One of the things that really baffled me about the reburials that Patrick Dolan paid for was that his wife wasn’t among them. His wife died a good 20 or so years before him. If he was going to fork out all this money to rebury is sister, Catherine’s family, and to purchase a plot…
Category: California Genealogy
Where they lived: 1912, 1916, and 1922 E. 25th Street
This begins a series on where my Pacheco de Braga relatives lived when they moved to Oakland, California in the early 1900. The family owned a portion of the very long street and for several decades relatives moved in and out of those houses. This post covers 1912, 1916, and 1922 E. 25th Street. View…
Do you have California roots?
It seems that researching California roots is very lonely. I rarely come across anyone who is researching their family in California. They themselves may be from California, but their ancestors come from elsewhere. Their ancestors were here briefly, but were passing through. Or, their ancestors lived in another state, but came to California after 1900,…
San Francisco Reburial Mysteries, Part Two
The first cemetery reburial card that caused me problems was that of Catherine Kelly. The card states that Catherine died 1 July 1872 in San Francisco at the age of 44. She was buried at Calvary and reburied 21 Oct 1890 at Holy Cross Cemetery. I didn’t really question this until I came across the…
San Francisco Reburial Mysteries Part One
I am not sure why but on October 21st, 1890, my Gr Gr Gr Gr Uncle, Patrick Dolan, paid to have several of his sister’s Kelly kin reburied. They were originally buried at Calvary Cemetery (I am assuming this was Calvary Cross?) and reburied at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, CA. The cemetery sent me…