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…
Category: About My Ancestors
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…
Marthe Magedeleine (Labourdette) Segalas’ Individual Summary
Marthe is my great great grandmother. She was born in the village of Ogeu les bains in France. One thing I have found interesting about researching French women is that as early as 1800 they all have occupations listed in official records. It’s something I am not used to seeing in other localities until 1900. …
A Mini Brick Wall: Ana Jacinta
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco,…
My Great Grandmother Registered to Vote?
[Another repost…Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 19th: A Surprising Fact] While looking through the voter registration books for 1937, I came upon a surprising entry. My Great Grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, was listed. This might not have been so surprising had my Great Grandmother been a US Citizen. But, she wasn’t. In fact,…