Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
Jilda (Pacheco) Collins was the daughter of Maria (de Braga) and Albano Carvalho Pacheco. She is related to me through my great grandfather, Jozimas de Braga. She is his 3rd great niece. According to her cousin, Jilda’s intelligence was legend and she was spoken of with high regard. Jilda excelled in school and graduated from…
I am a believer in going back to databases from time to time and rechecking my searches. Sometimes I’ve learned things since the last search. Sometimes there have been updates to databases. Whatever the reason, it’s a good practice to get into. The University of Massachusetts has been adding Portuguese newspapers to it’s collection for…
[Another repost…Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 19th: A Surprising Fact] While looking through the voter registration books for 1937, I came upon a surprising entry. My Great Grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, was listed. This might not have been so surprising had my Great Grandmother been a US Citizen. But, she wasn’t. In fact,…
Isabella Pacheco de Braga Ventura was one of my Grandfather’s cousins. Isabella was born to Joao Pacheco and Joanna Gonsalves Cardoza. When she was a young girl, he father died and her mother had no financial capacity to take care of her children. She gave Isabella away to a relatives who were unable to…
[Fearless Females, Women’s History Month, March 5th: How did they meet?] Yesterday, I showed you Theodoro and Maria’s marriage certificate. I’ve never heard any stories about how they met, but I think I can piece it together. Families worked and lived on the plantation, rarely traveling far from it. Given the fact that they only…