Olivia (Olive) Lawrence (Dias) Cunha was born on July 10, 1905 in Taunton Massachusetts to Lucianno Lawrence and Julia (Roza) Dias. It has taken me a while to find her actual birth record. When I did find it it listed her as Olivia Lawrence.
Olive’s Birth Record
She had 9 brothers and sisters.
1910 Census
1920 Census
In 1926 Olive married John Silvia Cunha the son of Joseph and Maggie Silvia Cunha, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Together they had six children Margaret, Clarence (Buster), John Jr., Russell (died before his 3rd birthday), Gilbert, Roger, and Carol. They were married for 38 years before he died in 1964.
1940 Census
I have one picture of Olive and her husband John. It was taken at the wedding of their son Gilbert (my grandfather) to his wife Margaret Whittle (my grandmother).
Gilbert Cunha, Margaret Whittle (Cunha), Olive (Dias) and John Cunha
Olive and John moved around. Here are just some of the directories I found.
1932 Directory
1938 directory
1963 directory
Olive died on March 24, 1986 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She is buried in Saint Josephs Cemetery Taunton, Massachusetts.
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