This is week 6 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. The theme is So Far Away. I decided to write about my great great grandfather, Jozimas de Braga, who had the longest migration of them all. I should note that my great grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, his daughter, also had a similar migration…
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52 Ancestors: John Breil, Born Near My Birthday
I could have written about a few ancestors for this prompt, but I’ve already written about several of the ancestors who have a birthday closest to mine. This time I’ve selected Jean Breil who was born 3 days after my birthday. Jean Breil was born 31 Jan 1812 in Izeste, Pyrenees Atlantique, France. He was…
52 Ancestors: Rosa Boteilho was a Tough Woman
This is my entry for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, week 3: Tough Woman. It’s not easy to flesh out the stories of Azorean women. You are dealing with baptismal, marriage, and death records. That’s it. Often, women are elusive because of naming practices which involved taking a religious name rather than a…
52 Ancestors: Goncalo Vaz Botelho, Descendant of a King
This is week 2 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week’s theme: King. I am writing about Goncalo Vaz Botelho, descendant of kings and queens. In scanning the list I see the first connection is Fernando I, the King of Castille and Leon (1345-1383). Goncalo is his 12 great grandson. Not many know, and…
52 Ancestors: Give Me a Fresh Start on Harry Jackson
I am joining in on the No Story is Too Small Blog’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This weeks theme is Fresh Start and this is my post about Harry Kenneth Jackson, my pain in the butt ancestor. Harry is my great grandfather. He was born 24 of January maybe in 1871, or so…