[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco,…
My Great Grandmother Registered to Vote?
[Another repost…Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 19th: A Surprising Fact] While looking through the voter registration books for 1937, I came upon a surprising entry. My Great Grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, was listed. This might not have been so surprising had my Great Grandmother been a US Citizen. But, she wasn’t. In fact,…
Mary Ann (Kelly) Meincke’s Individual Summary
Mary Ann was the daughter of Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly. She married Frederick Meincke in San Francisco ca 1877. They had several children together. The couple ran boardinghouses and saloons in San Francisco mostly in the Mission Road area. One of those businesses was called the Five Mile House which they took over around…
Francisca Pacheco, My Brick Wall
[Fearless Females #20…brick wall ancestor] One of the frustrating aspects of researching female lines is the lack of information that might be available about female ancestors. This can be complicated by naming practices and customs. One of my 5th Great Grandmother’s is Francisca Pacheco. Francisca is the last ancestor of my Pacheco line. The surname…
Francisca (Mello) Pacheco’s Individual Summary
Unfortunately, the further we go back with Portuguese records, the less we can learn about our female ancestors. The only thing I can gather about Francisca is that that she was born, married, raised a family, and died in the same village–Maia. Some day I will go back to the parish records and I’ll find…