[Women’s History Month Fearless Females Prompt, 24th of March, Shared Traits] My Grandma Shellabarger lived through alot. Her life was a rough road, one that might have crippled others very easily. Through it all, Grandma could still laugh. The trait I share with her is the gift of laughter. Not just any kind of laughter…hysterical…
Category: About My Ancestors
It’s all about the height
[Fearless Females, March 24: Physical resemblances] There is one thing that almost everyone in my family shares with my Grandma Lassalle. We’re all short. My tallest sibling is 5 feet 8 inches. Everyone else is under 5 feet 5 inches. My sister and I are both under 5 feet tall. My Grandma Lassalle was also…
Timeline of Dona Francesca de Resendes, 1716-1762
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 23rd: A Timeline for a female ancestor] My timeline is for one of my Azorean ancestors, Dona Francesca de Resendes, who lived from 1716-1762. The prompt recommended using ourtimelines.com to generate the timeline so I thought I would give it a try. My ancestor came from the village of Maia…
Margaret (Coffin) Jones Individual Summary
Until about 3 years ago, I didn’t know about Margaret. That’s because I did not know that my great great grandfather, Thomas Augustine Jones, had a brother. Even after 20+ years of research there are still mysteries. Margaret’s life took a turn for the worst in the early1900s when her husband, John Charles Jones, became…
Branca Gil de Miranda’s Individual Summary
The farther back we go it is even more difficult to pull out the stories of our female ancestors. I know that Branca was married to Rui Lopes in Lisboa, Portugal. Later she married Joao(?) Beliago. What isn’t said here is that her first husband, Rui Lopes, was one of the early settlers on the…