Cemetery.

Many of the markers are in Portuguese, every effort has been made to
accurately transcribe the information and preserve the spelling as
contained on the original marker.

List of graves:
Web Site: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/cemeteries/mtstjoseph.txt

Also

Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
(aka All Saints Cemetery)
Walpert St. (at Marchand Court)
Hayward, CA
37 40 03 N
122 04 31 W
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/alameda/alcemetery.htm#mountsaintjoseph

[celeste perry]

Well, Tish, it was just a fluke that enabled me to extract the information and put it into a database.   I wanted to know where my uncle had been buried.  I knew he had died at the age of 3 months and that my grandparents attended All Saints church.  As it happened, the pastor at the time I tried to find the baby, was a priest that I knew personally.  He had come to All Saints when I was in the 8th grade there and I had helped with with translations.   Long story short, Fr. Oliveira let me bring all the books home to look through them for the baby's burial.  I had been with a friend in KA looking for her ancestors and had seen a card file a woman had made up from the burial information for a cemetery there.  I began a card file and found it just did not work, too many entries about the same people in different books; a deed book, a plot book, a mass book, the grave digger's book.  So, I learned how to use a computer database, set up my own file in Dbase and began a 4 year journey down the burial of a whole lot of people.   When I finally finished, there was a new pastor and the last book (which was still being used to enter burials) and he told me I could not take the book from the office of the church.  Thus ended my extractions.    I had success looking at the books for one of the Oakland Portuguese churches, Mary Help of Christians, which was demolished when the freeway was built.  The books were sent to St. Elizabeth's Church and, when I was searching for information, they allowed me to make an appt. and look at the books.    St. Leander's in San Leandro also allowed me to search their books for baptisms, marriages, etc.    I have not had experience at any of the other churches in the Hayward area.  If all else fails, there is a church archive in Menlo Park at St. Patrick's Seminary that has microfilm from the Archdiocese of San Francisco (before the Diocese of Oakland was formed) and ancient readers.  It is not easy to make appts; the readers are a challenge; the person who was in charge did not offer any help; however, there was a nun who vounteered and she was very kind, although she did not know much about the records.  You got to files, you pick through the microfilms, you figure out how to read them and you refile the film.  As you can guess, things are not always easy to find.   I do not think births in Alameda County HAD to be recorded in 1880.  My mother was born in 1919, at home, and her birth was not recorded.  However, when she filed for SSI, she had to get her baptismal record and a statement from 3 neighbors that knew of her birth and a "belated" birth certificate was filed.  The baptismal records were used for some civil filing after the fact.   Another possibility is the death record that was filed at the time of the death.  I found one for someone who died in 1906, in San Leandro, CA.  Of course, the dead person's name was the name of his son and the informant was the name of the deceased!  I had solid information that Frank had died on the date of the record so I think it was not only the priests in the Azores who had too much wine, it sometimes was also those who wrote records in other places!   So Tish, can you find information from different churches, MAYBE.

Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry ccgr...@yahoo.com

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[Tish M]

Thank you very much. I guess all I can do is ask. My problem is I am not affiliated with any Catholic Church so I guess I would

have to make a connection with someone at the church, highly unlikely.

By the way, what did you do with your dBase files. Are you still able to read them?

I take it you grew up in Hayward? I grew up in the Oakland area and I believe

my mother was in the Holy Ghost one time in San Leandro.

Thanks for telling your story,

Tish

[Eric Gomes]

Actually, I was just wondering where the cemetery was in Hayward and I actually forgot about that cemetery on Walpert.  =) 

 

I don't have any family buried there.  All of my immigrant ancestors from Portugal are burried either at Holy Sepulchre in Hayward or St. Mary's in Oakland.  I have one great grandfather, Manuel Rodrigues who passed away in 1928 in Oakland, CA that I have yet to find the gravesite. 

 

In regards to my family travelling from the Azores... to Hawaii. 

 

Gomes Side of the family:

 

My g-grandparents Manuel Gomes (b: 17 Nov 1883, d: 29 Jan 1952) and Mary Jose de Souza (b: 15 Sep 1885, d: 6 Jul 1966) were married in the Azores in 1904.  My g-grandparents and my great-uncle Manuel Gomes (b: 5 Dec 1904 d: 20 Apr 1983) travelled to Honolulu arriving in December of 1906.  Seven of my great-uncles and a great-aunt were born in Hawaii and in 1920, the family emigrated to Oakland, CA where my grandfather was born in 1924 or 1925.  All but one or two of the children from this family are buried at Holy Sepulchre in Hayward.

 

About a year ago, I found one of the regional Archive websites in the Azores that allowed me to trace back to my gg-grandparents (Gomes Family) but I just have names written down somewhere... nothing else.   

 

Rodrigues Side of the family:

 

My g-grandfather Joaquin Rodrigues (b: 1 Dec 1897 d: 6 Apr 1978) was born in Hawaii and his wife, Mary Anna (Marianna) Cabral (b: 9 Apr 1900 d: 25 May 1966) was born in Hilo, Hawaii.  Each of their parents emigrated from Portugal prior to their births and very little is known about their travels because I have not learned how to research this information that occurred prior to Hawaii becoming a territory of the US in about 1906.  I do know that this family travelled to Oakland, CA in about 1906. 

 

I believe that Manuel Rodrigues and Mary Agrella, my gg-grandparents were both born in Sao Miguel, Azores.  I also know that Manuel Cabral (b: about 1871 d: 24 Apr 1925, Oakland, CA) and his wife, Mary Isabell Linhares (b: 8 Nov 1875 d: 13 Sep 1947) were also born in Sao Miguel, Azores.  However, I do not have any information for them in regards to their travel to Hawaii.  

 

In regards to all the immigrant g-grandparents and gg-grandparents I don't have much information from when they were in the Azores. 

 

Eric