[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…
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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…
Ana Jacinta de Melo was a Fearless Female
[Fearless Females-Prompts for Women’s History Month–March 1st–A favorite female ancestor] I am not sure why but I’ve am drawn to my Great Great Grandmother, Ana Jacinta (de Melo) Pacheco. It may be what I don’t know as much as what I know. Ana was the daughter of Jose Francisco de Melo and Rosa Pimental. She…
Exhausting the records in my ancestor’s village
In December, I began working in the records for Achada, Nordeste on Sao Miguel Island in the Azores. This is where my great great grandmother, Anna Jacinta de Mello, was born. I had not touched the records in over 10 years. Since they were digitized and put online, I had a new opportunity to explore…