A Woman Named Margaret

Research Journal #5, Entry #1

In research journal #4, we found out Helen (Pacheco) Correia's two sets of parents. In research journal, we explore my Grandmother's maternal line.

My Grandmother knew quite a bit about her Grandfather and next to nothing about her Grandmother. She was Irish and her name was Margaret. She married Thomas Jones and they lived in San Francisco. She died giving birth to my Grandma's Aunt Clara. And, that was it.

I didn't really know how to go about finding the details about Margaret. I did not know her maiden name, when and where she was born, nor when she died. Her parents and siblings were a big question mark. She lived in San Francisco which meant that unless she died after 1906, there would be no public records to delve into beyond the census.

This was going to be one tricky research project!