 Birth | 1850 18 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | Frank Costa August 15, 1884 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Manuel Costa October 18, 1886 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Costa May 17, 1887 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Joseph Costa 1888 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | George Costa November 8, 1891 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Antone Costa April 25, 1892 (Age 42 years) |
 Marriage | Felicia Rosa — View this family November 16, 1893 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | John Costa October 19, 1896 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Andrew Costa July 1898 (Age 48 years) Note: Birth date is shown as "July 1898" in the 1900 Census |
| Birth of a son #9 | Henry Costa July 31, 1898 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Alfredo Perriea Costa December 6, 1901 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Rosa Costa March 27, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Costa — Maria Quintal — View this family November 11, 1908 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a son | Andrew Costa before 1910 (Age 60 years) Note: Andrew would have 12 yrs old in 1910; but, he is not listed in the 1910 Census with his father. It is presumed that he died before 1910. |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Furtado Silva Jr — Mary Costa — View this family January 31, 1911 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Antone Costa — Frances Marie Lippold — View this family May 9, 1912 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Frank Costa — Rose Pimentel — View this family about 1913 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | George Costa — Virginia Rosaline Pareira — View this family about 1917 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | George Andrew Costa March 30, 1918 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 years)Note: 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 1918 (Age 68 years)Note: 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 12, 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Joseph W Costa Sr April 16, 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a son | Manuel Costa August 19, 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a son | George Costa November 17, 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 3, 1930 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | June 5, 1935 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Mission Cemetery |