These are excepts from newspaper articles at the time of Daca’s arrival in Hawaii. The British bark, Daca, which arrived in this port Jan. 19, 1885 on Monday, 114 days from Madeira, there was received 313 Portuguese immigrants, men, women and children. Immediately upon her arrival, she was boarded by the Health Office, and all…
Author: Melody Lassalle
Sugar Plantation Histories: Island of Oahu
Most Portuguese Hawaiian researchers want to know more about the plantations their ancestors worked on. Learning about those sugar plantations is just a click away! Explore the plantations of Oahu via the Internet. Apokaa Sugar Co. Established in 1903. It was a subsidiary of Ewa Plantation and associated with Castle and Cooke. The first crop…
Sugar Plantation Histories: Island of Maui
Most Portuguese Hawaiian researchers want to know more about the plantations their ancestors worked on. Learning about those sugar plantations is just a click away! Explore the plantations of Maui via the Internet. Alexander & Baldwin Co. Established in 1869 by Samuel T. Alexander and Henry P. Baldwin, sons of missionaries. The first crop was…
Sugar Plantation Histories: Island of Kauai
Most Portuguese Hawaiian researchers want to know more about the plantations their ancestors worked on. Learning about those sugar plantations is just a click away! Explore the plantations of Kauai via the Internet. Gay and Robinson Established 1889 by a partnership between Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair, Aubrey Robinson, and Francis Gay. Location: Makaweli Gay & Robinson…
Sugar Plantation Histories: Island of Hawaii
Most Portuguese Hawaiian researchers want to know more about the plantations their ancestors worked on. Learning about those sugar plantations is just a click away! Explore the plantations of Hawaii via the Internet. Halawa Plantation No information on this plantation. Hamakua Sugar Company Established in 1899; Stopped production in 1990. Hamakua Mill Co. consisted of…




