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…
Tag: King City
Laborers at the Sugar Plantation
As it is Labor Day weekend, I thought I’d post the one photograph I have that links my relatives to their sugar plantation laboring roots. This photograph is in my cousin Ted’s collection. It was taken on one of the sugar beet farms in Monterey County, CA. It’s most likely King City, Soledad, or Spreckels. …
Tombstone Tuesday: Dean
As far as it goes, this tombstone at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, CA, is pretty simple. Only one person is buried here, my Great Uncle, Antao A. Souza. Antao was born 12 Feb 1890 in Kilauea, Kauai Co., HI. He was the sixth child out of thirteen born to Francesca de Mendonca and Augusto…