Read the biography information of Rosie's husband for information on her early life.

She was raised in Warm Springs, California and attended Warm Springs Grammar School. Rosie married her first cousin, Manuel, who had been brought to America by Rosie's father and raised in the same household with his cousins. Portuguese was her first language and was spoken in both in her childhood home and her own home once she was married. Rosie and Manuel married in Mission San Jose, at St Joseph's Church.
Rosie bore 11 children, but lost three of them in childhood. Two of their sons, Herman and Eddie and their daughter Erma lived their adult lives near the family home as they remained in Livermore. The children all remained in California, most close enough for frequent visits. Manuel and Rosie enjoyed visiting their children and made many trips to Long Beach, where their daughter Rosalie lived her life.

Rosie was a meticulous housekeeper and excellent cook. She enjoyed reading, especially Catholic material, and often noted in her books, the date that she completed reading them. She also enjoyed making little dated notes about her activities, her unique way of journaling. She lived well into her 90's and her birthday became a focal point for family gatherings in her later years. She was very mindful of the birthdays of her children and grandchildren and sent cards to them faithfully, each with a few dollars tucked inside and signed "Loves, Grandma Rosie".

After her husband died, she remained, at first, in her own Livermore home with the company of her sister Minnie, also a widow. Eventually Rosie lived with some of her children, in turn, Ernie and his wife, Isabel, Herman and his wife, Nila, Elsie and her husband Norman Anderson, and, in the end. she spent her last years in the home of her daughter Rosalie and son-in-law Roy Glass.
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