[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,…
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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…
Maria Candida de Jesus Ferreira Grota’s Individual Summary
Note that Maria is recorded in records with surname as “de Jesus”. This is not a surname, but a religious name. Portuguese women took on religious names that were similar to a surname. Sometimes they changed them at different times of their life. Name: Maria Candida de JESUS-2702 Sex: Female Individual Facts Birth 1816 Estrela,…
Margaret (Caetano) Mello’s Individual Summary
Margaret’s mother was a cousin to my great great grandmother, Maria da Conceicao (de Mello) de Braga. Her parents also came to Hawaii as contract laborers to work on the sugar plantations. (Note: This photo is the only one I have of Margaret. It comes from her application for a delayed birth certificate.) Name: Margaret…
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…