Person:Joanna Sharai (1)

Joanna is listed as Josie Sharia in the 1880 Eden Twp., Alameda Co. California census. Her occupation is given as a dressmaker, and she is 30 years old. She is living with her Aunt and Uncle, Rebecca Wheeler Perham and Liberty Perham.

1900 census, Mt. Eden, Eden Twp. Alameda Co. California, ed# 329, sheet 13A: Liberty is 78, born July 1821 in Massachusetts, farmer, both parents born in Massachusetts, Rebecca is 77, born May 1823 in New York, both parents born in New York. They have been married for 59 years, and Rebecca had no children born to her. Living with them is nephew, Horace Horton, age 31, born June 1868 in Minnesota, parents born in New York, Horace is a steam-fitter and machinist, niece Josie (Sharai) Horton, age 49, born June 1850 in Michigan, and great-nephew Charles Horton, age three, born December 1866 in California. Josie had one child born to her, and they have been married five years.

In the 1910 Oakland, Alameda Co. California census, Joanna is listed as widowed, age 58, living with her son Charles, age 13, niece Maud E. Sharai, age 20, born in Mich., and two lodgers. None of them has an occupation listed.