Isabella Pacheco de Braga Ventura was one of my Grandfather’s cousins. Isabella was born to Joao Pacheco and Joanna Gonsalves Cardoza. When she was a young girl, he father died and her mother had no financial capacity to take care of her children. She gave Isabella away to a relatives who were unable to…
Category: About My Ancestors
Women Worked Too!
[Originally posted on YourIslandRoutes.com. Reposted for Fearless Females–Women’s History Month, March 12th: Working Girl] After piling over my research notes for the last 10 or more years, I’ve come to the conclusion that women worked much earlier than movies, television, and books lead us to believe. While many joined the work force during the depression…
French Women Worked!
Fearless Females #12…Working Girl When I wrote this post about my great grandmother, Brigitte Breilh’s career at the family French laundry, I had no idea that their was a long history of French women in my tree who worked. It is no wonder that she took over the business when her husband died. The women…
My Grandma Made the Best Toast
[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 7th: Share a recipe…this is a repeat from last year] Oh, I know what you were expecting. My Grandma’s secret recipe for pound cake or corned beef. My Grandma Shellabarger was hospitalized when I was in 4th grade. She had a brain tumor and was partially paralyzed. …
Maria and Theodoro’s Marriage Certificate
Fearless Females #4…a marriage record This is the marriage record for my great grandparents, Maria de Braga and Theodoro Pacheco. They were married 22 Dec 1895 at St. Sylvester’s Church in Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii. They were both 19 when they were married. The record is written in Latin. I found it amusing that they latinized…