I never met my Great Uncle Jose Pacheco (aka Joe P. Smith) He died 10 years before I was born. From what I’ve been told, he must have been a remarkable person. Jose was the oldest child of Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. He was born 1 Oct 1896 in Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii. His…
Category: About My Ancestors
What did that V stand for?
When searching through social security death records I noticed something peculiar. Many of my Portuguese Hawaiian male relatives born between 1880 and 1910 had middle initials. I found this peculiar because the Portuguese didn’t use middle names. What was even stranger was when I asked their close relatives about the middle initial. It seemed they…
My Dad was a Korean Conflict Veteran
I was sure to use the word “conflict” because my Dad corrected anyone who called it a war. Even at the age of 84, he’d say “It was a police action and not a war, dammit!” Don’t want to get Dad’s spirit angry, now do I? My Dad was drafted in 1951. Here’s a photo…
SNGF: I am unique, aren’t I?
Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings has his Saturday Night Genealogy Challenge out. We’re to use the calculator at the BBC website to find out where we place in the world population. I was the 3,246,290,120th person born in the world on my birthday. Woo hoo! My Dad was the 1,997,782,447th person. My Mom was the 2,213,175,838th…
SNGF: Ancestors Geneameme
Tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted by Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings is to fill out the The Ancestors’ Geneameme posted by Geniaus Blog. I promise that is the last time you’ll see posted twice in the same sentence. 😉 This is the list and instructions: The Ancestors’ Geneameme The list should be annotated in…