(I’m just getting started on Fearless Females even though it’s almost half way through the month…) Fearless Females #1…a female ancestor I am drawn to I’ve been working quite a bit on my French ancestry as of late. Thought I was mostly familiar with my French roots growing up, I haven’t spent much time researching…
Category: About My Ancestors
Genevieve (Lassere) Segalas’ Individual Summary
Name: Genevieve LASSERRE-9749 Sex: Female Father: Jean Pierre LASSERRE-9795 ( -1837) Mother: Marie CASEDEBAIG-9796 ( – ) Individual Facts Birth ca 1786 Ogeu les bains, France Occupation 1820 (circa age 34) Labouresse; Ogeu les bains, France Alt. Name 1823 (circa age 37) Marthe LASSERE-9749 Death 9 Sep 1837 (circa age 51) Ogeu les bains, France…
A Story About the Role of Religion in My Azorean Family
[Written for Fearless Females, 1oth of March, The Role of Religion] I don’t know much about the religious background of my ancestors. My parents were both raised Roman Catholic, but were not religious. We were baptized but we never went to church or participated in church activities. My parents were firm believers that religion was…
Margaret (Todd) Baddeley’s Individual Summary
Margaret’s husband was an eccentric inventor who created the Baddeley Air Ship. She gave birth to at least 10 children. They named their son (the one that connects to my tree) Benjamin Franklin Baddeley, for obvious reasons, I think. Name: Margaret TODD-8666 Sex: Female Individual Facts Birth abt Jan 1847 Gippsland, Australia Residence ca 1874,…
Josephine (Jones) Pohley’s Individual Summary
My Great Aunt, Josephine (Jones) Pohley) was born in San Francisco in 1870. She was the first child of Thomas and Margaret (Kelly) Jones. She survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. The Pohley’s were said to be the only ones in the Jones family whose house survived. I have yet to search all the city…