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Author: owlit_1
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Have another good find for you, their "Record of Issue of License to Marry."
Went to the Oahu Archives for you and found: Refino de Jesus Carvalho age 34 residence
Kaiwiki, S. Hilo. {Father is J.B. Carvalho, Mother is Mrs. M. Carvalho} married to Maria
Jesus Martins, age 16yrs. 6mons. (Her father name John Martins, Mothers name Mrs. M.
Martins} on April 14, 1904. Now the sad thing is, they did not put the true surnames of
the mothers, just their husbands name. I'd like to send you the copies, if you would
send me your address. If this was done in S. Hilo, cermony performed by a "Father
Olive", then this will also be on file at the St. Joseph Church. Since on of my
family line is Martins, I have found the various spellings of Martines,and/or Martinez.
When the Portuguese were coming in as plantation workers, so to were the Spanish.
That's why when doing name searches, you have to be open to any and all possible
mispelling of any name. Another example is Silva spelled!
as Sylva. Or Sampaio as Sampia, or Sampaia, and on one death document that took me
years to fine via the Board of Health was spelled Sampai. I was lucky that someone their
figured it had to be family, and it was. Take care, and hope all the infomation on
Rufino/Maria was helpful in your endeavor on your family research. With aloha, waipili
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