Fernandes Family in Kaua'i

Francisco and Maria with Manuel and Filomena

Great Grandparents with 7 of 9 children

Francisco Family

Frank Fernandes

Frank was the son of Francisco, who was born in Madeira.

Rose

Luiza and Laura Fernandes

Alex, Bill, Ray Gomes, Primo

Aunt Reaina - Birth Certificate

Aunt Reaina Death Certificate

John and Laura Fernandes, 1957

Jose Gomes de Jesus

Sister Claire Fernandes, SS. CC.

Clem, Ray, and Mary Gomes.

Representative, Senator, and President of the Senate Clemente Gomes are in this picture. Ray was adopted by the couple when his father passed. Mary, called Titia (Auntie in Portuguese) was the sister of Ray's biological mother. The sisters were half Portuguese and half Chinese. Their maiden name was Achee.

Frank, 1933 or 1934

Laura Lemes Fernandes, Dorothy, Gilbert and taller girl

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Uncle John Fernandes, Francisco's brother

John Fernandes, Kekaha House

Bill as a young boy

Dorothy Lemes with short, dark hair

Bill at bottom, first on right

Frank and Rose's Marriage Certificat

Frank and Rose's Marriage Certificate, married by Father Herman. Notice that Fernandesis misspelled with a "z" in the Spanish way.

Father Herman, St. Theresa's Parish

Father Herman's Obituary. He played a big role in the lives of the Fernandes family, both before and after the deaths of Rose and Frank.

Frances & Dorothy Fernandes

This was taken in wartime Honolulu. Servicemen would approach them on the street and give a bit of money to Frances. They would say that she reminded them of their own children back home.

William Fernandes holding Frances

This appears to have been taken on Kaua'i.

House on Booth Road

Bill, baby Frances, Dorothy, Jimmy Moniz, Laura at top. Dorothy sat at the top of the stairs looking down on Pearl Harbor and sobbing as it was being attacked. Bill and Alex had to go to Pearl to evacuate sailors.

Dorothy and Serviceman in Honolulu

Gilbert and Dorothy at Booth Road, Honolulu. The house is still there, although the large yard is now filled with other homes. It's near the top of the hill with a clear view of Pearl Harbor.

Alex with Frances Fernandes and Jimmy Moniz.

Gilbert, John & Laura's Son

Gilbert Fernandes was in the Korean War. However, his mother and sister Dorothy worked to get him home as he was the only child. They succeeded. Gilbert had a Masters degree in Social Work and worked with the Navajo's in Gallup. His office was in Riverside. The woman he married was a great disappointment to his family.

Frances in wartime, Honolulu 1944

Frances with beloved toy horse

Frances with William James Fernandes, Jr.

Dorothy, Gilbert and Laura Lemes Fernandes

Sisters Mary, Lucy, and Dorothy with Carol in the background

Dorothy in the middle at San Juan Capistrano

Frances in 1958 with friends

Frances in Oaxaca, Mexico

Frank Fernandes, Death Certificate

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Rose Fernandes, Death Certificate

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