Margaret’s mother was a cousin to my great great grandmother, Maria da Conceicao (de Mello) de Braga. Her parents also came to Hawaii as contract laborers to work on the sugar plantations. (Note: This photo is the only one I have of Margaret. It comes from her application for a delayed birth certificate.) Name: Margaret…
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Minnie (Ventura) Smith’s Individual Summary
(Minnie was my Great Aunt. She was said to be a sweet person and was well liked. She died at 47 of stomach cancer. It was said that she and her husband were madly in love and that he died of broken heart.) Name: Minnie Frances VENTURA-2112 Sex: Female Father: Francisco De Boa VENTURA…
How did Theodoro and Maria Meet?
[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…
Amelia (Pacheco) Kanehe’s Individual Summary
(I have been unable to root out Amelia’s story. I think perhaps she might have died during the flu epidemic or during childbirth. After 1920, she disappears.) Name: Amelia PACHECO-21839–43 Sex: Female Father: Jose PACHECO Sr.-54 (1865-1916) Mother: Maria NUNES DE SOUZA-149 (1877-1942) Individual Facts Birth 27 Jul 1903 Kilauea (Hanalei), Kauai Co., HI Residence …
Fearless Females: The Smile On Her Face
[This was written for Fearless Females, 2nd of March, Women’s History Month] This woman is not one of my ancestors, but she is a relative. She is my Great Great Aunt. And, she figures in family history. This is Maria de Jesus (Jacinto) de Braga, aka Mary DeBraga. I chose this photograph because it is…