Guilhermina was the mother-in-law of Jose Pacheco (aka Joe Pacheco Smith). Her daughter, Minnie, married Jose. Her son, Manoel, married Jose’s cousin, Isabella Pacheco de Braga. Guilhermina was born in Magdalena do Mar in 1877. She migrated to Kauai, HI as a child. She married Francisco de Boa Ventura on Kauai and they had several…
Tag: Kauai
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: One of My Favorite Female Ancestors
[This was written for the Fearless Females prompt for 1st of March, Women’s History Month] One of my favorite female ancestors is Ana Jacinta (de Melo). I’ve always been drawn to her. I am not sure why, but it must have something to with the fact that she migrated to Hawaii from the Azores alone…