Charles Mazeres dit Salanave, native of Ogeu les bains, France, was the son of Jean Mazeres dit Salanave and Marie Anne Lacrouts Brigitte Breilh, native of Castet, France, was the daughter of Jean Breilh and Mathilde Laplagne Maucor Charles and Brigitte were married 16 Jan 1897 at Notre Dame de Victoire Church in San Francisco,…
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Martin Kelly, My Family’s First Business Owner?
Much of what my Grandma Shellabarger told me about her family turned out to be myth or exaggeration. She got one thing right. One of her ancestors owned boarding houses in San Francisco. That ancestor was my Great Great Great Grandfather, Martin Kelly. Martin was born sometime around 1820 in County Roscommon, Ireland. I’m not…
The Dolan Project Part Two: Are You My Dolans?
You may remember that I’ve been trying to figure out the parentage of Michael and William Dolan who appeared in the obituary of Patrick Dolan, my Great Great Uncle, who died in 1905. I had been searching one family for a couple of years, only to realize they did not connect to my tree. So,…
An Uncanny Resemblance
A few years ago I was visited my Grandma in the rest home where she lived. On her night stand was a photograph that took me by surprise. It was of a woman who looked remarkable like my Grandmother holding my Uncle Don. But, it couldn’t be my Grandma as she was much too young…
A Genealogy Website I Could Not Do Without
Everyone’s got favorite website. Some gravitate towards the large sites with numerous databases covering their area of research. Others have found a small site that covers a county or a town where their people originated from. Each would deem these websites indispensable. One website I could not do without is the SFGenealogy website run by…