Hi Shelby,

We may have a match. It's hard to tell. First, my Mary is thirteen years older than her siblings and that makes me question if the dates are correct. Secondly, my Mary is listed with the maiden name of Maceda, but one of her sisters is listed as Faria Maceda. Also, her youngest brother, Joseph, born in 1885, took his mother's maiden name of Faria rather than his father's name of Maceda. The story I've ehard is that there were no males on his mother's side to carry the name on so it fell to him. Again, I have no documentation to back that up.
Here's another interesting tidbit. I have a note that says that Manuel and Jescinta came to Hawaii to work in the sugar cane fields but I too have heard that some of the family were actually stone masons.
Have you ever run across a mention of Holy Sepulchre Catholic Church in your research? I have baptismal records that appear to be for my grgrandmother's family, (Rose, fifth child of Jescinta and Manuel) and the records come from that church. Do we have another match?

I'm going to run this info past my aunt.

Thanks! Laurie