This is the fifth entry in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. The theme is Ploughing Through. I wonder how many researchers with Portuguese Hawaiian ancestry realize that their female ancestors were under contract, too? My great great grandmother was one of those women. This is the original sugar plantation contract that my great…
Tag: Kauai
Maria (Silva Baptista) Correia’s Individual Summary
Maria was the mother of my Great Uncle, Anthony Correia. I do not know much about her. She came from the island of Madeira and died in Kilauea, Kauai, HI at the age of 44. She had 12 children. The last was born a month before Maria died. She died from childbirth related problems. Name: …
Alexandrinha (Jose) Pacheco’s Individual Summary
Alexandrina is my Great Great Aunt. She married into my Pacheco family. She was born in Ginetes, Sao Miguel Island, Azores sometime around 1866. She migrated with her parents to Kauai, HI in 1882. She married Antonio Pacheco in 1889 in Kealia. They settled down in Kilauea, where Antonio worked on the sugar plantation. In…
Carolina (Freitas) Pacheco’s Individual Summary
Carolina’s family was from Kilauea just like my Pacheco’s. She married my grandfather’s cousin, Manoel Pacheco, in Kilauea in 1914. A couple of years later they moved their family to King City. I don’t know much about Carolina except that she was said to make the best pancakes. I guess something like that sticks with…
A Mini Brick Wall: Ana Jacinta
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco,…