Fearless Females #14…Newsmakers We all know how difficult it was being a woman in the 1880s. You couldn’t travel alone, you couldn’t vote, and in most places in the world you were seen as second class. What would your experience be if you were a female and alone in America? That’s what happened to my…
Category: French Roots
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…
An Ancestor I Am Drawn To
(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…
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…
Catherine (Auberge) Loustaunau’s Individual Summary
Name: Catherine AUBERGE-7990 Sex: Female Father: Paul AUBERGE-9763 ( – ) Mother: Marie PISSOU-9839 ( – ) Individual Facts Birth ca 1755 Baptism 3 Nov 1756 (circa age 1) Ogeu les bains, France Alt. Name Catherine PASTEURET-7990 Alt. Name Catherine DEU BERGE-7990 godparents Pierre Pissou and Therese Auberge Marriages/Children 1. Jean LOUSTAUNAU-7989…