I could have written about a few ancestors for this prompt, but I’ve already written about several of the ancestors who have a birthday closest to mine. This time I’ve selected Jean Breil who was born 3 days after my birthday. Jean Breil was born 31 Jan 1812 in Izeste, Pyrenees Atlantique, France. He was…
Tag: Castet
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: The Cebollero’s
This is the wedding photo of Albert Emil Cebollero and Marie Breilh. Albert was born 8 Apr 1884 in France to Mitchell Cebollero and Jeanette Lorente. Marie was born 11 May 1886 in Castet, France to Jean Breilh and Mathilde LaPlagne Maucor. The couple was married 16 May 1908 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co.,…
From Bresch to Breilh
I’d given up some time ago on finding my Breilh ancestors in the Ellis Island database (www.ellisislandrecords.org). I tried every variation of Breilh that I could think of. I tried first name searches as well. The family was nowhere to be found. Recently, I saw an obituary in the paper for a Lassalle. It listed…