Interesting that you mention family living in Hilea Kau, Hawaii and working in the sugar cane fields. My great grand parents Manuel Antoino Fernandez and Maria Amelia Gaspar (Drummond) came from Porto Santo Portugal and went to Kau to work in the fields. (Maria came with her parents Manuel Gaspar Drummond and Maria Pestana De Vasconcelos.The mother being a seamstress and governess for the Waterhouse and Wilcox families in Hawaii) They married three months later. They had two children Manuel and Gertrude before moving to Honolulu, where they had 5 other children including my grandmother Olymipa. He died between the years 1900 and 1910, in Honolulu and she died Oct, 1946 in Honolulu. I have never been able to fine out where in Portugal Manuel came from or found them in a census in Kau. Just in Honolulu. Don't know the date he died. Does anyone know if they have records available to access on the plantation workers or about the Waterhouse or Wilcox families that I could possibly find my family listed? Has anyone had much luck finding anything in those records if they do exists? Thank You, Darlene

Hi Darlene, I just checked the 1900 Census for FERNANDEZ and found out there were 30 listings for that surname. One which you might want to learn more about is: FERNANDEZ, MANUEL (1900 U.S. Census) HAWAII , MAUI, MAKAWAO Age: 22, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MADE Series: T623 Roll: 1835 Page: 79 He is living there with his wife, Rosa, and a brother, Frank ... Another is: FERNANDEZ, MANUEL (1900 U.S. Census) HAWAII , MAUI, MAKAWAO Age: 39, Male, Born: PORT Series: T623 Roll: 1835 Page: 37 He is living there with wife, Anna, and daughter, Maria. These are definitely both "Portuguese" neighborhoods. Oh, here is a Manuel in .. Honolulu: FERNANDEZ, MANUEL (1900 U.S. Census) HAWAII , OAHU, HONOLULU DIST Age: 43, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PORT Series: T623 Roll: 1836 Page: 75 He comes from a Portugal family and immigrated in 1883. He is living there with his wife, Augustina, and six children. ... Just wondering if you posted your query to the Azores List. I've belonged to that List for a couple of years because of my friend, Bob's, grandparents. They were PACHECO and MOURA families from Sao Miguel, Azores. I know that the subject of people from the Azores migrating to Hawaii has been mentioned on the List many times. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. We cannot find any relative of Antonio PACHECO coming to the US Mainland, before or after he died ~1905. Someone has suggested that, if he had brothers or cousins, on Sao Miguel, they might have migrated to Hawaii. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dar Creuzer" <dar.creuzer@gmail.com> To: <PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:53 PM Subject: Kau, Hawaii ??? > Interesting that you mention family living in Hilea Kau, Hawaii and > working in the sugar cane fields. My great grand parents Manuel > Antoino Fernandez and Maria Amelia Gaspar (Drummond) came from Porto > Santo Portugal and went to Kau to work in the fields. (Maria came > with her parents Manuel Gaspar Drummond and Maria Pestana De > Vasconcelos.The mother being a seamstress and governess for the > Waterhouse and Wilcox families in Hawaii) They married three months > later. They had two children Manuel and Gertrude before moving to > Honolulu, where they had 5 other children including my grandmother > Olymipa. He died between the years 1900 and 1910, in Honolulu and she > died Oct, 1946 in Honolulu. I have never been able to fine out where > in Portugal Manuel came from or found them in a census in Kau. Just in > Honolulu. Don't know the date he died. > Does anyone know if they have records available to access on the > plantation workers or about the Waterhouse or Wilcox families that I > could possibly find my family listed? Has anyone had much luck finding > anything in those records if they do exists? > > Thank You, Darlene >