Tag Archives: California

Treasure Chest Thursday: Will of Thomas A. Jones

I was going through my binder and found my great great grandfather’s will.  I thought I would post it for today.  This is the outer sheet: This is the will of Thomas Augustine Jones who died in 1923.  The probate file is several pages long, so I’ll post the last page which is his actual …

Read more »

Wordless Wednesday: Pacheco Sisters

Not so wordless today.  These are the daughters of Francisco Pacheco and Alexandria de Caires.  On the left Sophie (Pacheco) Figg.  On the right, Maria (Pacheco) Homan/Buskirk.  Sophie was married by 1915 and living in Hawaii with her husband, who was a soldier stationed there.  So, I’m guessing this photo was taken around 1913-1914. The …

Read more »

Worldless Wednesday: Get A Load Of This!

My Mom with her Uncle, Anton “Dean” Souza, and some big ol’ fish.  Taken ca 1938, Oakland, CA.