(This is my Great Aunt. I don’t recall ever meeting her. Maybe I did when I was a child.) Name: Viola JACKSON Sex: Female Father: Harry Kenneth JACKSON (1871-1950) Mother: Margaret Mary JONES (1880-1965) Individual Facts Birth 18 Jun 1917 Oakland, Alameda Co., CA29 Residence bet 1918 and 1930 (between…
Tag: Women’s History Month
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…
The Lady Engineer: Olive D. Wetzel Dennis
Another fearless female, though not in my family tree. Olive Wetzel Dennis was a university graduate and became the first female engineer for B&O Railroad. This is her story. Olive D. Wetzel Dennis was born in 20 Nov 1885 (some sources have her born in 1895) and died in 1957. She held degrees in science…
It’s Women’s History Month!
March is Women’s History Month. It’s appropriate that women should get their own month. They make up half our family tree 🙂 Have you ever stopped to think about the women in your tree? Who were they? What were their lives like? When I look over my pedigree I find women who are virtually without…