I’m borrowing this for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun since I wrote it only two days ago. This is by far my best research adventure of the year. I located obituaries that were out of my reach and I uncovered a new line of my Kelly family tree. None of this would have been possible…
Category: About My Ancestors
Surname Saturday: Pacheco
Pacheco is one main surnames of my maternal family tree. The line originates from Fenais de Vera Cruz (aka Fenais d’Ajuda), Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My first known ancestor with this surname is Francisca Pacheco, b. ca 1730, Fenais de Vera Cruz. I do not know who her husband was. She had at least…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Birthday Twin
Randy’s Genea Musing’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge for this week was to search my databases and find my birthday twin. I didn’t realize how unique I was. I have my genealogy in three distinct databases. Jones – Jackson = no matches Lassalle – Mazeres = no matches Pacheco – de Braga = 4 matches…
Surname Saturday: Pohley
My last Surname Saturday was for the surname Jones. Today, I’ll chat about Pohley. The oldest daughter of Thomas Jones and Margaret Kelly was Josephine. Josephine married Joseph Charles Pohley ca. 1892 in Sa1n Francisco, CA. Joseph was the son of Charles Pohley and Bridget Cahill. His Father died when he was 3. His Mother…
Surname Saturday: Jones
I have been blessed to have some of the most common surnames every to have existed on the face of the Earth! Today’s surname is: Jones The Jones family has been quite tricky. My line starts with John Joseph Jones, b. ca 1815 in Wales. John made his way to Australia sometime before 1840. I…