Fwd: James Faria Russo

[JoAnn B. Pape]

Hi all, I am hoping someone can help me with this.

JoAnn B. Pape
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Hello,

I am looking for information on my grandfather, James A Faria Russo.  He came to Hawaii at 2 years of age with his parents and 4 year old brother and 6 month old sister.  The family surname was Faria.  I believe that they came from Funchal, Madeira Islands aboard the Pricilla.  At some point the surname was changed.  I don't know when and it makes it very difficult to find information.   He had 3 or 4 younger brothers who were born in Hawaii.  His father's name was Antonio Jose de Faria.  His mother's name was Maria (Souza - I believe).  I am hoping to find out where the family lived in Hawaii and how and for whom his father was employed.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

JoAnn B. Pape
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[eric edgar]

JoAnn,

Here's the family  arrival from the Hawaii Archives site 

Take the data and names to the Madeira Regional Archives to find the exit passport .

 www.arquivo-madeira.org

The site is currently down, so check later for it

Eric Edgar

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

Madeira site came up. 

Here's the passporte

Requerente	António José de Faria
Cônjuge	Maria Guilhermina de Faria
Acompanhante
Parentesco
Paróquia/País	São Pedro-RAM
Destino	Hawai
Ano	1878
Mês
Caixa	15
Nº Processo	4
Acompanhante
Nº Passaporte	189
Data de Baptismo do Requerente	30-05-1871
Idade do Requerente	27
Pai do Requerente	Joaquim José
Mãe do Requerente	Guiomar Gomes
Pai do Cônjuge	João de Sousa
Mãe do Cônjuge	Joaquina Cândida
Nome dos Filhos	João (4 anos), Jaime (2 anos) e Ambrozina (6 meses)
Observações:

 

Here's what seems to be the marriage info 

Ano:

Data: 1871

Paróquia / Conservatória: São Pedro

MARIDO: António José

Pai:

Mãe:

MULHER: Maria Guilhermina de Sousa

Pai:

Mãe:

Livro: 1409

Folha: 7 v.º

 I think the passportes baptism of the applicant Antonio Jose is recorded wrong. He couldn't be 7 years old , married and have 3 children. 

His parents marriage data. 

Ano:

Data: 1849

Paróquia / Conservatória: Santo António

MARIDO: Joaquim José

Pai:

Mãe:

MULHER: Guiomar Gomes

Pai:

Mãe:

Livro: 215

Folha: 190

Obs:

Her parents information

Ano:

Data: 1846

Paróquia / Conservatória: São Pedro

MARIDO: João de Sousa

Pai:

Mãe:

MULHER: Joaquina Cândida de Jesus

Pai:

Mãe:

Livro: 130

Folha: 118

Eric Edgar

[eric edgar]

Jo Ann, 

The childrens baptism info:

Data: 01-03-1874

Paróquia / Conservatória: São Pedro

FILHO: João

Pai: António José de Faria

Mãe: Maria Guilhermina de Faria

Livro: 1378

Folha: 14-14 v.º

• Data: 04-07-1875

• Paróquia / Conservatória: São Pedro

• FILHO: Jaime
• Pai: António José de Faria
• Mãe: Maria Guilhermina de Faria


• Livro: 1379
• Folha: 60 v.º

Data: 14-01-1878

Paróquia / Conservatória: São Pedro

FILHO: Ambrósia

Pai: António José de Faria

Mãe: Maria Guilhermina de Faria

Livro: 1382

Folha: 5-5 v.º

[Salli Souza James]

Eric,

That was so awesome for you to get that info… I bet Jo Ann is dancing!!  Great to watch this unfold.

Salli

[JoAnn B. Pape]

Thank you so much for all this info.  It is wonderful to have.  How would I go about finding out or who would I contact to see where they lived in Hawaii?  I think the oldest child, Joao, died there.  I know that other children were born in Hawaii- George Charles Faria Russo 1884 approximately, Antonio Ernest Faria Russo 1883, William Albert Faria 1882.  

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[Lee vestal]

I've been silently watching to see if my great-grandfather, Ernest Russo, born in Honolulu, late 1800's, died in Richmond CA, 1960's, would appear.  It appears he has but I need to verify.  I have his death certificate in my files and will check to see if these are the same person.

Thanks,

Lee Vestal

[eric edgar]

Lee, 

I see a few name changes for him. On the WW1 draft card he's Ernest Anton Faria Russo. On the 1920 census , he's Henry AF Russo.

After searching out his brothers, George's record gives the mothers maiden name, Souza.  I'm quite sure this is the Faria family found in Newport Rhode Island on the 1900 census with Mary Faria head. All sons George, Ernest, William born in

Hawaii.

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004120509_00479&fn=Ernest&ln=Faria&st=r&ssrc=&pid=69140651

California death index entries:

RUSSO	ERNEST	J	1915	01	17			MALE	CA	CONTRA COSTA	1970	01	23	566182389	55	3830837
RUSSO	ERNEST	F	1883	03	22			MALE	HI	CONTRA COSTA	1975	01	10	545124660	91	4716444

RUSSO

MILLIE

FARIA

1883

03

10

GONSALVES

FEMALE

RE

CONTRA COSTA

1948

04

03

65

810459

RUSSO

GEORGE

C

1884

09

25

SOUZA

RUSSO

MALE

HI

ALAMEDA

1948

02

17

63

810457

I'll look around for the marriage infor of the parents.

Eric Edgar

[JoAnn B. Pape]

Wow, I think our grandfathers were brothers.  That's so cool to find someone.

JoAnn Pape

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[rmfrench]

My ggrandfather's brother, Jose do Espirito Santo (Joe Santos, Jr.) Married a lady named, Palmeda Faria. 

They had a child named, Lawrence Santos, who owned a shoe manufacturing business, owned the local, Hawaiian, baseball team, was investigated by the IRS, then died of heart attacks and heart disease a few years later.

Lawrence was married to Irmgard Evelyn Soares.  They had two children, who had children, so I hear.

Is Palmeda on your tree? 

Ronnie

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[Salli Souza James]

I love these stories!!  Some day I am going to have a happy ending too ;P

Happy for you JoAnn.

Salli

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[Salli Souza James]

Eric,

You are my hero ;P

Salli

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[JoAnn B. Pape]

I don't know of a Palmeda in my family.  It's a beautiful name.

JoAnn Pape

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[JoAnn B. Pape]

I have never found any evidence of my family being in RI.  Although anything is possible.  I also think that the name was changed to Russo before 1900.  My grandfather had children born before 1900 who were named Russo.  Interestingly, on my dad's death certificate his surname was Russo, but his father's surname is Faria.  I do remember my aunt speaking of two of her uncles, Ernest and Charles.  Charles was a fireman in Oakland, CA.

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn,

This 1900 census from Newport Rhode Island sure fits. The Mary born in Rhode Island in 1885, then Henry born California in 1890. then back to RI seems odd, but the others fit . Interesting that Mary is shown as married, not widowed. One Ancestry tree showed Antonio J Faria died 1894, but there's no official date or place for it.

Ever hear of Mary or Henry?

Eric Edgar

[JoAnn B. Pape]

Hi Eric, 

I do not recall ever hearing of an aunt named Mary or an uncle named Henry.  Although I do know that my grandfather had several brothers in CA and all went by the name Russo.  The site below names a sister called Ambrosinia, but she was born in Madeira.

http://www.dholmes.com/ships/ship41.html

I cannot fathom why my grandfather didn't tell his children more about his family.  My father never knew his father grew up in Hawaii.  The only reason I thought to look there is because my aunt had said that he traveled to Hawaii on many occasions.  There is no record of naturalization, because they became citizens when Hawaii was annexed as a US territory.  

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn

This is from the Oakland Portuguese newspaper 1887. It shows Antonio J de Faria Russo as the president of a Portuguese fraternal order. Little doubt that he's the great grandfather.

The attached obit is for Henry B Faria. I have seen his WW1 draft card, and censuses from 1920-1940 in Oakland or Berkeley. The Draft card lists him as Henry Benjamin Russo, but the 20 census as Henry B Faria

Maybe the reason nobody mentioned him is  that he was estranged from the family. The closest match for  him in the 1910 census is Henry Russo at Alcatraz Military prison. It shows him born 1886 California, with farther born Spain and mother Portugal. 

Eric Edgar

 

[Salli Souza James]

That was fantastic!  I wish I read Portuguese, I bet there are lots of information in there from 1889-1910 of my family in there.

Good find :P

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

Here is the California Death Index entry for Henry B Faria

FARIA   HARRY   BENJAMIN   1889   11   05   SOUZA   FARIA   MALE   CA   CONTRA COSTA   1958   01   04      68   1886275

Here is  a Madeira Archives legal document entry and the associated Portuguese newspaper entry showing the Faria Russo name in Madeira in 1925

Note, the same parish of Sao Pedro the family left from in 1879.

O Colonia Newspaper, Oakland, CA issue 28 Abril 1925 shows Margarida Faria Russo is the widow of

Joao B de Faria Russo

 

Instituition 1ª Repartição de Finanças do Funchal Name Maria Margarida Faria Russo Marital Status Viúvo(a) Adress Rua Dr. Vieira Municipality Funchal Parish São Pedro Death Date 07-03-1925 Date Opening 20-11-1925 Date Enclosure 10-1928 Box 122 Number 6103 Type Sucessão

 

[JoAnn B. Pape]

The name Joao is the name of the 4 year old brother that went to Hawaii with the family.  Interesting, because I could find no other info on him.  Does it have a birth date for Maria?  I am wondering if the oldest son returned to Madeira.  Possibly this is his wife.

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[JoAnn B. Pape]

I am working on translating this article.  It has to do with a volcanic eruption on the island of Hawaii with accompanying earthquakes.  There were some very large lava flows.  I want to check the historical records for Mona Loa eruptions.  

JoAnn Pape

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

The lead story there is the Moana loa eruption and earthquake. They talk about the population being terrorized, especially the Portuguese people.

Here's the translation of the article mentioning A J Faria Russo.

The government has just granted a letter of incorporation Luzitana Benevolent Society. This company was founded on January 1st five years ago, has been very happy and is well capitalized today. The officers elected for the coming year  are as follows: President, Antonio J Faria Russo ; secretary, J M Vivas; Treasurer, Manuel A Gonsalves; Board;  J G Faria, Joao Gomes, Jose M Fernandez. A G Silva and J R Oliver.

Eric Edgar

[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

I think you're right, Joao is the oldest son returned to Madeira. Here is a passport of Maria and children leaving Madeira in 1898. She has the three youngest children. That would explain why they were in Rhode Island in 1900. 

The notes at the bottom say Maria is a widow and that this is her second time leaving Madeira. It shows her heading to New York. I'll see if I can find the ship list. It may have whatever relative may be Rhode Island.

Eric Edgar

Petitioner	Maria Guilhermina Faria
Spouse	António José Faria
Companion
Kinship
Parish/Country	São Pedro-RAM
Destination	Nova Iorque-USA
Year	1898
Month	Set.
Box	114
Process Nº	113
Passport Nº	17
Date of Baptism (Petitioner)
Age (Petitioner)
Father (Petitioner)
Mother (Petitioner)
Father (Spouse)
Mother (Spouse)
Name of the Children	Ernesto (12 anos), Maria (11 anos) e Henrique (6 anos9
Comments	Estado civil: viúva. 2.ª saída.

[eric edgar]

There we are, 

The ship list, It shows her joining son Guilherme A Faria,( William ) at the US Training School. This is most likely The United States Naval Officer Training School at Newport, Rhode Island. That explains that. She states that she was in the US 

before in California in 1895. Makes sense, Antonio dies in 1894, she brings the family to California, likely to join relatives ( Hawaii was not part of the US then), Then a few years later takes the children born Hawaii and California to meet family

in Madeira and maybe claim money or land of her late husband's. After William is done with the school, she returns the family to California

Eric Edgar

[eric edgar]

And here's Williams service details

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about William Albert Faria

Name: William Albert Faria Service Info.: APPRENTICE 2 US NAVY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR Birth Date: 18 Dec 1882 Death Date: 11 May 1952 Service Start Date: 24 Aug 1897 Interment Date: 16 May 1952 Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery Cemetery Address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno, CA 94066 Buried At: Section R Site 2504

[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

This passport shows Maria's brother bringing his family to Hawaii in 1883. They can be found there in the 1900 census with many more children. Use Abel Souza to search

The arrival card from Hawaii confirms they made it. Interesting, it shows parents as not married when they left, yet have 2 children. Sometimes people couldn't afford to get married, but with their intention stated they went ahead

and cohabitated and had children baptised and it seemed allright . I've seen this in Azores research a number of times.

Petitioner	Manuel de Sousa
Spouse	**
Companion	Maria Carlota da Câmara
Kinship	Companheira
Parish/Country	São Pedro-RAM
Destination	Hawai
Year	1883
Month
Box	34
Process Nº	27
Passport Nº	115
Date of Baptism (Petitioner)	01-01-1852
Age (Petitioner)	32
Father (Petitioner)	João de Sousa
Mother (Petitioner)	Joaquina Cândida
Father (Spouse)
Mother (Spouse)
Name of the Children	Abel (4 anos) e Júlia (1 ano)
Comments	Estado civil: solteiro. A acompanhante vive há mais de seis anos com o requerente.

 

[Salli Souza James]

Gee, I wonder if that happened with my Manuel de Sousa??  But no birth records in Hawaii That is just odd… 

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[eric edgar]

Salli, 

I was looking at your Ancestry tree to see if I could help with your Manuel Souza. I can't correlate the death dates of the siblings with the California death index. Do you have any obits for them? I tried different spellings but no matches

Start a new post with the info you have on him.

Eric 

[eric edgar]

Salli, 

This is the obit here?

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=8049&path=1958.2.20.34&sid=&gskw=

[Lee vestal]

Hi JoAnn, Eric, and all the others,

Thank you very much for all of the information.  My grandmother (Ernest's daughter, Lola Russo) and my grandfather both died when I was 4 so I have a few direct memories of them but no knowledge of their history.  My mother, Lola's daughter, died very young and before I had a chance to ask her about these sorts of things.  This gives me an excellent start.  

It's interesting that Charles was an Oakland Firefighter because Ernest's daughter's husband retired as a Richmond (not far from Oakland) Firefighter as did their son (my uncle & Ernest's grandson).  I was a firefighter for a short period of time and my kids are now firefighters.  With Charles' information that gives us 5 generations and 100 years in the fire service.

Thanks for all the information.  I'll try and reciprocate soon.

Lee

[Salli Souza James]

Did Charles have a Son named Larry that worked for Oakland FD? I think Charles retired in 1972 (prior to) as he worked with my Uncle on my Mom's side.  His Son worked there too, I believe, and also worked with my Uncle.

If they are related :P

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[eric edgar]

JoAnn, 

Here's an item from the Oakland Portuguese newspaper .

My translation : Mrs Maria Faria Russo who has been in Providence Hospital since November, has gone to the house of her children , living at 1528 E 19th st Oakland, Sunday 19 March.

Eric EDgar

[JoAnn B. Pape]

In 1929, my grandfather lived at 6012 Chabolyn Terrace, Oakland, CA.  That home later became the property of Anthony and Lillian Faria, my aunt.  Tony was from the Faria family in Pinole, CA.  The large old Faria family farm house is a museum there now.  This is weird, but the 1920 census shows that a Maria Russo already lived with her daughter Laura Harrison in Richmond, Ca.

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[JoAnn B. Pape]

Laura Harrison would be the correct age for the baby Ambrosinia, born 1878, however she says she is born in CA, not Portugal.  

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On Mar 9, 2013, at 11:42 AM, "JoAnn B. Pape" <jbrus...@aol.com> wrote:

In 1929, my grandfather lived at 6012 Chabolyn Terrace, Oakland, CA.  That home later became the property of Anthony and Lillian Faria, my aunt.  Tony was from the Faria family in Pinole, CA.  The large old Faria family farm house is a museum there now.  This is weird, but the 1920 census shows that a Maria Russo already lived with her daughter Laura Harrison in Richmond, Ca.

[JoAnn B. Pape]

Also, there is a Providence Hospital in Oakland, CA founded in 1902 consolidated with Merritt Peralta Medical Center in 1992.

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[JoAnn B. Pape]

I have only found a Roy Victor 1904-1969, George Anthony 1906-1988 and Pauline C 1910-1972.

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