Tag Archives: California

That’s Old News: Caught In Shanghai

♦ August 21, 2011 ♦ Leave Your Comment

The 26th of March 1926 Oakland Tribune headline blared… Then it was followed by the story of a young couple separated by continents.  The young woman, Norine “Dorothy” Segalas, was at home in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Her boyfriend, Everett Bargones, was working for the Dollar Steamship company in Shanghai, China.  A letter home …

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Friday’s Free Ebook: The French in California

♦ August 19, 2011 ♦ Leave Your Comment

I’ve been working on the French lines over the passed two weeks.  I came across this book that was really a gold mine of information.  If you’ve got French lines in California (especially San Francisco or Oakland) you’ll want to check this book out. It is called “Guide des Francais en California: 1916-1917″.  Edited by …

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Veronique is Laid to Rest

♦ August 8, 2011 ♦ Leave Your Comment

One of my most persistent mysteries was what happened to Veronique Mazeres after she married Baptiste Dupouy in San Francisco in 1899. My research turned up no leads in the census, city directories, or other sources. I was beginning to think that Veronique had gone back to France.   After scanning many photographs from my …

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