BIRTH and BAPT: Searches in Saint Peter's Parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, and Saints Peter and Paul's Parish records fails to reveal a birth or baptism record.
1880 United States Federal Census about Louis Ferrear:
Name: Louis Ferrear
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Address: "Mission Road" [in the same dwelling house as Virginia's brother, Joseph Risso, and Joseph's wife, Theresa, and their three children, Michael, Mary [May], and August]
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878/1879
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Occupation: [blank]
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Ferrear 30
Virginia Ferrear 24
Joseph Ferrear 4
Louis Ferrear 1 <<<<<<<
Louis Crizola 32
Peter Quirola 33
Giovanini Ru Bino 30
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T9-78; Family History Film: 1254078; Page: 630.4000; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0538
1896 San Francisco City Directory, page 595: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 22 Old San Jose Road"
1899 San Francisco City Directory, page 629: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av"
1900 San Francisco City Directory, page 632: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
9 Jun 1900 Census, age stated to be 21 with birth said to be August 1878, single, born in California, electrician (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103).
1901 San Francisco City Directory, page 651: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
Polk-Husted's 1902 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 180: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon plant, r Aiea" [NOTE: "The 'Aiea Sugar Mill began as the Halawa Plantation Company in 1898. A year later, the company changed its name to the Honolulu Plantation Company. The plantation originally consisted of 4,000 acres of sugar land extending from the coastal plain around Pearl Harbor up to the hillsides. The plantation operations prospered in the first half of the 20th Century, leading to the growth of Old 'Aiea Town which served as the commercial, social, cultural, and communication hub for the community." (Honolulu: Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu, May 2002, p. 3-2.)]
1903-1904 Lived in Aiea, Oahu, HA (See Diary of Elizabeth Madeline Ferrea, the entry for April 8, 1903 indicating he would "soon get his leave"; he was working at the Honolulu Plantation Company in Aiea, near Honolulu).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: * * * * Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, H. T., 26, and Olga Dissmeyer, 2798 Diamond street, 16."
Polk-Husted's 1903-1904 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 167: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Honolulu Plant Co, r Aiea"
Polk-Husted's 1904-1905 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 164: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon Plant Co, r Aiea"
The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]) December 10, 1904, p. 14, col. 5: "Virginia and Luigi Ferrea to Giovanni Garibaldi, lot on NW line of San Jose avenue, 1144:6 NE of Jarnac street, NE 25, NW 130, SW to point opposite beginning, SE 131, lot 31, block 1, Belle Roche City; $10."
Polk-Husted's 1905-1906 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 163: "Ferrea Louis, mill eng and electr Hon plant, r Aiea"
1 Nov 1905 Married to Olga Dissmeyer in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,, (Marriage Certificate Index, From September 17, 1906, Marriage License Bureau, City Hall, San Francisco, California, showing record to be at book 148, page 175; Index to Marriage Licenses No. 25, City and County of San Francisco, Opened September 1, 1905, Closed April 17, 1906, page 56, stating recordation to be in book 148, page 175, FHL film 974858; San Francisco Call [newspaper], Saturday, November 4, 1905, volume XCVIII, number 157, page 14, column 1, which states that Louis lived in Alea, Ohau, Hawaii Territory, and Olga in San Francisco).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGES. FERREA-DISSMEYER--In this city, November 1, by Rev. W. E. Dugan, Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, Hawaii, to Olga Dissmeyer of this city."
1906 Moved to San Diego, San Diego, CA. (See California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states he had been 8 years a resident of San Diego at the time of his death).
California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states his birth to have been 13 August 1879, gives his mother's maiden name as "Resso", states he was born in Italy, the informant being his widow, Olga, and that he died of hemorrhage; see also Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; and see San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5, and refers to him as "Louie J." and while mentioning his parents and siblings mentions no surviving children).
San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, December 18, 1914, p. 14, col. 6: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, December 19, 1914, p. 14, col. 7: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
Buried December 19, 1914. See Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; see also obituary San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5. Note: Louis' death certificate gives burial date as "Dec 17, 1914"; see also Corpus Christi Church Funeral Services Books, Book I, December 17, 1914, Luigi Ferrea, Italy, 35, stomach, Priest present, Holy Cross.
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1913-1915, Gantner Bros., Record Book, book 7, p. 217:
No. 8
Date: Dec 18, 1914
Name of Deceased: Louie J Ferrea
Charge to: Mrs. Olga Ferrea 3983 - 24th St.
Order Given by: " " "
How Secured: " " "
Date of Funeral: Dec 19th 1914
Place of Death: Coronado, Cal.
Funeral Services at Corpus Christi Church
Time of Funeral Service 10:45
Clergyman: -
Certifying Physician: -
Number of Burial Certificate: -
Cause of Death: -
Date of Death: Dec 15, 1914
Date of Birth: Aug - 13 - 1879
Occupation of Deceased: Engineer
Single or Married: Married
Religion: Catholic
Aged: 25 Years, 4 Months, 2 days.
Body to be shipped to: -
Size and Style of Casket or Coffin: -
Manufactured by: -
Metallic Lining: -
Outside Box: -
Style of Grave Vault: -
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lot or Grave No. -
Section No.: -
***
When and Where Was Louis Ferrea Born?
Louis' widow, Olga, mistakenly reported his birth as "1879" instead of "1878" and his birthplace as "Italy" instead of "California." The 1900 Federal Census (1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225 (FHL Film 1240103)) states that Louis was born in "Aug 1878" in "California." However, the California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (number 14-037776) states that his birth was on 13 August 1879 in Italy. The Italian birthplace is entirely possible but unlikely; possible because a number of Italians in the fruit business in San Francisco in that era went back and forth a number of times between San Francisco and Italy, unlikely both because all other evidence seems to point to a California birthplace and because the informant giving the information for the death certificate was his widow, Olga, who simply may not have known for sure. No evidence has been found that Louis' parents, Giuseppe and Virginia, ever went back to Italy at any time after they arrived in the United States. The fact that their first son, Joseph, was christened in San Francisco shortly after his 1876 birth attests to his having been born there, as the records state. The entry for Joseph made on 9 June 1900 in the 1900 Federal Census states he was born in March of 1875 in California (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103). Giuseppe and Virginia's third child, Elizabeth, was christened in San Francisco a few weeks after her 1880 birth there. The first appearance of his own name in the Great Register of Voters (for 1900 (FHL Film 1001553) refers to him at age twenty-one as having registered to vote but never having naturalized. And the 1900 Federal Census, as stated above, reports what Louis himself stated to the enumerator (a "California" birth).
It is safe to conclude that Louis was born in 1878 rather than 1879 because the weight of evidence tends in that direction. Although his death certificate states he was born in "1879" in "Italy" (information reported by his widow), the 1900 Federal Census reports his birth as "August 1878."
1880 United States Federal Census about Louis Ferrear:
Name: Louis Ferrear
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Address: "Mission Road" [in the same dwelling house as Virginia's brother, Joseph Risso, and Joseph's wife, Theresa, and their three children, Michael, Mary [May], and August]
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878/1879
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Occupation: [blank]
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Ferrear 30
Virginia Ferrear 24
Joseph Ferrear 4
Louis Ferrear 1 <<<<<<<
Louis Crizola 32
Peter Quirola 33
Giovanini Ru Bino 30
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T9-78; Family History Film: 1254078; Page: 630.4000; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0538
1896 San Francisco City Directory, page 595: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 22 Old San Jose Road"
1899 San Francisco City Directory, page 629: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av"
1900 San Francisco City Directory, page 632: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
9 Jun 1900 Census, age stated to be 21 with birth said to be August 1878, single, born in California, electrician (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103).
1901 San Francisco City Directory, page 651: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
Polk-Husted's 1902 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 180: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon plant, r Aiea" [NOTE: "The 'Aiea Sugar Mill began as the Halawa Plantation Company in 1898. A year later, the company changed its name to the Honolulu Plantation Company. The plantation originally consisted of 4,000 acres of sugar land extending from the coastal plain around Pearl Harbor up to the hillsides. The plantation operations prospered in the first half of the 20th Century, leading to the growth of Old 'Aiea Town which served as the commercial, social, cultural, and communication hub for the community." (Honolulu: Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu, May 2002, p. 3-2.)]
1903-1904 Lived in Aiea, Oahu, HA (See Diary of Elizabeth Madeline Ferrea, the entry for April 8, 1903 indicating he would "soon get his leave"; he was working at the Honolulu Plantation Company in Aiea, near Honolulu).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: * * * * Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, H. T., 26, and Olga Dissmeyer, 2798 Diamond street, 16."
Polk-Husted's 1903-1904 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 167: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Honolulu Plant Co, r Aiea"
Polk-Husted's 1904-1905 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 164: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon Plant Co, r Aiea"
The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]) December 10, 1904, p. 14, col. 5: "Virginia and Luigi Ferrea to Giovanni Garibaldi, lot on NW line of San Jose avenue, 1144:6 NE of Jarnac street, NE 25, NW 130, SW to point opposite beginning, SE 131, lot 31, block 1, Belle Roche City; $10."
Polk-Husted's 1905-1906 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 163: "Ferrea Louis, mill eng and electr Hon plant, r Aiea"
1 Nov 1905 Married to Olga Dissmeyer in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,, (Marriage Certificate Index, From September 17, 1906, Marriage License Bureau, City Hall, San Francisco, California, showing record to be at book 148, page 175; Index to Marriage Licenses No. 25, City and County of San Francisco, Opened September 1, 1905, Closed April 17, 1906, page 56, stating recordation to be in book 148, page 175, FHL film 974858; San Francisco Call [newspaper], Saturday, November 4, 1905, volume XCVIII, number 157, page 14, column 1, which states that Louis lived in Alea, Ohau, Hawaii Territory, and Olga in San Francisco).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGES. FERREA-DISSMEYER--In this city, November 1, by Rev. W. E. Dugan, Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, Hawaii, to Olga Dissmeyer of this city."
1906 Moved to San Diego, San Diego, CA. (See California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states he had been 8 years a resident of San Diego at the time of his death).
California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states his birth to have been 13 August 1879, gives his mother's maiden name as "Resso", states he was born in Italy, the informant being his widow, Olga, and that he died of hemorrhage; see also Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; and see San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5, and refers to him as "Louie J." and while mentioning his parents and siblings mentions no surviving children).
San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, December 18, 1914, p. 14, col. 6: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, December 19, 1914, p. 14, col. 7: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
Buried December 19, 1914. See Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; see also obituary San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5. Note: Louis' death certificate gives burial date as "Dec 17, 1914"; see also Corpus Christi Church Funeral Services Books, Book I, December 17, 1914, Luigi Ferrea, Italy, 35, stomach, Priest present, Holy Cross.
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1913-1915, Gantner Bros., Record Book, book 7, p. 217:
No. 8
Date: Dec 18, 1914
Name of Deceased: Louie J Ferrea
Charge to: Mrs. Olga Ferrea 3983 - 24th St.
Order Given by: " " "
How Secured: " " "
Date of Funeral: Dec 19th 1914
Place of Death: Coronado, Cal.
Funeral Services at Corpus Christi Church
Time of Funeral Service 10:45
Clergyman: -
Certifying Physician: -
Number of Burial Certificate: -
Cause of Death: -
Date of Death: Dec 15, 1914
Date of Birth: Aug - 13 - 1879
Occupation of Deceased: Engineer
Single or Married: Married
Religion: Catholic
Aged: 25 Years, 4 Months, 2 days.
Body to be shipped to: -
Size and Style of Casket or Coffin: -
Manufactured by: -
Metallic Lining: -
Outside Box: -
Style of Grave Vault: -
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lot or Grave No. -
Section No.: -
***
When and Where Was Louis Ferrea Born?
Louis' widow, Olga, mistakenly reported his birth as "1879" instead of "1878" and his birthplace as "Italy" instead of "California." The 1900 Federal Census (1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225 (FHL Film 1240103)) states that Louis was born in "Aug 1878" in "California." However, the California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (number 14-037776) states that his birth was on 13 August 1879 in Italy. The Italian birthplace is entirely possible but unlikely; possible because a number of Italians in the fruit business in San Francisco in that era went back and forth a number of times between San Francisco and Italy, unlikely both because all other evidence seems to point to a California birthplace and because the informant giving the information for the death certificate was his widow, Olga, who simply may not have known for sure. No evidence has been found that Louis' parents, Giuseppe and Virginia, ever went back to Italy at any time after they arrived in the United States. The fact that their first son, Joseph, was christened in San Francisco shortly after his 1876 birth attests to his having been born there, as the records state. The entry for Joseph made on 9 June 1900 in the 1900 Federal Census states he was born in March of 1875 in California (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103). Giuseppe and Virginia's third child, Elizabeth, was christened in San Francisco a few weeks after her 1880 birth there. The first appearance of his own name in the Great Register of Voters (for 1900 (FHL Film 1001553) refers to him at age twenty-one as having registered to vote but never having naturalized. And the 1900 Federal Census, as stated above, reports what Louis himself stated to the enumerator (a "California" birth).
It is safe to conclude that Louis was born in 1878 rather than 1879 because the weight of evidence tends in that direction. Although his death certificate states he was born in "1879" in "Italy" (information reported by his widow), the 1900 Federal Census reports his birth as "August 1878."
BIRTH and BAPT: Searches in Saint Peter's Parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, and Saints Peter and Paul's Parish records fails to reveal a birth or baptism record.
1880 United States Federal Census about Louis Ferrear:
Name: Louis Ferrear
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Address: "Mission Road" [in the same dwelling house as Virginia's brother, Joseph Risso, and Joseph's wife, Theresa, and their three children, Michael, Mary [May], and August]
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878/1879
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Occupation: [blank]
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Ferrear 30
Virginia Ferrear 24
Joseph Ferrear 4
Louis Ferrear 1 <<<<<<<
Louis Crizola 32
Peter Quirola 33
Giovanini Ru Bino 30
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T9-78; Family History Film: 1254078; Page: 630.4000; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0538
1896 San Francisco City Directory, page 595: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 22 Old San Jose Road"
1899 San Francisco City Directory, page 629: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av"
1900 San Francisco City Directory, page 632: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
9 Jun 1900 Census, age stated to be 21 with birth said to be August 1878, single, born in California, electrician (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103).
1901 San Francisco City Directory, page 651: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
Polk-Husted's 1902 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 180: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon plant, r Aiea" [NOTE: "The 'Aiea Sugar Mill began as the Halawa Plantation Company in 1898. A year later, the company changed its name to the Honolulu Plantation Company. The plantation originally consisted of 4,000 acres of sugar land extending from the coastal plain around Pearl Harbor up to the hillsides. The plantation operations prospered in the first half of the 20th Century, leading to the growth of Old 'Aiea Town which served as the commercial, social, cultural, and communication hub for the community." (Honolulu: Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu, May 2002, p. 3-2.)]
1903-1904 Lived in Aiea, Oahu, HA (See Diary of Elizabeth Madeline Ferrea, the entry for April 8, 1903 indicating he would "soon get his leave"; he was working at the Honolulu Plantation Company in Aiea, near Honolulu).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: * * * * Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, H. T., 26, and Olga Dissmeyer, 2798 Diamond street, 16."
Polk-Husted's 1903-1904 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 167: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Honolulu Plant Co, r Aiea"
Polk-Husted's 1904-1905 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 164: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon Plant Co, r Aiea"
The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]) December 10, 1904, p. 14, col. 5: "Virginia and Luigi Ferrea to Giovanni Garibaldi, lot on NW line of San Jose avenue, 1144:6 NE of Jarnac street, NE 25, NW 130, SW to point opposite beginning, SE 131, lot 31, block 1, Belle Roche City; $10."
Polk-Husted's 1905-1906 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 163: "Ferrea Louis, mill eng and electr Hon plant, r Aiea"
1 Nov 1905 Married to Olga Dissmeyer in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,, (Marriage Certificate Index, From September 17, 1906, Marriage License Bureau, City Hall, San Francisco, California, showing record to be at book 148, page 175; Index to Marriage Licenses No. 25, City and County of San Francisco, Opened September 1, 1905, Closed April 17, 1906, page 56, stating recordation to be in book 148, page 175, FHL film 974858; San Francisco Call [newspaper], Saturday, November 4, 1905, volume XCVIII, number 157, page 14, column 1, which states that Louis lived in Alea, Ohau, Hawaii Territory, and Olga in San Francisco).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGES. FERREA-DISSMEYER--In this city, November 1, by Rev. W. E. Dugan, Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, Hawaii, to Olga Dissmeyer of this city."
1906 Moved to San Diego, San Diego, CA. (See California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states he had been 8 years a resident of San Diego at the time of his death).
California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states his birth to have been 13 August 1879, gives his mother's maiden name as "Resso", states he was born in Italy, the informant being his widow, Olga, and that he died of hemorrhage; see also Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; and see San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5, and refers to him as "Louie J." and while mentioning his parents and siblings mentions no surviving children).
San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, December 18, 1914, p. 14, col. 6: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, December 19, 1914, p. 14, col. 7: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
Buried December 19, 1914. See Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; see also obituary San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5. Note: Louis' death certificate gives burial date as "Dec 17, 1914"; see also Corpus Christi Church Funeral Services Books, Book I, December 17, 1914, Luigi Ferrea, Italy, 35, stomach, Priest present, Holy Cross.
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1913-1915, Gantner Bros., Record Book, book 7, p. 217:
No. 8
Date: Dec 18, 1914
Name of Deceased: Louie J Ferrea
Charge to: Mrs. Olga Ferrea 3983 - 24th St.
Order Given by: " " "
How Secured: " " "
Date of Funeral: Dec 19th 1914
Place of Death: Coronado, Cal.
Funeral Services at Corpus Christi Church
Time of Funeral Service 10:45
Clergyman: -
Certifying Physician: -
Number of Burial Certificate: -
Cause of Death: -
Date of Death: Dec 15, 1914
Date of Birth: Aug - 13 - 1879
Occupation of Deceased: Engineer
Single or Married: Married
Religion: Catholic
Aged: 25 Years, 4 Months, 2 days.
Body to be shipped to: -
Size and Style of Casket or Coffin: -
Manufactured by: -
Metallic Lining: -
Outside Box: -
Style of Grave Vault: -
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lot or Grave No. -
Section No.: -
***
When and Where Was Louis Ferrea Born?
Louis' widow, Olga, mistakenly reported his birth as "1879" instead of "1878" and his birthplace as "Italy" instead of "California." The 1900 Federal Census (1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225 (FHL Film 1240103)) states that Louis was born in "Aug 1878" in "California." However, the California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (number 14-037776) states that his birth was on 13 August 1879 in Italy. The Italian birthplace is entirely possible but unlikely; possible because a number of Italians in the fruit business in San Francisco in that era went back and forth a number of times between San Francisco and Italy, unlikely both because all other evidence seems to point to a California birthplace and because the informant giving the information for the death certificate was his widow, Olga, who simply may not have known for sure. No evidence has been found that Louis' parents, Giuseppe and Virginia, ever went back to Italy at any time after they arrived in the United States. The fact that their first son, Joseph, was christened in San Francisco shortly after his 1876 birth attests to his having been born there, as the records state. The entry for Joseph made on 9 June 1900 in the 1900 Federal Census states he was born in March of 1875 in California (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103). Giuseppe and Virginia's third child, Elizabeth, was christened in San Francisco a few weeks after her 1880 birth there. The first appearance of his own name in the Great Register of Voters (for 1900 (FHL Film 1001553) refers to him at age twenty-one as having registered to vote but never having naturalized. And the 1900 Federal Census, as stated above, reports what Louis himself stated to the enumerator (a "California" birth).
It is safe to conclude that Louis was born in 1878 rather than 1879 because the weight of evidence tends in that direction. Although his death certificate states he was born in "1879" in "Italy" (information reported by his widow), the 1900 Federal Census reports his birth as "August 1878."
1880 United States Federal Census about Louis Ferrear:
Name: Louis Ferrear
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Address: "Mission Road" [in the same dwelling house as Virginia's brother, Joseph Risso, and Joseph's wife, Theresa, and their three children, Michael, Mary [May], and August]
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878/1879
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Occupation: [blank]
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Ferrear 30
Virginia Ferrear 24
Joseph Ferrear 4
Louis Ferrear 1 <<<<<<<
Louis Crizola 32
Peter Quirola 33
Giovanini Ru Bino 30
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T9-78; Family History Film: 1254078; Page: 630.4000; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0538
1896 San Francisco City Directory, page 595: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 22 Old San Jose Road"
1899 San Francisco City Directory, page 629: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av"
1900 San Francisco City Directory, page 632: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
9 Jun 1900 Census, age stated to be 21 with birth said to be August 1878, single, born in California, electrician (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103).
1901 San Francisco City Directory, page 651: "Ferrea Louis, electrician, r. 1638 San Jose Av."
Polk-Husted's 1902 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 180: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon plant, r Aiea" [NOTE: "The 'Aiea Sugar Mill began as the Halawa Plantation Company in 1898. A year later, the company changed its name to the Honolulu Plantation Company. The plantation originally consisted of 4,000 acres of sugar land extending from the coastal plain around Pearl Harbor up to the hillsides. The plantation operations prospered in the first half of the 20th Century, leading to the growth of Old 'Aiea Town which served as the commercial, social, cultural, and communication hub for the community." (Honolulu: Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu, May 2002, p. 3-2.)]
1903-1904 Lived in Aiea, Oahu, HA (See Diary of Elizabeth Madeline Ferrea, the entry for April 8, 1903 indicating he would "soon get his leave"; he was working at the Honolulu Plantation Company in Aiea, near Honolulu).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: * * * * Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, H. T., 26, and Olga Dissmeyer, 2798 Diamond street, 16."
Polk-Husted's 1903-1904 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 167: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Honolulu Plant Co, r Aiea"
Polk-Husted's 1904-1905 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 164: "Ferrea Louis, electrician Hon Plant Co, r Aiea"
The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]) December 10, 1904, p. 14, col. 5: "Virginia and Luigi Ferrea to Giovanni Garibaldi, lot on NW line of San Jose avenue, 1144:6 NE of Jarnac street, NE 25, NW 130, SW to point opposite beginning, SE 131, lot 31, block 1, Belle Roche City; $10."
Polk-Husted's 1905-1906 Directory of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, page 163: "Ferrea Louis, mill eng and electr Hon plant, r Aiea"
1 Nov 1905 Married to Olga Dissmeyer in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,, (Marriage Certificate Index, From September 17, 1906, Marriage License Bureau, City Hall, San Francisco, California, showing record to be at book 148, page 175; Index to Marriage Licenses No. 25, City and County of San Francisco, Opened September 1, 1905, Closed April 17, 1906, page 56, stating recordation to be in book 148, page 175, FHL film 974858; San Francisco Call [newspaper], Saturday, November 4, 1905, volume XCVIII, number 157, page 14, column 1, which states that Louis lived in Alea, Ohau, Hawaii Territory, and Olga in San Francisco).
San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 1905, page 12, col. 5: "MARRIAGES. FERREA-DISSMEYER--In this city, November 1, by Rev. W. E. Dugan, Louis J. Ferrea, Aiea Oahu, Hawaii, to Olga Dissmeyer of this city."
1906 Moved to San Diego, San Diego, CA. (See California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states he had been 8 years a resident of San Diego at the time of his death).
California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death number 14-037776, which states his birth to have been 13 August 1879, gives his mother's maiden name as "Resso", states he was born in Italy, the informant being his widow, Olga, and that he died of hemorrhage; see also Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; and see San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5, and refers to him as "Louie J." and while mentioning his parents and siblings mentions no surviving children).
San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, December 18, 1914, p. 14, col. 6: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, December 19, 1914, p. 14, col. 7: "FERREA--In Coronado, Cal., Dec. 15, Louis J. Ferrea, beloved husband of Olga Dissmeyer Ferrea, loving son of Virginia and the late Joseppe Ferrea, and brother of Joseph Ferrea, Mrs. E. Ferrea Ehat and the late Rose C. Ferrea, a native of San Francisco. [¶] The funeral will take place Saturday, on the arrival of the 9:55 o'clock Santa Fe train at ferry; thence to Corpus Christi Church, Croke st., for services. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, by automobile."
Buried December 19, 1914. See Record card, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California; see also obituary San Francisco Call [newspaper], Friday, December 18, 1914, volume 96, number 148, page 17, column 5. Note: Louis' death certificate gives burial date as "Dec 17, 1914"; see also Corpus Christi Church Funeral Services Books, Book I, December 17, 1914, Luigi Ferrea, Italy, 35, stomach, Priest present, Holy Cross.
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1913-1915, Gantner Bros., Record Book, book 7, p. 217:
No. 8
Date: Dec 18, 1914
Name of Deceased: Louie J Ferrea
Charge to: Mrs. Olga Ferrea 3983 - 24th St.
Order Given by: " " "
How Secured: " " "
Date of Funeral: Dec 19th 1914
Place of Death: Coronado, Cal.
Funeral Services at Corpus Christi Church
Time of Funeral Service 10:45
Clergyman: -
Certifying Physician: -
Number of Burial Certificate: -
Cause of Death: -
Date of Death: Dec 15, 1914
Date of Birth: Aug - 13 - 1879
Occupation of Deceased: Engineer
Single or Married: Married
Religion: Catholic
Aged: 25 Years, 4 Months, 2 days.
Body to be shipped to: -
Size and Style of Casket or Coffin: -
Manufactured by: -
Metallic Lining: -
Outside Box: -
Style of Grave Vault: -
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Lot or Grave No. -
Section No.: -
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When and Where Was Louis Ferrea Born?
Louis' widow, Olga, mistakenly reported his birth as "1879" instead of "1878" and his birthplace as "Italy" instead of "California." The 1900 Federal Census (1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225 (FHL Film 1240103)) states that Louis was born in "Aug 1878" in "California." However, the California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death (number 14-037776) states that his birth was on 13 August 1879 in Italy. The Italian birthplace is entirely possible but unlikely; possible because a number of Italians in the fruit business in San Francisco in that era went back and forth a number of times between San Francisco and Italy, unlikely both because all other evidence seems to point to a California birthplace and because the informant giving the information for the death certificate was his widow, Olga, who simply may not have known for sure. No evidence has been found that Louis' parents, Giuseppe and Virginia, ever went back to Italy at any time after they arrived in the United States. The fact that their first son, Joseph, was christened in San Francisco shortly after his 1876 birth attests to his having been born there, as the records state. The entry for Joseph made on 9 June 1900 in the 1900 Federal Census states he was born in March of 1875 in California (1900 Federal Census, 1638 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, supervisor's district no. 1, enumeration district 14, sheet 12, 36th assembly district, dwelling house 225, FHL Film 1240103). Giuseppe and Virginia's third child, Elizabeth, was christened in San Francisco a few weeks after her 1880 birth there. The first appearance of his own name in the Great Register of Voters (for 1900 (FHL Film 1001553) refers to him at age twenty-one as having registered to vote but never having naturalized. And the 1900 Federal Census, as stated above, reports what Louis himself stated to the enumerator (a "California" birth).
It is safe to conclude that Louis was born in 1878 rather than 1879 because the weight of evidence tends in that direction. Although his death certificate states he was born in "1879" in "Italy" (information reported by his widow), the 1900 Federal Census reports his birth as "August 1878."
Inscription
[Louis' name does not appear on the marble cover over the underground vault where he and his parents and siblings are buried.]
Gravesite Details
Interment: December 19, 1914.
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