Jesuna Georgia Travasso

1894–1969 (Age 75)
Hanamaulu, Kauai, Hawaii, United States

The Life of Jesuna Georgia

When Jesuna Georgia Travasso was born on 4 April 1894, in Hanamaulu, Kauai, Hawaii, United States, her father, Jacinto Travasso, was 36 and her mother, Philomena Gonsalves Pereira, was 33. She married John Garcia in 1908, in Kapaia, Kauai, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Territory, United States in 1920 and Representative District 6, Kauai, Hawaii, United States in 1940. She died on 4 August 1969, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Jesuna Georgia Travasso
1894–1969
John Garcia
1889–1961
Marriage: 1908
Daniel Garcia
1912–1972
Ernest Garcia
1914–1988
Marie Garcia
1916–1970
Flora Garcia
1917–1944
William Garcia
1919–1983

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
1908
Kapaia, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
children

(5)

Parents & Siblings

  • Jacinto Travasso

    Male1858–Male

  • Philomena Gonsalves Pereira

    Female1861–1928Female

siblings

(10)

  • Maria Travasso

    Female1881–1931Female

  • Travasso

    Male1883–Male

  • Travasso

    Male1885–Male

  • Shandrina Travasso

    Female1887–1953Female

  • John Travasso

    Male1892–1971Male

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 4

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 22

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Southern Italian: from trapasso ‘Maundy Thursday’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone born on that day or otherwise associated with it.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Georginia Travasso in household of Jacinth Travasso, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Georginia Garcia in household of John Garcia, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Georgiana Garcia in household of John Garcia, "United States Census, 1940"

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