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…
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52 Ancestors Week 22: My Mom was the First Graduate in My Tree
I had to put on my thinking cap (or was it my mortar board?) for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I wanted to write about the first graduate in my tree, but I wasn’t sure who that was. I was aware that the majority of my immigrant ancestors were illiterate. Only the…