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NAME:  Joseph Jesus Nobriga, Jr.
AGE:  86
DIED:  02 May 1967
DATE OF OBIT:  03 May 1967
CITY/COUNTY/STATE OF RESIDENCE:  27 Melani St., Hilo, Hawaii, HI
DEATH/PLACE:  home (home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr & Mrs. Cabrinha); died of a heart attack
BIRTH/PLACE:  Medeira Portugal on 05 Sep 1880
PROFESSION:  retired rancher
FATHER:  Joseph Jesus Nobriga, Sr.
MOTHER:  Mrs. J. J. Nobriga, Sr.
SON:  William J.  Nobriga (Hilo businessman & former Territorial representative & senator)
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. James (Louise) Garcia of Honolulu
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Clara Castle of Los Angeles
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Ernest (Hilda) Baptiste of San Francisco
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Ernest (Adelaide) Cabrinha of Hilo
DAUGHTER:  Mrs. Vasco (Adeline) Cabrinha of Los Angeles
GRANDCHILDREN:  a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren
OTHER INFORMATION:  came to Hawaii at age of 6; family settled in Paauhau; later joined his father in the transportation business at Kalopa (Kalopa Livery Stables), operating horse-drawn carriages from Hilo to Kohala and also mail service; when rail came in, the firm carried freight and passengers to and from the railroad station at Paauilo, as well as molasses for the sugar companies to the railroad; became the area agent at Kalop for the Shell Oil Co.; went into ranching in 1922; one of the founders of the Honokaa Country Club; oldest member of the Honokaa Lions Club, member of the Republican Party and the Hilo Elks Club; formerly served on the Honokaa Hospital Managing Committee; retired in 1946
EXTRACT SOURCE:  Hawaii Tribune-Herald

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