Hi Mary and Tracy J.,
I'm Pam, the sister of Paul Placido whom you both responded to last June, 2000 regarding your ancestors named Placido from Hawaii. I happened upon this website by chance and found my brother's posting. Since June, my daughter had to do a family tree in her class. I think it might be of some interest to the both of you! Here's what we found: David Joseph Placido born 10.18.11 in Naalehu, HA and died 5.22.92 (This is our paternal grandfather). His father was Antone Placido born in 1857 in the Portuguese islands of the Acores. We're not sure which one. It's possible that it may have been San Miguel. Antone was married to Ermalinda (Rebello) Placido who was born in 1876 also in the Acores. They both died in 1916. Ermalinda died first but we don't know how. Antone went into a depression because he didn't want to live without her and eventually stopped eating. He died soon afterward. The official report says some sort of colon disorder which would have been caused by not eating. They had 9 children. Joe was the oldest then (we're not sure what order came next) Tony (who went by "Plaus", short for "Placido"), Mary, Sarah, Cosie (or Cozie), Julia, Lizzie (whose formal name may have been Louise), David (my grandfather) and Bea (short for Beatrice) who was the youngest. My grandfather was the youngest boy and the second to the youngest child. The age span was far apart so by the time David came along, some of the older ones were already on their own with their own families. Such as Mary who married a Steven Carvalho. They had about 5 children that we know of: Jimmy, Manuel, Carrie, Mary and Clarence. Clarence married an Asian woman with the last name of Caminos. They couldn't have kids so they adopted at least one son that we know of. My parents were newly weds and remember going to this child's first birthday party around late 1963 or early 1964.
Of course, if those Carvalho's don't work for you, I have some on the other side who are not related to the Mary and Steven Carvalho's! :-) My grandfather, David Placido, married Marie (Carvalho) Placido. She was born on 11.26.12 in Kohala, HA. and is still alive today! Her father was Manuel Carvalho born 9.3.1882 and died Sept. 1966. He was from Kohala, too. His wife was Mary (Moniz) Carvalho, also from Kohala and was born on 4.18.1886 and died on 4.21.1937. I don't have a whole lot of information on that side of the family but all it takes is a phone call to Grandma! If this sounds like anyone's ancestors, please contact me! You never know! My other brother and his family moved to Idaho and found long lost relatives just by pure chance and happenstance! Feel free to e-mail me at
chocletlvr@aol.com Pam