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| | Mainland Portugal - Portuguese Family Histories |
 | | JOSEPH S. (the family name was originally Osorio) was born January 1, 1898, in Mirando do Douro, in continental Portugal, to Antonio Luiz and Rosa Catarina, who were married about 1888. |
 | | Joseph, being big for his age 13, drove a team of horses to pick up the harvested cane while his father, mother, and sister cut the cane. |
 | | Joseph went to live for a while with his good friend Frank Morais, also from Ligares, who was a farming partner with Manuel Francisco Silva in the Clarksburg area. |
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