“There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, the other is wings.” Hodding S. Carter

• Name: Sandra E.S. Charles
• Gender: Female
• Age: Ooops
• Birthday: February 25
• Status: Married
• Hometown: Miami, Florida

• Passion: Old Family Photographs, stories, legends and folklore
• Reading: History and Genealogy Books
• Movies: The Great Gatsby, Gone with the Wind, Legends of the Fall, The Big Blue and Into the Blue
• Hobbies: Scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming Just being in the ocean
• Travel Destinations: Going to each ofmy ancestors countries and following their routes back to us, such as Neckarwimmersbach, Fiumefreddo, Quimbres, Casal do Matto, Kutna Hora, Plymouth, Fermagahn and others.

I was born in Miami, Florida from immigrants parents, Sidenei Serralheiro and Alice Cruz, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

My father Sidenei Serralheiro also from immigrant parents, his father, Arthur Luro descends from Portugal and his mother, Maria Jose Neidig daughter of German descendants and a grandmother from Minas Gerais of Brazil.

My mother Alice Cruz comes from immigrant grandparents, her father Danilo Cruz ancestors come from Spain and her mother, Teresa Horacio are ancestors from Italy.

My husband William F. Charles, Jr., was also born in Miami, Florida but has roots from his father, William F. Chaloupecky descending from Czech Republic and his mother, Mary Elizabeth McManus has roots from the Gov. William Bradford of the Plymouth Pilgrims of Massachusetts with an Irish descent with Scottish mixtures on the McManus side.

All these cultures and all these lineages make up our family and are found in these pages and documents, in which I have accumulated and researched through time.

sescharles@att.net

14041 SW 79th Street Miami, Florida 33183 Tel: 305-387-4545