Cathy Larson:
CLASS OF 1970
El Camino High SchoolClass of 1970
South san francisco, CA
Cathy's Story
I have been researching/genealogy for about 15 years with my sister Nancy.
I have researched and continue to research my Surname "Plise" because of the interesting history I have found.
I knew that my family owned 3 islands that are part of the Pearl Islands. While researching I found a probate from 1934, from my great, great grandfather that mentioned he owned 5 islands. The United States at one time wanted to buy one of the islands but some of the family members did not want to sell.
Because of the research we found that my grandfather was Italian. He thought he was Spanish because his father spoke fluent Spanish and lived in Panama, which was true, but because of my research ...Expand for more
I found information that his family came from Italy somewhere in the 1700's.
My great, great, great Grandfather has been mentioned and talked about in the Panama Star and Herald newspaper as well as other newspapers and books as being rich, a pianista, providing funds for a revolt, owning many schooners, traveling, having fisheries and sending ships with pearls and pearl shell to Spain and Europe, he also had been jailed, called a white washed American, and much more.
I found in google books a lot of articles that talk about him, so if you are interested in researching your family try google books. Use various combinations for your surname and you may be surprised at what you find!
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