When I was first handed this photo, I was told “Oh, this is Tony Red and Jennie…some Pacheco or other”. Great…My Grandfather only had 45 Pacheco cousins who made it to adulthood. A whole host of them were name: Antao, Anton, Anthony, Antone, Antonio, and Tony! I did identify the couple eventually. The couple is…
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The Jackson’s Lived Here
I don’t think I have any photos of the houses where my Parents or Grandparents grew up. This is why Google Maps has been so important to me. Most of these locations I have never seen. Now I can find them on the map, zoom in, and see where my ancestors once lived. I have…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: I don’t want to touch the flower girl!
Alice Cosma was born in 1914, the daughter of Joaquim “John Cosma” Jacinto da Camara and Marie Pacheco. She was their last of nine children born to the couple. Clarence Darcy was born in California in 1910. His parents are unknown. Alice and Clarence married in 1932. The best man was Louis Avelar and the…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Most Recent Unknown Ancestor
This week Randy at Genea Musings asks us to write about our most recent unknown ancestor. I didn’t even have to think about it. It’s my Great Grandfather, Harry Kenneth Jackson, who is #14 on my Ahnentafel chart. Harry, what can I say about Harry? Almost nothing! I know about as much about him as…
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…