Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
At the age of 39, Thomas Augustine Jones found himself a widow with two teenagers and three daughters under the age of 10 to raise. It was 1889, and San Francisco was still somewhat of a wild city. Not exactly the best place to raise children, yet he did it, and they turned out to…
Isabella Pacheco de Braga Ventura was one of my Grandfather’s cousins. Isabella was born to Joao Pacheco and Joanna Gonsalves Cardoza. When she was a young girl, he father died and her mother had no financial capacity to take care of her children. She gave Isabella away to a relatives who were unable to…
[Originally posted on YourIslandRoutes.com. Reposted for Fearless Females–Women’s History Month, March 12th: Working Girl] After piling over my research notes for the last 10 or more years, I’ve come to the conclusion that women worked much earlier than movies, television, and books lead us to believe. While many joined the work force during the depression…
Fearless Females #12…Working Girl When I wrote this post about my great grandmother, Brigitte Breilh’s career at the family French laundry, I had no idea that their was a long history of French women in my tree who worked. It is no wonder that she took over the business when her husband died. The women…
[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 7th: Share a recipe…this is a repeat from last year] Oh, I know what you were expecting. My Grandma’s secret recipe for pound cake or corned beef. My Grandma Shellabarger was hospitalized when I was in 4th grade. She had a brain tumor and was partially paralyzed. …