My latest genealogy page on Squidoo is called “Dreaming of Kilauea”. It’s meant to be a travel page, but it’s really about my dream vacation. Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii is where my Portuguese ancestors settled when they migrated from the Azores to work on the sugar plantations. That was 1882. I still have relatives in the…
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Surname Saturday: Pacheco
Pacheco is one main surnames of my maternal family tree. The line originates from Fenais de Vera Cruz (aka Fenais d’Ajuda), Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My first known ancestor with this surname is Francisca Pacheco, b. ca 1730, Fenais de Vera Cruz. I do not know who her husband was. She had at least…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Benedict Iida and Rosa Medeiros
Getting back to Wedding Chapel Wednesday… This wedding photo is of Benedict “Ben” Iida and Rosa Medeiros. Benedict was born 2 Jan 1908 in Kilauea, Kauai, HI. His parents were Joseph Shintaro Iida and Louisa Pacheco. His Father was Japanese and his Mother was the daughter of Azorean immigrants. Rosa’s parents were Joao Medeiros Toucado…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Wedding Portraits Recovered
Copies of two beautiful pictures from the turn of the century came into my possession last year: If you look closely, you can see that they are from the same portrait. The man’s shoulder and a little smidgen of his hat appears in the woman’s half of the picture. The couple are my Great Aunt…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: First Pacheco Married in California
My Portuguese Hawaiian relatives started flowing into California around 1905. The couple above has the distinctive of being the first Pacheco marriage in California. Jacinto “Jesse Algarva” Pacheco was the son of Manoel Pacheco and Jacinta Rosa Moniz. He was born in either 1885 or 1886 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Angelina Vierra was…