Category Archives: Tombstone Tuesday
Tombstone Tuesday: Maria Pacheco Iida, another Fearless Female
Although Tombstone Tuesday is not on the Fearless Female calendar this week, I thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce you to another fearless female in my tree. This is the tombstone of Maria (Pacheco) Iida, daughter of Antonio Pacheco and Alexandrina Jose. It reads: Maria P. Iida July 13, 1891 Dec 27 1961 According …
Tombstone Tuesday: Catharine Kelly’s Tombstone Found
A month or so ago, I added some graves to findagrave.com. I only got through a few, added a couple of photos, then requested 3 photos. Last week, I was contacted by a volunteer. He went to Holy Cross Cemetery but couldn’t find my graves. I sent him what little information I had for his …
Tombstone Tuesday: A Baby Dies
One of the saddest parts of walking through a cemetery is finding the tombstones of babies. This stone is for Alexander Iida at St. Sylvester’s Catholic Cemetery, Kilauea, Kauai Co., Hawaii. Alexander was the son of Benedict and Maria (Pacheco) Iida. He was born on the 18 of August 1912. He died in February of …