One of the strangest discoveries at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, California was coming across the tombstone of Willie P. Smith. Willie was most likely born as Guilherme Pacheco but some how recorded as Wilhelm Pacheco by a 1900 Census enumerator who was obviously a little confused. He is the third child of Theodoro Pacheco…
Tag: Oakland
Tombstone Tuesday: Who Left These Flowers?
While walking through Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, California, about ten years ago, I came across the grave site for my Great Great Aunt and Uncle, Jose de Braga and Maria Jacinto (aka Joseph DeBraga and Mary Camara). Jose was the son of Jozimas de Braga and Maria da Conceicao de Mello, of Maia, Ribeira…
Tombstone Tuesday: Jozimas de Braga and Sophie Guido
This tombstone sits on the gravesite of my Great Great Grandfather, Jozimas de Braga at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, California. His name is wrong and is age is off by a year. At least they were close! Jozimas was a native of Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. He was born 17 Jul…
John Jackson Did Not Die as an Infant
This weeks genealogy blogging prompt about anomalies brings many things to mind… My Grandma told me about her red headed brother, John Jackson. John was born three weeks before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. In the turmoil, John got sick and died. Fast forward to the 1990s. I’m sitting at a microfilm reader…
Tombstone Tuesday: The Pacheco Smith Plot
This is the tombstone of my great grandparents, Theodore P. Smith 1877-1914 (aka Theodoro Pacheco) and Mary P. Smith 1878-1938 (aka Maria de Braga). They were buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Oakland, CA. When I visited the grave site for the first time, the fence was bent over and the ivy was seriously in danger…