The Shemwell Family

Joseph W Costa SrAge: 80 years19202001

Name
Joseph W Costa Sr
Given names
Joseph W
Surname
Costa
Name suffix
Sr
Birth April 16, 1920 28 24

MarriageEvelyn Martha HarmonView this family
unknown

Death of a fatherGeorge Costa
November 17, 1920 (Age 7 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAndrew Joseph Pareira Sr
1921 (Age 8 months)
Birth of a half-brotherLouis Elmer Costa
October 22, 1925 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEva Costa
about 1928 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDorothy Costa
about 1931 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherFrank Pereira Costa
June 5, 1935 (Age 15 years)
Census May 9, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 grandmotherFelicia Rosa
December 29, 1946 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 of a brotherGeorge Andrew Costa
October 20, 1972 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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
Death of a motherVirginia Rosaline Pareira
May 3, 1978 (Age 58 years)
Death of a wifeEvelyn Martha Harmon
June 10, 1998 (Age 78 years)
Death of a half-brotherLouis Elmer Costa
September 25, 1998 (Age 78 years)
Death March 23, 2001 (Age 80 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
George Costa
Birth: November 8, 1891 41 30San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Death: November 17, 1920San Luis Obispo, California, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1917California, United States
15 months
elder brother
George Andrew Costa
Birth: March 30, 1918 26 22California, United States
Death: October 20, 1972San Luis Obispo, California, United States
2 years
himself
Mother’s family with Manuel Perry Costa - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Louis Elmer Costa
Birth: October 22, 1925 41 30Santa Barbara, California, United States
Death: September 25, 1998Santa Maria, California, United States
3 years
half-sister
Eva Costa
Birth: about 1928 43 32California, United States
Death:
4 years
half-sister
Family with Evelyn Martha Harmon - View this family
himself
wife
Evelyn Martha Harmon
Birth: September 7, 1922Oktaha, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 10, 1998Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Marriage:

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Manuel Perry Costa - Household

ED 40, Township 05, Santa Barbara, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Costa, Manuel PheadR25YesMW45M39NoYesPortugalPortugalPortugalPortuguese1903AlYesFarmerGeneral FarmVVVVOYesNo
Costa, Virginia RwifeFW33M20NoYesCAPortugalPortugalYesNone
Costa, George Astep-sonMW12SYesYesCACACAYesNone
Costa, Joseph Wstep-sonMW10SYesYesCACACAYesNone
Costa, LouissonMW4SNoCAPortugalCANone
Costa, EvadaughterFW2SNoCAPortugalCANone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Manuel Perry Costa - Household

Judicial Township 05, Santa Barbara, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Costa, Manuel PheadYesMW55MNoAzoresRancherRanch
Costa, Virginia RwifeYesFW44MNoCA
Costa, George Astep-sonYesMW22SNoCARanch HandRanch
Costa, Joseph Wstep-sonYesMW20SNoCARanch HandRanch
Costa, Louis EsonYesMW14SYesCA
Costa, EvadaughterYesFW12SYesCA
Costa, DorothydaughterYesFW9SYesCA

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.