Julius Arthur Hinckley

Other Events:

• Baptism: Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA; Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Notes:

Never Married

Buried:
Julius A. Hinckley
1872 - 1876

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 5th Ward

Notes:

Second Lieutenant of the State Boat Anna Perrett of the Militia of Louisiana (June 1862).

Orramel married Mary Aurore Latour on 1 Jun 1869 in Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Étienne Alexis Grasset Latour and Catherine Doucet) was born on 30 Apr 1847 in Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Jul 1922 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 5th Ward
• Residence: 1900, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5

Notes:

Buried:
Mary Aurore LeTour
Wife of Orramel S. Hinckley
Born April 30, 1847
Died July 6, 1922
Gone but not forgotten

Notes:

Married:
Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Residence: 1849, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Obituary: 19 Dec 1868, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: 15 Jan 1869, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Court House

Notes:

Orramel Hinckley was a steamboat owner and captain whose business was centered principally in New Orleans and Opelousas, Louisiana. He lived in Washington, Louisiana with his wife, Anna Hawley Gardner, and their children. Anna was the daughter of Thomas Gardner and granddaughter of Asa Norton, tanners and dealers in hides and deer skins in St. Landry Parish.

Steamers:
Anna Perret (Perrette) & Nina Simmes were bought by Louisiana with Confederate money and used during the Civil War. [Eakin, Washington, Louisiana, .48-49]The Nina Simmes was built in New Albany, Indiana in 1860. During the Civil War it served as a Confederate troop transoport along Bayou Cortableau. The steamer Aline was appropriated by the Confederacy in 1861. [Brasseaux and Fontenot, Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous: A History and Directory, 220.]

Others were
Annie Wagley
A. W. Glaze
Aline

Flatboats:
Robert E. Lee

Hinckley served as a second lieutenant on Confederate transport vessels and was a Royal Arch Mason.

[Opelousas Courier, 11 Jan 1868, p. 2, cols. 3-5]:
FOR NW ORLEANS
THE STEAMER
ANNIE WAGLEY,
GUS E. LOUAILLIER, Capt.
M. KENISON, Clerk
Will resume her regular trips, leaving at 10 o'clock A. M., and continue leaving Washington every Sunday and New Orleans every Wednesday. All freight per Steamer Annie Wagley will be stored with O. HINCKLEY & SON. Freight and storage to be paid on delivery. For freight or passage, apply on board or to O. HINCKLEY & SON
Washington, La. Washington, Jan 4, 1868.


Name:
Orramel or Oramel. Hinckley is sometimes spelled Hinkley.

Obituary:
It is with deep feeling of regret that we announce the demise of Capt. O. Hinckley, who died - after a lingering illness of several months - at his residence in Washington, on Tuesday last, at the age of 55 years.

Capt. Hinckley was too well and favorable known lor us to repeat here his good qualities. His disiuterestedness, his simple and open urbanity of manners, and oilier qualities of the heart will long he remembered by many.

Capt. Hinckley came to our parish about thirty years ago, most of which time he was interested in our steamboat navigation. He leaves a family and a large, circle of friends to whom his remembrance will ever be dear.

“Capt. O. Hinckley,” obituary, The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, Louisiana), 19 December 1868, p. 2; citing Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/168306920.


Buried:
Inscription: Orramel Hinckley, Born Feb. 29, 1816, Died Dec. 15, 1868

Orramel married Anna Hawley Gardner on 23 Apr 1839 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Anna (daughter of Thomas Gardner and Mary Norton) was born on 25 Apr 1824 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 7 Jan 1886 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Anna H. Gardner
Wife of Orramel Hinckley
Born April 25, 1824
Died Jan. 7, 1886

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Aujourd'hui septième avril mille huit cent huit, devant nous soussigné Jean VALETON BOISSIERE, officier public, maire de Bergerac, chef lieu de sous préfecture du 4 ème arrondissement du département de la Dordogne, dans la salle de la mairie, est comparu Jean GRASSET LATOUR, capitaine pensionné, habitant en cette commune, qui nous a présenté un enfant dont le sexe est masculin, auquel a été donné les prénoms de Étienne Alexis.

A déclaré ledit GRASSET LATOUR que cet enfant naquit le jour d'hier à 9 heures du matin, qu'il est son fils légitime et de Marie BERTRAND, son épouse.

Cette déclaration a été faite en présence de sieur Jean LESPINASSE, propriétaire agriculteur et de Gabriel CAILLOUX, employé à l'octroi de Bergerac, lesquels ont signé avec le père et nous, après en avoir entendu lecture du présent acte.

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Today April 7, one thousand eight hundred and eight, before us the undersigned Jean Valeton BOISSIERE, public officer, from the town hall of Bergerac, the administrative center of the prefecture of the 4th district of the department of Dordogne, in the room of the town hall, appeared Jean GRASSET LATOUR, captain pensioner, living in this town, who has presented us a child whose sex is male, and to whom has been given the first names of Étienne Alexis.

Said Grasset Latour has declared that this child was born yesterday at 9 in the morning, that he is the legitimate son of himself and Mary Bertrand, his wife.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this act.
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Today April 7, one thousand eight hundred and eight, before us the undersigned Jean Valeton BOISSIERE, public officer, from the town hall of Bergerac, the administrative center of the prefecture of the 4th district of the department of Dordogne, in the room of the town hall, appeared Jean GRASSET LATOUR, captain pensioner, living in this town, who has presented us a child whose sex is male, and to whom has been given the first names of Étienne Alexis.

Said Grasset Latour has declared that this child was born yesterday at 9 in the morning, that he is the legitimate son of himself and Mary Bertrand, his wife.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this act.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this fact.

Died:
gravestone: "d.c.d. 15 mai 1870 age de 63 ans"

Étienne married Catherine Doucet on 24 Oct 1833 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Catherine (daughter of Augustin Doucet and Marie Louise Vige) was born on 13 Dec 1813 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Mar 1865 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Jan 1816, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Plot: Section 2 - Part A

Notes:

Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

Notes:

After the settlement of his father's estate, Charles who owned the home place sold out and moved to Vincennes, Indiana, where he and his wife both died of the diseases of the country and their only son Oramel was taken possession of by a Mr. Wood and was removed to Mobile, Alabama, together with the property of which Wood had possession. This Oramel is eventually settled in Louisiana and is the progenitor of the Louisiana Hinckleys. ["Orramel Hinckley and Family Papers, Mss. 1151, 1317, 970"; LSU Special Collections.]

Arthur Latham Hinckley, Jr. notes that he has a letter written by Caroline (Hinckley) Latham to Orramel Strong Hinckley. In this letter Caroline writes that Orramel & Lydia (Strong) Hinckley died within a few weeks of each other and since Charles was the oldest, it was thought best for him to have the homestead and make a home for his sisters and brothers. He married the following spring (1812). Caroline left home when Oramel was about 3 yeras old. Not long afterwards, Charles "removed to the West."

Died:
Although some sources state that Charles Hinckley died in 1814, this date cannot be correct if his son Orramel Hinckley was born in 1816. No hard evidence has been found for Charles' death and a death date of sometime after 1816 is the best available at this time.

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Probate: 20 Mar 1850, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Name:
Also GARDINER or GARDENER.

Died:
Thomas Gardner's death notice reads:
You are respectfully invited to attend the funeral
of the late Thos Gardner, deceased. The procession will
leave his late residence at 5 o’clock P.M. for the family
burying ground. Washington Sept 19th 1844.

Thomas married Mary Norton on 30 Aug 1811 in St Mary, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Asa Jesse Norton and Anna Hawley) was born on 20 Apr 1797 in Stamford, Delaware, New York, USA; died on 24 Sep 1853 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Gardner Hinckley Cemetery, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Probate: 30 Sep 1853, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Étude généalogique : la famille Grasset-Latour, Researcher: Duhamel, Martine, (Duhamel, 15 rue port de graule, 24000 Périgueux, France, 1998), A.D. 24 : registres d'état-civil.

Les enfants de Jean GRASSET LATOUR et de Marie BERTRAND

- Marie Généreuse née le 12 Ventose an 5 à La Rochelle, mariée le 2 avril 1835 à Bergerac avec Élie GIRON et décédée le 18 février 1836 à Bergerac. (cf. actes)
- Magdeleine Cora, née le 6 Germinal an X à Bergerac et mariée à Bergerac le 19 janvier 1831 (cf. actes)
- Jean Homehara né le 26 Fructidor an XII à Bergerac (cf. acte)
- Étienne Alexis né le 6 avril 1808 à Bergerac (cf. acte)
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Children of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand

- Marie Généreuse born 12 Ventose year 5 [2 March 1797] at La Rochelle, married 2 April 1835 at Bergerac with Élie Giron and died 18 February 1836 at Bergerac. (cf. Acts)
- Magdeleine Cora born 6 Germinal Year X [27 March 1802] at Bergerac and married at Bergerac 19 January 1831 (cf. Acts)
- Jean Homehara born on 26 Fructidor Year XII [13 September 1804] at Bergerac (cf. Acts)
- Étienne Alexis was born 6 April 1808 at Bergerac (cf. Acts)

[These children were young when their father Jean Grasset Latour died at Perpignan in 1811: Marie Généreuse,14; Magdeleine Cora, 8; Jean Homehara, 6; Étienne Alexis 4. Note that each child was given two first names.

Bergerac is key to the roots of the Latour family traced on this website. St. Landry Parish records document the marriages of two brothers from Bergerac, sons of the late Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand. There, the older brother, Pierre Grasset Latour, weds in 1826 and the younger brother, Alexis Grasset Latour, in 1833.

Researching the children of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand in 1998, French genealogist Martine Duhamel found only two sons, both born in Bergerac: Jean Homehara Grasset Latour and Étienne Alexis Grasset Latour.

Étienne Alexis and his Louisiana counterpart Alexis are clearly one and the same. Louisiana records are consistently within a year or two of his actual age; only the first name "Étienne" seems to have been lost in the passage across the Altlantic. The older brother Pierre Grasset proves more difficult to pin down.

With the exception of marriage records and the birth records of two of his seven children, Pierre is known as simply "Grasset" Latour, even in his own death record. On at least one occasion, in 1846, he signs his name as "Grasset Latour" on a legal document. In the Federal censuses for 1830-1860 he can be found as Grasset Latour (under various spellings). In the 1830 census his age is given as from 20 to 30 years. Later censuses, place him slightly older, age 51 in 1850. The Church record of the death of "Grosset" Latour in 1860 at age 62, places his birth around 1798.

Duhamel found no birth record in Bergerac of a Pierre Grasset Latour or other any child of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand before 1802.

Assume that there was a third brother Pierre born in Bergerac around 1798. Earlier records of the Grasset Latour’s in Begerac are patchy because they were Protestants under a system of state-mandated Catholicism in which the Church recorded vital records. But in 1798, Pierre would have been born under the French Republic when civil records were maintained, regardless of faith. So, there is no reason a birth record in the late 1790s would not have turned up during Duhamel’s research. At best, a third brother Pierre might have born someplace else other than Bergerac as his father moved about during his military career.

As separate individuals, Jean Homeraha and Pierre Grasset Latour would have been born 5-6 years apart. However, there appears to be good reason for a young man born on 26 Fructidor year XII of the French Republic not to know his birth date. First, the arcane French Republican calendar system was abandoned the year after his birth. Perhaps more importantly, setting out for a new life in the Louisiana as a slightly older person would have had its advantages, not the least of which was appearing older to future in-laws when marrying their 15-year old daughter.

It is likely that Jean Homeraha Grasset Latour and Pierre Grasset Latour/Grasset Latour are one and the same.]

Birth:
Le registre de Bergerac a été dépouillé de 1754 à 1771, mais il n'a pas permis de retrouver l'acte de baptême de Jean GRASSET LATOUR (votre ancêtre) né en 1761, ni celui de Pierre GRASSET LATOUR, né vers 1758, dont l'acte de mariage et le contrat de mariage ont été retrouvés ... et dont il est spécifié qu'il était "fils aîné".

Ils ont pu naître au Désert, sous la religion protestante, étant les deux aînés.
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The civil registry of Bergerac was searched from 1754 to 1771, but did not uncover the baptismal record for Jean Grasset Latour (your ancestor) born in 1761, nor that of Pierre Grasset LATOUR, born about 1758, whose marriage certificate and marriage contract were found ... and in which he was "the eldest son."

They could have been born "in the Wilderness," in the Protestant faith, being the two eldest children.

Died:
Record also provides approximate birth and place of birth. Note that the mother's name is Marie Bontemps and not Dontemne (a possible transcription error). Record acquired from the Mairie des Pyrénées Orientales by genealogist Martine Duhamel in 1998.

Acte de décès de Jean GRASSET LATOUR, le 13 juillet 1811 à PERPIGNAN

N.B : Cet acte est important car il nous indique que Jean GRASSET LATOUR étant âgé de 50 ans, est né en 1761.

D'autre part, il est natif de Bergerac.

Les noms de ses parents nous sont également révélés : Pierre GRASSET et Marie BONTEMPS (et non DONTEMNE*)

* n'ayant pas copie de l'acte, cette erreur d'orthographe vient peut-être de la mauvaise lecture de la secrétaire de mairie.
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Death Record for Jean Grasset Latour, 11 July 1811, at Perpignan

N.B.: This act is important because it tells us that Jean Grasset Latour, being aged 50, was born in 1761.

Additionally, he is a native of Bergerac.

The names of the parents are also brought to light for us: Marie and Pierre Grasset BONTEMPS (not DONTEMNE *)

* Having no copy of the death record, this spelling error is perhaps a wrong reading by the town clerk.

Jean married Marie Bertrand. Marie (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 30 Nov 1774 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 7 Feb 1855 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 4 Dec 1774, Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Notes:

Baptism:
Acte de baptême de Marie BERTRAND le 4 décembre 1774 à BERGERAC

Le 4ème décembre 1774 a été baptisée Marie BERTRAN, née le dernier novembre de ladite année, fille légitime de Pierre BERTRAN faure [sic], et de Marie GROSSATAU, habitant à Rieudelaisse.

Parrain : Jean COUNOR, marraine : Marie FALGUIER.

Présents Isaac et Pierre LAGUIONIE, du bourg, qui ont dit ne savoir signer.
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Baptismal record of Mary BERTRAND, 4 December 1774, at BERGERAC

On the 4th December 1774 was baptized Marie BERTRAN, born the last of November of that year, legitimate daughter of Pierre BERTRAN faure [sic], and of Marie GROSSATAU, living in Rieudelaisse.

Godfather: Jean COUNOR, godmother: Marie FALGUIER.

Present from the town, Isaac and Pierre LAGOUIONIE who said they did not know how to write their names.

Died:
Acte de décès de Marie BERTRAND, le 8 février 1855 à BERGERAC

Du huit du mois de février 1855, à 3 heures du soir,

Acte de décès de Marie BERTRAND, veuve de Jean GRASSET LATOUR, âgée de 79 ans, native de la commune de Lamonzie-Saint Martin, arrondissement de Bergerac, décédée le jour d'hier à 7 heures du soir rue Clérac à Bergerac...
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Death certificate of Mary BERTRAND, February 8, 1855 in BERGERAC

The eighth of February 1855, 3 o'clock at night,

Death certificate of Marie BERTRAND, widow of Jean Grasset Latour, aged 79, native of the commune of Lamonzie-Saint Martin, arrondisement of Bergerac, died yesterday at 7 in the evening, rue Clérac, Bergerac.

Notes:

Married:
Recherche de l'acte de mariage de Jean GRASSET LATOUR et de Marie BERTRAND

Aucun acte de mariage les concernant n'a été retrouvé en DORDOGNE de 1793 à 1797 (Marie Généreuse naît en l'an 5 = 1797) ni dans le canton de BERGERAC, ni dans le canton de LA FORCE, ni dans celui de SIGOULES.

Des recherches menées par la mairie de La Rochelle n'ont pas révélé d'union GRASSET LATOUR / BERTRAND en l'an 4 à LA ROCHELLE.

L'union a pu avoir lieu avant l'an 4 à LA ROCHELLE ou dans une autre ville, étant donné que Jean GRASSET LATOUR était militaire
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Search for the marriage of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand

No marriage certificate concerning them was found in the Dordogne archives from 1793 to 1797 (Marie Généreuse was born in year 5 = 1797) nor in the township of Bergerac, nor in the township of La Force nor in that of Sigoules.

Research conducted by the city of La Rochelle revealed no marriage of Grasset Latour/Bertrand in year 4 [of the Repubican Calender] in La Rochelle.

The marriage could take place before the year 4 in La Rochelle or in another city, because Jean Grasset Latour was a soldier.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1781, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church

Notes:

Name:
Augustin or Augustine.

Augustin married Marie Louise Vige on 17 Sep 1804 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Charles Vige and Catherine Catoire) was born about Apr 1782 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 2 Jan 1839 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 23 Sep 1782, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: Jan 1839, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Name:
Lise or Marie Louise.