I am assuming your people went to Hawaii during the sugar plantation migration. Intermarriage was known before 1900, but was even moreso in the period right after 1900. I found intermarriage between my Portuguese relatives and Hawaiians, Japanese, and Filipinos starting in 1905.
One thing to remember is sugar plantation communities were somewhat isolated. People worked 6 days a week, 10 hours a day. They didn't leave the plantation often. Their home was on the property, they shopped at the plantation store, their church was usually very close by, and ther was usual a cemetery very near as well. So, by the late 1890s the amount of people left of one's own ethnicity on a plantation was starting to get thin. I think it was inevitable with the closeness of working and living on the same community. There was more freedom of movement after 1910, especially as cars were more popular, and people began to work outside the plantation system. But even still communities were very tight knit. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
