This photo of the young Moss Family was possibly taken before they left for California in 1925. On the 17th January 1925, the Moss’ set sail aboard the S.S. “City of Los Angeles” from Honolulu arriving in the Port of Los Angeles by the 25th. The young Herbert is listed on the manifest as 1 year and 11 months. The family’s U.S. address is stated as Watertown, Oahu, T.H. which is where the Hickam Air Force Base was built up about 10 years later. The wicker rocking chair Virginia is seated upon remained a family heirloom till it fell into disrepair from decades of loving use.
Herbert K. Moss, Virginia Kahawanu (Ayres) Moss, Robert K. Moss, Henry Edmund Moss. c. 1924-1925
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HI…. My name is Sandi, I am Herbert Moss’s oldest daughter, I want to thank you
for doing this, I didn’t even know my grandmother’s last name was Ayres, I’m just
amazed that you were able to gather all the past information on both our ancestry
and our immediate families.
Is it ok to be allowed to read all the info both here and in face book?
Much Aloha, Sandi
Aloha Sandi – mahalo for checking out the blog here.. I’ll be sharing more Moss/Ayres stories soon. William Shakespeare Herbert Milton Ayres aka Herbert M. Ayres was the Englishman who adopted Virginia when she was a young girl. Your father Herbert is named after him. I’ll be sharing much more about Mr. Ayres – he had such a lively personal history. I’m glad you found the Moss ‘Ohana facebook page as well.. there’s much more research specific to the Moss clan there. Blessings – Yvette
My name is Judy Moss, my father was Colonel Moss brother to Henry Moss. I am in Kauai for a wedding, and I have never been here before. And I thought it would be interesting if I could talk to or find one of my relatives in the island. My phone number is 503-780-4363
Aloha Judy — there are some of my mother-in-laws first cousins from the Moss clan who live on Kauai. I will try to pass along your information to them via Facebbook. I hope you will enjoy your time for the destination wedding. Kauai is very dear to my heart – my own grandmother was born there.