Jose da Rocha de Souza (b. 03 Dec 1910, d. 10 Dec 1980)
Jose da Rocha de Souza (son of Jose de Souza and Maria Mendes)1 was born 03 Dec 1910 in Santa Barbara, Terceira, Azores, Portugal1, and died 10 Dec 1980 in Merced, CA1. He married (1) Mary Elizabeth Leonardo on 14 Jan in Merced, California. He married (2) Margaret Mary Fraga on 15 Apr 1936 in Los Banos, Ca.
Notes for Jose da Rocha de Souza: There is a Jose Rocha Souza with the same birth date as Pai (what we called our grandfather, Joao) but has a different date of death (1/13/82). Mothers maiden name is Rocha and social is 564529548.
1930 Census - District 13, Township 3, Merced Co., CA - listed as Joe R. Souza, listed as a "partner" in a dairy with (and living with) Frank Cardoza and another man who's name is illegible. Lists date of immigration as 1921 (?). http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_178-0377&fn=Joe+R&ln=Souza&st=r&pid=91338110
according to my dad (Daniel McIntire) the name of the Dairy Pai owned was called Souza and Son.
More About Jose da Rocha de Souza: Date born 2: 03 Dec 19102 Date born 3: 03 Dec 1910, OTHER COUNTRY.3 Burial: Unknown, Plainsburg Cemetary, Plainsburg, CA.4 Died 2: Jan 1982, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America.5 Died 3: 13 Jan 1982, MERCED, California.6 Social Security Number 1: 564 52 9548. Social Security Number 2: 564-52-9548.7 SSN issued: California.7
More About Jose da Rocha de Souza and Mary Elizabeth Leonardo: Marriage: 14 Jan, Merced, California.
More About Jose da Rocha de Souza and Margaret Mary Fraga: Marriage: 15 Apr 1936, Los Banos, Ca.
Children of Jose da Rocha de Souza and Margaret Mary Fraga are:
Joseph Rocha Souza, b. 24 Jan 1937, Los Banos, CA8, d. 28 Mar 1937, Los Banos, Ca8.
+Joseph Rocha Souza, b. 28 Dec 1937, Los Banos, CA8, d. 25 Sep 2006, Merced, Merced County, California.
+Margaret Mary Souza, b. 13 Sep 1939, Los Banos, CA8, d. 24 Sep 1988, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada8.