He was said to be able to converse in Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese, as well as Hawaiian and English, a legacy from his early employment in a multi-ethnic working force.
Created annual New Year?s Dance
Email from Honolulu Mayor?s office, Anne Pulfrey Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008, regarding the cane & dictionary held at the City & County of Honolulu archives:
Hi Charles! According to records, Christopher Ano of Kapaa, Kauai presented the Mayor?s Office with a ?bamboo cane with deer horn handle and sterling silver engraved band with the following inscription: ?Presented to Hon. Joseph J. Fern First Mayor of Honolulu by his friends? ?; and a ?Standard Dictionary of the English Language, 20th Century Subscription Edition, 1906.? Both were received on or about July 1982 and were given to the Archives by the Mayor?s Office for safekeeping.
↑ "Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7RYM-J6MM : 14 October 2019), Joseph James Fern, 20 Feb 1920; citing Death, Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5K-4DT : accessed 26 April 2020), Joe Fern, Honolulu District, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 2B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,837.
Date: 5 JUN 1900
Place: Alapai Lane, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
Note: 29, with wife, 3 kids.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLCT-VVT : accessed 26 April 2020), Joe Fern, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 3B, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1753; FHL microfilm 1,375,766.
Place: 931 Alapai Lane, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
Note: 39, with wife, 5 kids
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP8K-B4P : accessed 26 April 2020), Joseph J Fern, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; citing ED 24, sheet 32B, line , family 370, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2035; FHL microfilm 1,822,035.
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