Jose "Joseph" DIAS
Civil Registry of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - In posession of Veronica Madruga
1900 Census - Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
NOTES: Left portugal 22 Jul 1884 aboard the "Bordo," arrived in Hilo, Hawaii on 2 Oct 1884. Remained two years. Was a widower when he married Maria Andrade de Jesus. Worked as a Harbor Captain in the Madeira Islands before emigrating. Vague family records say he was born in 1846, unconfirmed.
NOTES: Immigrated in 1886 (Per 1910 Census). Possibly born in Maui, Hawaii, according to ship passenger lists. May have been the daugther of Madeira immigrants, born in Hawaii. Earlier records show she was born in Madeira islands, but she had to have some proof of US birth to be declared a US citizen while her husband was not. Marriage record shows DIAS rather than DIAZ
DEATH: Family records state he drowned in the Sacramento River, in July of 1900.
He married Maria Andrade "Mary" de Jesus Abt 1880 . Maria Andrade "Mary" de Jesus was born at of Barrio de Piornais, Madeira, Portugal May 1861 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Mary Concepcion Dias
born 21 Mar 1881.
Lurica "Rica" Isabella Dias
born 4 Jan 1883.
Alfred "Freddie" Dias
born May 1889.
Joseph Dias, Jr.
born 5 Jun 1894.
Blocked
Jose "Joseph" Dias died Abt 1926 at Sacramento, Sacramento, California .
Maria Andrade "Mary" de Jesus died 22 Dec 1932 at Sacramento, Sacramento, California .