This is the wedding photo of Albert Emil Cebollero and Marie Breilh. Albert was born 8 Apr 1884 in France to Mitchell Cebollero and Jeanette Lorente. Marie was born 11 May 1886 in Castet, France to Jean Breilh and Mathilde LaPlagne Maucor. The couple was married 16 May 1908 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co.,…
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…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Wedding Portraits Recovered
Copies of two beautiful pictures from the turn of the century came into my possession last year: If you look closely, you can see that they are from the same portrait. The man’s shoulder and a little smidgen of his hat appears in the woman’s half of the picture. The couple are my Great Aunt…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: I don’t want to touch the flower girl!
Alice Cosma was born in 1914, the daughter of Joaquim “John Cosma” Jacinto da Camara and Marie Pacheco. She was their last of nine children born to the couple. Clarence Darcy was born in California in 1910. His parents are unknown. Alice and Clarence married in 1932. The best man was Louis Avelar and the…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Most Recent Unknown Ancestor
This week Randy at Genea Musings asks us to write about our most recent unknown ancestor. I didn’t even have to think about it. It’s my Great Grandfather, Harry Kenneth Jackson, who is #14 on my Ahnentafel chart. Harry, what can I say about Harry? Almost nothing! I know about as much about him as…