My Great Grandparents, Charles and Brigitte (Breilh) Mazeres were in the laundry business. They first ran French laundries in San Francisco, then Modesto, and finally ended up in Oakland, Alameda County, California, around 1910. This photograph was taken around 1915. The dapper gent is my Great Grandfather, Charles Mazeres dit Salanave. He is standing in…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Surname Distribution
This weeks Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge at Genea-Musings is “Surname Distribution.” I decided to use the World Names Profiler that Randy Seaver provide a link to to see how my surname, Lassalle, was distributed throughtout the countries in this database. My family used the spelling Lassalle with two S’s, which completely throws off everyone…
Wedding Photo Wednesday: Mazeres-Breilh
Charles Mazeres dit Salanave, native of Ogeu les bains, France, was the son of Jean Mazeres dit Salanave and Marie Anne Lacrouts Brigitte Breilh, native of Castet, France, was the daughter of Jean Breilh and Mathilde Laplagne Maucor Charles and Brigitte were married 16 Jan 1897 at Notre Dame de Victoire Church in San Francisco,…
Wedding Photo Wednesday
I tried to do Wordless Wednesday, I really did. But, it just too darn hard to post photos and not say anything about them. So, I’m starting my own day…Wedding Photo Wednesday. I’ve got a bunch of wedding photos from different eras that I will be sharing starting today. If anyone else would like to…
Martin Kelly, My Family’s First Business Owner?
Much of what my Grandma Shellabarger told me about her family turned out to be myth or exaggeration. She got one thing right. One of her ancestors owned boarding houses in San Francisco. That ancestor was my Great Great Great Grandfather, Martin Kelly. Martin was born sometime around 1820 in County Roscommon, Ireland. I’m not…