Alexandrina is my Great Great Aunt. She married into my Pacheco family. She was born in Ginetes, Sao Miguel Island, Azores sometime around 1866. She migrated with her parents to Kauai, HI in 1882. She married Antonio Pacheco in 1889 in Kealia. They settled down in Kilauea, where Antonio worked on the sugar plantation. In…
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Barbara (da Silva) de Mello’s Individual Summary
Barbara da Silva is my 3rd Great Grandmother. She is from the village of Achadinha but was married in Achada. Her mother was from Achada, so perhaps that’s how she met her husband. Name: Barbara da SILVA-844 Sex: Female Father: Francisco da Silva TAVARES-1994 (1740- ) Mother: Margarida SOARES DE RESENDES-1995 (1745- ) Individual Facts…
Joaquina Rosa (Raposo) Camara
Joaquina was my Great Great Uncle, Joao “John Cosma” Jacinto da Camara’s mother. Joaquina was pregnant when they made the journey to Hawaii in 1882. She gave birth to twins on board the ship. Sadly, they died before the family made it to port in Honolulu. Name: Joaquina Roza RAPOSO-430 Sex: Female Father: Francisco RAPOSO…
Timeline of Dona Francesca de Resendes, 1716-1762
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 23rd: A Timeline for a female ancestor] My timeline is for one of my Azorean ancestors, Dona Francesca de Resendes, who lived from 1716-1762. The prompt recommended using ourtimelines.com to generate the timeline so I thought I would give it a try. My ancestor came from the village of Maia…
Branca Gil de Miranda’s Individual Summary
The farther back we go it is even more difficult to pull out the stories of our female ancestors. I know that Branca was married to Rui Lopes in Lisboa, Portugal. Later she married Joao(?) Beliago. What isn’t said here is that her first husband, Rui Lopes, was one of the early settlers on the…