George Andrew CostaAge: 54 years1918–1972
- Name
- George Andrew Costa
- Given names
- George Andrew
- Surname
- Costa
 Birth | March 30, 1918 26 22 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 26, 1920 (Age 21 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Joseph W Costa Sr April 16, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | George Costa November 17, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Andrew Joseph Pareira Sr 1921 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Louis Elmer Costa October 22, 1925 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Eva Costa about 1928 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 14, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Dorothy Costa about 1931 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Frank Pereira Costa June 5, 1935 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | May 9, 1940 (Age 22 years) |
 Military | Military WWII Enlistment November 21, 1941 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Felicia Rosa December 29, 1946 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | George Alan Costa August 6, 1947 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
 Death | October 20, 1972 (Age 54 years) |
| Obituary | George Andrew Costa Obituary and Family Listing October 21, 1972 (1 day after death) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Mission Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Costa Birth: November 8, 1891 41 30 — San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, California, United States Death: November 17, 1920 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
| mother |
Virginia Rosaline Pareira Birth: September 17, 1895 48 29 — California, United States Death: May 3, 1978 — Santa Barbara, California, United States |
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Marriage: about 1917 — California, United States |
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15 months himself |
George Andrew Costa Birth: March 30, 1918 26 22 — California, United States Death: October 20, 1972 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Joseph W Costa Sr Birth: April 16, 1920 28 24 Death: March 23, 2001 |
| Mother’s family with Manuel Perry Costa |
| step-father |
Manuel Perry Costa Birth: September 5, 1884 — Azores, Portugal Death: March 9, 1965 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
| mother |
Virginia Rosaline Pareira Birth: September 17, 1895 48 29 — California, United States Death: May 3, 1978 — Santa Barbara, California, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-brother |
Louis Elmer Costa Birth: October 22, 1925 41 30 — Santa Barbara, California, United States Death: September 25, 1998 — Santa Maria, California, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Eva Costa Birth: about 1928 43 32 — California, United States Death: |
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4 years half-sister |
Dorothy Costa Birth: about 1931 46 35 — California, United States Death: |
| Family with Georgia Louise Grosser |
| himself |
George Andrew Costa Birth: March 30, 1918 26 22 — California, United States Death: October 20, 1972 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
| wife |
Georgia Louise Grosser Birth: October 14, 1911 36 32 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: March 4, 2007 — Irvine, Orange, California, United States |
| son |
George Alan Costa Birth: August 6, 1947 29 35 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: |
| daughter |
Private |
| Deole Ellsworth Mosey + Georgia Louise Grosser |
| wife’s husband |
Deole Ellsworth Mosey Birth: February 27, 1908 — Iowa, United States Death: October 6, 1956 — Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Georgia Louise Grosser Birth: October 14, 1911 36 32 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: March 4, 2007 — Irvine, Orange, California, United States |
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Marriage: July 3, 1933 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Costa - Household
Ed 106, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Manuel Perry Costa - Household
ED 40, Township 05, Santa Barbara, California, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Manuel Perry Costa - Household
Judicial Township 05, Santa Barbara, California, United States
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| Name | Virginia Costa (nee Perry) Obituary and Family Listing
Recitation of the Rosary
for Virginia Rosalene Costa,
82, of Lompoc, will be at 8:30
p.m. Friday in the Starbuck
Mortuary, Lompoc. Mass
will be celebrated at 11 a.m.
Saturday in the Old Mission
Church, San Luis Obispo,
with burial to follow in the
Old Mission Cemetery.
Mrs. Costa was born Sept.
17, 1895, in San Luis Obispo.
She died Wednesday in a
Lompoc hospital. Along with
her husband, Manuel P.
Costa, who died in 1965, she
was involved in farming in
the San Julian and Jolama
districts. She was a charter
member of the La Purisima
Council of Catholic
Daughters of America, and a
life member of the SPRSI
and the UPPEC. She had
lived in Lompoc since 1917.
Surviving are two sons,
Joe Costa of Lompoc and
Louis Costa of Santa Maria;
two daughters, Eva Hamon
of Lompoc and Dorothy
Dayton of Fullerton; 17
grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren. A son,
George Costa, preceded her
in death. |