[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 5th: How did they meet?] My Grandma Lassalle was born in San Francisco, spent a brief part of her childhood in Modesto, and spent most of her pre-marriage years in Oakland, California. Her parents owned a laundry business, where Grandma also worked. My Grandpa Lassalle was born…
How did Theodoro and Maria Meet?
[Fearless Females, Women’s History Month, March 5th: How did they meet?] Yesterday, I showed you Theodoro and Maria’s marriage certificate. I’ve never heard any stories about how they met, but I think I can piece it together. Families worked and lived on the plantation, rarely traveling far from it. Given the fact that they only…
An Azorean Marriage Record: Maria and Jozimas
[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 4th: Marriage Record of my Great Great Grandparents] In my previous entry, I showed you a copy of the Marriage record for my Great Grandparents, Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. The record was from a Catholic Church and was written in Latin. This next example is…
Placida (Argues) LaClaustra’s Individual Summary
(From one of my collateral lines) Name: Placida ARGUES-78461 Sex: Female Individual Facts Birth 1862 Spain Immigration 1904 (about age 42) Residence 1910 (about age 48) Grove St.; Oakland, Alameda Co., CA Death 15 Dec 1922 (about age 60) Alt. Name 1929 (about age 67) Plazide LACLAUSTRA-78463 Residence 1930 (about age 68) 1033 39th; Oakland,…
Fearless Females: Women’s Names
[This post is for Fearless Females, 3rd of March, Women’s History Month] Last year, I did a post on my middle name for Fearless Females. So, this year I thought I’d write about something a bit different: Portuguese Naming Practices. This is based on my own research experiences in Azorean records. Portuguese women can be…