(Minnie was my Great Aunt. She was said to be a sweet person and was well liked. She died at 47 of stomach cancer. It was said that she and her husband were madly in love and that he died of broken heart.) Name: Minnie Frances VENTURA-2112 Sex: Female Father: Francisco De Boa VENTURA…
Why Didn’t Anyone Ask How My Grandparents Met?
[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,…