Joseph was born in the Lombega area of the island of Faial in the Azores to Antonio Pereira Vargas and Anna Luiza Silva on November 6, 1886, which is not the date inscribed on his gravestone but is, in fact, verified by the church records of Santa Catarina Church in the Village of Castelo Branco, where he was baptized on November 9, 1886. It was quite common for immigrants to not be sure of their exact date of birth during this time period. On the 1910 Census of Pleasanton, California, he stated that he came to the United States in 1902 (later he said 1900) and was an alien. He was living with his brother, Manuel and his family where he worked as a farm laborer. Joseph and his wife, Virginia, ranched and raised five sons, Joseph (1917), William (1918), Raymond (1920), Melvin (1921) and Clifford (1924) in the Pleasanton, Santa Rita and Livermore areas.The later Vargas children were born on Santa Rita Road. The family lived at the Quickly Ranch in Livermore, then returned to the old Joseph Ranch in Pleasanton and then moved into town to a house on Angela Street in Pleasanton before the 1960's. Their son Clifford gained some fame as the owner of Circus Vargas which toured the country and performed in an old fashioned tent. Joe died in an automobile accident.
Joseph was born in the Lombega area of the island of Faial in the Azores to Antonio Pereira Vargas and Anna Luiza Silva on November 6, 1886, which is not the date inscribed on his gravestone but is, in fact, verified by the church records of Santa Catarina Church in the Village of Castelo Branco, where he was baptized on November 9, 1886. It was quite common for immigrants to not be sure of their exact date of birth during this time period. On the 1910 Census of Pleasanton, California, he stated that he came to the United States in 1902 (later he said 1900) and was an alien. He was living with his brother, Manuel and his family where he worked as a farm laborer. Joseph and his wife, Virginia, ranched and raised five sons, Joseph (1917), William (1918), Raymond (1920), Melvin (1921) and Clifford (1924) in the Pleasanton, Santa Rita and Livermore areas.The later Vargas children were born on Santa Rita Road. The family lived at the Quickly Ranch in Livermore, then returned to the old Joseph Ranch in Pleasanton and then moved into town to a house on Angela Street in Pleasanton before the 1960's. Their son Clifford gained some fame as the owner of Circus Vargas which toured the country and performed in an old fashioned tent. Joe died in an automobile accident.
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