Emma was the first wife of John “Sailor” Pacheco, my grandfather’s cousin. She grew up in Oakland and came from a large family. Her parents were early immigrants to California having married there in 1893. I’m not sure when Emma and John married. John grew up in Kilauea, but shows up in California records around…
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My Grandparent’s House on E. 25th Street
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been using Google Street View to view the house’s my relatives lived in on E. 25th Street in Oakland. the Pacheco’s and de Braga’s began moving to E. 25th Street around 1906. They then held court there for the next 50 years or so. I’ve never been…