Grandmamas are great.
Cita = Alicita, is my guess. Leaving me wondering, what are the names in the ring?

Click for the story and for being about my current home island.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 9:04, 1 reply)

Indeed they are.
Some of the markings are especially faint, but with bright, white light flooding the room and a magnifying loupe I can make out Kauweka, Kanaloa and something that could be Ally or Cilly, depending on where the delicate loops begin and end. It might well be a longer name: the final letters are nearly illegible and normal wear over the decades might have worn away enough material from the band to alter the engraving. The last one seems strange but as there was a lot of influence from the US, UK and European settlers/explorers during the 19th century (and Russia, too!) you would occasionally see a western name appear among the native population.

I definitely had the home islands on the brain today: as I drove around Colorado Springs with a friend, checking out business properties I asked, "did we just pass a street named Ono Bento?"

My friend said, "that was Oro Blanco."

"Okay, my eyes and brain are playing tricks on me. Still, that reminds me I'm running low on portugese sausage."
( Felis Concolor, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 5:09, closed)

Ono bentos and portagee sausage FTW!
And those names might be someone's whole name, or children, or ...? What a mystery for you! Enjoy the genealogy search, if you ever decide to take it up!
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 7:03, closed)