Fearless Females #4…a marriage record This is the marriage record for my great grandparents, Maria de Braga and Theodoro Pacheco. They were married 22 Dec 1895 at St. Sylvester’s Church in Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii. They were both 19 when they were married. The record is written in Latin. I found it amusing that they latinized…
Angie (Margie) Smith’s Individual Summary
Angie was my Great Aunt. She and Theodore grew up together in Oakland, CA. They were said to be madly in love. She developed toxemia of pregnancy during her first pregnancy and died at the age of 23. It is said that Theodore never fully recovered from that loss. Name: Angie MARGIE-9710 Sex: Female Father: …
An Ancestor I Am Drawn To
(I’m just getting started on Fearless Females even though it’s almost half way through the month…) Fearless Females #1…a female ancestor I am drawn to I’ve been working quite a bit on my French ancestry as of late. Thought I was mostly familiar with my French roots growing up, I haven’t spent much time researching…
Genevieve (Lassere) Segalas’ Individual Summary
Name: Genevieve LASSERRE-9749 Sex: Female Father: Jean Pierre LASSERRE-9795 ( -1837) Mother: Marie CASEDEBAIG-9796 ( – ) Individual Facts Birth ca 1786 Ogeu les bains, France Occupation 1820 (circa age 34) Labouresse; Ogeu les bains, France Alt. Name 1823 (circa age 37) Marthe LASSERE-9749 Death 9 Sep 1837 (circa age 51) Ogeu les bains, France…
A Story About the Role of Religion in My Azorean Family
[Written for Fearless Females, 1oth of March, The Role of Religion] I don’t know much about the religious background of my ancestors. My parents were both raised Roman Catholic, but were not religious. We were baptized but we never went to church or participated in church activities. My parents were firm believers that religion was…