This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ACOSTA,SOUSA,SOSA,RAMIREZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kkB.2ACE/248.270.268.286.1 Message Board Post: My ex-husband's grandmother was Mary Ramirez-Souza Ortiz-Acosta, with Joe Acosta being his grandfather. Unfortunally, I don't have much information. Mary died in Merced County, California in 1939/40. Mary had 6 children by her 1st husband: Ysidore, Hortenzia or Ortenzia, Frank, Lucy, Emma and Manuel. Children by Joe Acosta: Manuel and Clifford. Manuel Acosta died when he was 12 and Mary died soon after, with Hortenzia raising Clifford. Clifford was my father-in-law.