Some of our relatives leave a wealth of information behind. Others seemed to have passed through this world leaving only a murmur. Rose (Caires) Vieira is one of those people. I’m writing this on behalf of my cousin, Teresa, in hope that someone will remember Rose. This photo was taken around 1940. We believe the…
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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…