I thought it would be a nice addition to my brother-in-law’s Christmas present if I found his Higgins line. So many databases have been added to the web since I last tackled this line two years. I might get lucky. What I know: 1. His great grandmother was Margaret Higgins 2. She was born in…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: First Pacheco Married in California
My Portuguese Hawaiian relatives started flowing into California around 1905. The couple above has the distinctive of being the first Pacheco marriage in California. Jacinto “Jesse Algarva” Pacheco was the son of Manoel Pacheco and Jacinta Rosa Moniz. He was born in either 1885 or 1886 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Angelina Vierra was…
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…
Doubly Awarded :)
I have only been online briefly the last two weeks as my Dad prepared for his cataract surgery (it went well, by the way). You can imagine how surprised I was to find that I was nominated twice for the Kreativ Blogger award! Thank you to Carol, over at Reflections from the Fence and Karen,…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Joe and Minnie
This wedding photo is of Minnie Frances Ventura (seated) and Jose “Joe P. Smith” Pacheco (standing on the right). The two others in this photo are Eva (Ventura) Nunes and Frank Ventura, Minnie’s sister and brother. Minnie was born in 1902 on Kauai, HI. She was the daughter of Francisco de Boa Ventura, of Sao…