Fearless Females #15…Six Word Memoirs About My Female Ancestors. Not to be confused with sex word memoirs :D. Those would be memoirs of a whole different sort. Six Word Memoirs sum up a person’s life in six words. I had one published in “Not Quite What I Was Planning” in 2008. I can’t find my…
Category: About My Ancestors
Sophie (Pacheco) Figg’s Individual Summary
Sophie was my grandfather’s cousin. She has a special place in the family history. Sophie was the first of the family to leave Hawaii and not settle in California. Her husband was in the military and decided to go back to his hometown in Missouri. They were there when the 1930 census was taken, but…
Emma (Cabral) Pacheco’s Individual Summary
Emma was the first wife of John “Sailor” Pacheco, my grandfather’s cousin. She grew up in Oakland and came from a large family. Her parents were early immigrants to California having married there in 1893. I’m not sure when Emma and John married. John grew up in Kilauea, but shows up in California records around…
Abandoned in a Strange Land
Fearless Females #14…Newsmakers We all know how difficult it was being a woman in the 1880s. You couldn’t travel alone, you couldn’t vote, and in most places in the world you were seen as second class. What would your experience be if you were a female and alone in America? That’s what happened to my…
A Mother’s Strength: Dealing With Injuries
[52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Prompt: Illness & Injuries…This doubles as my Fearless Females post for 13th of March, A Moment of Strength] I wasn’t injured very often as a child. At least, most of injuries were mostly due to my siblings rather than my own stupidity. Always blame the siblings! This prompt…