Maria "Mary" Gomes Ferreira

Brief Life History of Maria "Mary" Gomes

Maria "Mary" Gomes Ferreira was born on 20 August 1868, in Santa Maria Maior, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. She married Frank Ferreira about 1883. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, and was buried in Hawaiian Memorial Park, Kāne'ohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Ferreira
1867–1911
Maria "Mary" Gomes Ferreira
1868–
Marriage: about 1883
Frank Ferera
1885–1951
Pedro Ferreira
1890–1964
George Ferreira
1891–1948
Mary Ferreira
1893–
Laura Ferreira
1893–1980
Elisabeth Bella Ferreira
1897–1973
Katie Ferreira
1898–1966

Sources (27)

  • Mary Ferreira, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Maria Gomez - Government record: birth-name: Maria Gomez
  • Mary Gomes, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1898

Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Luis, Fernando, Mario, Francisco, Armando, Ana, Jorge, Miguel, Sergio. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Henrique, Agostinho, Albano, Amadeu, Duarte, Ligia, Marcio, Vasco, Adao.

Galician and Portuguese: topographic name for someone who lived by a forge or iron workings, derived from Latin ferraria ‘forge, iron works’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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