Alfred Leopold Dufilho

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1894, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Bayou St. John

Notes:

Birth:
[Original in French]
Dufilho 1122
Du Samedi, trente Juin, mil huit cent soixante six, à quatre heures
et quart de relevée, Acte de naissance de : Alfred Leopold lequel
nous a été présenté et que nous avons reconnu être du sexe
masculin ; né le vingt huit de ce mois à une heure et quart de relevé
Chez ses père et mère, rue Chaptal nº6, fils de : Joseph Alfred
Dufilho, Banquier, âgé de trente deux ans, et de Corinne
Louise Taylor, son épouse, sans profession, âgée de vingt
six ans. Sur la déclaration à nous faite par le père, en
présence de : Pierre Léopold Jeannet, propriétaire, âgé
de cinquante huit ans, demeurant rue du Hâvre nº1
et marc nicolas Borde, Banquier, âgé de quarante
huit ans, demeurant rue Taitbout 63, témoins qui ont signé
avec le père et nous, François Jean Schaeffer, Adjoint au maire
après lecture faite.
[Signatures] Alfred dufilho, Léopold Jeannet, M.N : Bordes, Schaeffer

[English Translation]
This Saturday, June the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six (1866), at quarter past four, birth certificate of: Alfred Leopold who was presented to us and whom we recognized to be male; born on the twenty-eighth of this month at quarter past one at father's and mother's home, rue Chaptal nº6, son of: Joseph Alfred Dufilho, banker, thirty-two years old, and of Corinne Louise Taylor, his wife, without profession, twenty-six years old. On the declaration made to us by the father, in the presence of: Pierre Léopold Jeannet, owner, fifty-eight years old, residing rue du Hâvre nº1 and Marc Nicolas Borde, Banker, forty-eight years old, residing rue Taitbout 63, witnesses who signed with the father and us, François Jean Schaeffer, deputy mayor, after reading.
[Signatures] Alfred Dufilho, Léopold Jeannet, M.N. Bordes, Schaeffer

[Source: Registres de l’état civil, Ville de Paris, Département de la Seine, France, Naissance, birth record for Alfred Leopold Dufilho, 30 June 1866, p. 3, no. 1122 (http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjEtMDYtMjUiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjA0MjQ1O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ: accessed 31 July 2021); digital images, Archives de Paris, http://archives.paris.fr/s/4/etat-civil-actes/; transcription and translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Edwin Hollier, 2021.]

Born at home, Chaptal no. 6

Obituary:
Leopold Dufilho
Death of a Popular Attaché of the Whitney National Bank

Last Wednesday morning the business community and many friends of the family were shocked to read the announcement of the death of Leopold Dufilho, the esteemed and deservedly popular bookkeeper of the Whitney National Bank. Truly it is that in the midst of life we are in death was never more exemplified than in this sudden taking off of one in the full vigor and meridian of his manhood. Leopold Dufilho was at his desk at the bank up to 5 p.m. on Saturday evening, and feeling slightly indisposed, called on the family physician. On Monday he went out to take a ride as the diversion and eating were calculated to be beneficial. He and his family believed that it was only a slight ailment and he would soon be all right again. Then on Tuesday, March 19, he suddenly became faint, and becoming weaker, succumbed to cardiac troubles, not withstanding all efforts that were made to stay the icy hand of death.

Leopold Dufilho was but 33 years of age. He was born in Paris, France, during the visit to that metropolis of his parents, his father, Mr. Alfred Dufilho, being at that time a member of that prominent banking firm of Lafitte, Dufilho & Co., well and prominently known in this city in antebellum days and up in the eighties. His mother was Miss Corinne Taylor. Under the careful tutelage of his father, he received a practical knowledge of banking and obtained the position of bookkeeper at the Whitney National Bank, where for eleven years, and up to almost the hour of his death, he was a faithful and painstaking [-]. His work was such that not only did he enjoy the friendship of his co-workers, but he had the confidence and esteem of the officers of the bank, who recognized his many excellent qualities. During the existence of the Commercial Club he was one of the members, and also belonged to the Rod and Gun Club at Chef Menteur.

He married Miss Rosema Larose and leaves her with three children, a daughter aged 11 years, and two sons, aged respectively 7 and 9 years. Also, his father and his mother, three sisters, and one brother, Alfred Dufilho, Jr., also a bookkeeper at the Whitney National Bank, who are inconsolable at their said affliction.

Last Wednesday evening here joined the family at the residence, No. 1215 N. Dorgenois street, immeasurable friends, bank officers, fellow clerks, etc. to do their sad homage to him that was so well beloved. Impressive were the ceremonies conducted by Rev. Father [-] at the residence and at the Church of St. Rose de Lima, and also at Washington cemetery No. 1 [now Lafayette Cemetery No. 1], where the remains were carried away in the [casket?]. The pallbearers were: E.S.D. Logon, J. [O?]. Larose, John Ferguson, [E.] Larose, R. C. [Benton?], Numa [Bertel?], L. D. [Martin?], and S. A. [McMain?].

[Source: The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 25 March 1901, p. 12, col. 7]
[Transcribed by Mark Edwin Hollier, 2021.]

Buried:
Plot Section 3: 185-190

Alfred married Rosema Marie Larose on 15 Nov 1888 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Rosema (daughter of Josias Amédeé Larose and Perfecta Fernandez) was born on 15 Jun 1867 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Feb 1946 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John McDonald Dufilho, Sr. was born between 7 and 8 Mar 1891 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 13 Nov 1960 in Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
2. Olga Raphaela Marie Dufilho was born on 5 Apr 1890 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Nov 1956 in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
3. Wilfred Peter Dufilho was born on 13 Jan 1894 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 8 Oct 1954 in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Royal Street
• Residence: 1894, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 53 Esplanade
• Residence: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7
• Obituary: 4 Jul 1907, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Obituary:
DUFILHO-On Wednesday, July 2, 1907, at 5:45[?] o’clock a.m., Alfred Dufilho, Sr., husband of Corinne Louise Taylor, aged 74 years and 6 months, a native of Paris, France, and a resident of this city for the past 37 years.
The relatives, friends, and acquaintances of the Dufilho, Taylor, and Tassin families are respectfully invited to attend the low mass, which will be held at St. Augustine’s Church, corner of St. Claude and Hospital Streets. This Thursday, July 4, 1907, at 8 o’clock a.m. sharp.
Interment in Washington Cemetery [Lafayette Cemetery No. 1], corner Prytania.

Buried:
Plot Section 3: 185-190

Died:
Funeral of Mr. Alfred Dufilho
The remains of the late Mr. Alfred Dufilho were laid to rest this morning in the family tomb in Washington Cemetery. Interment followed a requiem mass chanted at St. Augustine’s Church. The funeral was attended by a large number of friends of the family. Mr. Dufilho died at his home, 249 Kerlerec street yesterday at the advanced age of 74 years. Mr. Dufilho was born in France, and came to the United States in 1870. He engaged in business here. Because of his advanced age, Mr. Dufilho retired from active pursuits. Mr. Dufilho leaves a widow, who was Miss Corinne Louise Taylor, and several children.

Alfred married Corinne Louise McDonald Taylor on 16 Dec 1858 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Corinne (daughter of John McDonald Taylor and Basilice Toledano) was born in 1840 in Louisiana, USA; died on 4 Sep 1920 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7

Notes:

Buried:
Plot Section 3: 185-190

Died:
1249 Kerlerec Street

Notes:

Married:
Justice of the Peace

Other Events:

• Role: Slave Owner
• Residence: Between 1802 and 1855, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1810, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Chartres Street
• Residence: 1820, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Chartres
• Residence: 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Obituary: 12 May 1856, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; The New Orleans Bee

Notes:

America's first licensed pharmacist
Dufilho's most significant contribution to the history and integrity of the field of pharmacy took place in New Orleans in 1816. In 1804, the State of Louisiana, led by Governor Claiborne, passed a law that required a licensing examination for pharmacists wishing to practice their profession.
Prior to this law and before Louisiana became a U.S. State, there were some informal territory licensing measures, but none were enforced. A person could apprentice for six months and then compound and sell his or her own concoctions without any regulations or standards. The public received incorrect doses and erroneous medications. In 1804, Governor Claiborne established a board of reputable pharmacists and physicians to administer a three-hour oral examination given at the Cabildo in Jackson Square.
Louis J. Dufliho, Jr. was the first lo pass the licensing examination therefore making his pharmacy the first United States apothecary shop to be conducted on the basis of proven adequacy.

Louis J. Dufilho, Jr. Apothecary & Residence
514/516 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA

Louis J. Dufilho, Jr. purchased the 514/516 Chartres Street lots on June 5, 1822 from Philip Sadler. The original Creole townhouse was constructed between 1822 and 1823. Dufilho officially opened his apothecary for business in 1823. The courtyard originally had several structures that do not exist today.

In 1837, New Orleanian architect, J.N.B. DePouilly proposed and constructed the updates to Dufilho’s building - three-story masonry porte cochere building with an entresol level.

According to City Records, in 1855, Dufilho sold the building and the contents of the apothecary to Mrs. Celestine Pauline Fleitas, widow of James Dupas. She in turn, sold the building in 1875 to Peter Boehm who opened the Crescent City Paper Warehouse on the site.

The building changed hands several times and was vacant for several years. On December 15, 1937, Mayor Robert S. Maestri purchased the building from the Interstate Trust and Banking Co. in liquidation. Mayor Maestri donated the building to the City of New Orleans in the same year to be used as a Napoleon Museum . Officials confused the history of 514 Chartres Street with the history of the Nicholas Girod House at 500 Chartres Street. The Girod House was the home designated for Napoleon’s exile, not 514 Chartres. After additional research, the City of New Orleans realized the significance of Louis J. Dufilho, Jr. and of 514 Chartres to the history of pharmacy and designated the site as the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. After some building repairs and artifact collection, the Museum officially opened its doors in 1950.

Source: New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, www.pharmacymuseum.org

Obituary:
Died, on the 15th of April last, at La Rue (or La Roe), near Blois (France), Mr. L. J. Dufilho Jr., aged 69 years, formerly a resident of New Orleans.
[Source: The New Orleans Bee (New Orleans, Louisiana), 12 May 1856, p. 1, col. 5.]

Died:
Dufilho Louis Joseph
Marié
[Original in French]
L’an mil huit cent cinquante-six, le quinzième jour du mois d’Avril à quatre heures du soir par devant nous Jean Robert Néau, adjoint au maire délégué Officier de l’Etat civil de la commune de Suèvres canton de mer département de Loir-et-Cher, sont comparus Nicolas Morin âgé de quarante-trois ans profession [Prêtre?] domicilié à Suèvres et Auguste Baillergeau âgé de cinquante-huit ans profession de médecin domicilié à Suèvres.
Lesquels nous ont déclaré que le quinze du mois courant à onze heures du matin Louis Joseph Dufilho Junior âgé de soixante-sept ans profession de propriétaire demeurant à Suèvres département de Lois et Cher né à Mirande (Gers) époux de Madame Adèle Becnel, fils des défunts Jean Dufilho et Jeanne Marie Bonnet est décédé en notre commune, en la maison de la rue.
Le premier témoin nous a déclaré être ami et le second témoin être ami du décédé; et les déclarants ont signé avec nous le présent acte, après que lecture leur en a été faite.
[Signatures] Baillergeau, Morin, Robert Néau
[English Translation]
The year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the fifteenth day of the month of April at four o’clock in the evening in front us Jean Robert Néau, deputy mayor delegate Registrar of the municipality of Suèvres, canton of Mer, department of Loir-et-Cher, appeared Nicolas Morin, forty-three years old, profession [Priest?] domiciled in Suèvres and Auguste Baillergeau, fifty-eight years old, profession of doctor, domiciled in Suèvres.
Who told us that the fifteenth of the current month at eleven o’clock in the morning Louis Joseph Dufilho Junior, sixty-seven years old, profession of owner residing in Suèvres in the department of Lois et Cher, born in Mirande (Gers) husband of Madame Adèle Becnel, son of the deceased Jean Dufilho and Jeanne Marie Bonnet, died in our commune, at [La Rue?].
The first witness told us that he was a friend of the deceased. The second witness was also a friend of the deceased. The declarants have signed this deed with us after it has been read to them.
[Signatures] Baillergeau, Morin, Robert Néau

[Source: "Registre d'état civil, Loir-et-Cher", Archives départementales de Loir-et-Cher, Culture 41 (http://archives.culture41.fr/ark:/57457/vta5350d6332def2/daogrp/0/345), Registre des actes de Décès, Suèvres, Arrondissement de Blois, Département de Loir et Cher, record for Louis Joseph Dufilho, no. 11, (http://archives.culture41.fr/ark:/57457/vta5350d6332def2/daogrp/0/345: accessed 25 July 2021); citing microfilm des registres des naissances, mariages, décès (1852-1862); transcription and translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Edwin Hollier, 2021.]

Death notice states "at La Rue, near Blois"

Louis married Emy Adele Becnel on 29 Apr 1819 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Emy (daughter of Maximillian Becnel and Living) was born about Apr 1803 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Jan 1868 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 12 Jun 1803, Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; St. John the Baptist Church
• Residence: 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1856, Suèvres, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; La Rue

Notes:

Died:
[Original in French]
Becnel 93
Veuve Dufilho
Du Jeudi seize Janvier mil huit cent soixante huit, à deux
heures trois quarts de relevée . Acte de Décès de ; Adèle Becnel,
rentière, âgée de soixante quatre années et dix mois née à St Jean
Baptiste (Louisiana-Etats Unis d’Amérique), décédée ce matin,
à sept heures vingt minutes en son domicile rue Chaptal no. 6 ;
veuve de Louis Joseph Dufilho. Ledit acte dressé
en présence et sur la déclaration de M. M. Marc Nicolas
Borde, banquier, âgé de quarante neuf ans demeurant a Paris
rue Taitbout no. 63, et Pierre Léopold Jeannet, propriétaire
âgé de cinquante neuf ans, demeurant à Paris, rue du Rocher
no. 63 ; témoin qui ont signé avec nous, Léon Olivet, adjoint au
maire, Chevalier de la légion d’honneur, après lecture fait
le décès constaté suivant la loi.
[Signatures] Léopold Jeannet, M. N. Borde, Léon Jolivet

[English Translation]
Core of document
This Thursday, January sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight (1868) at quarter before three while tracing. Death Certificate of Adèle Becnel, annuitant, aged of sixty-four years and ten months, born at St Jean Baptiste (Louisiana, United States of America) died this morning at seven o’clock twenty minutes in her home rue Chaptal no. 6; widow of Louis Joseph Dufilho. The mentioned act drawn up in the presence and on the declaration of M M. Marc Nicolas Borde, banker, forty-nine years old living in Paris, rue Taitbout no. 63, and Pierre Léopold Jeannet, owner aged fifty-nine, living in Paris, rue du Rocher no. 63; witness who signed with us, Léon Olivet, Deputy mayor, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, after the reading done, the death is declared in accordance with the law.
[Signatures] Léopold Jeannet, M. N. Borde, Léon Jolivet

[Source: Registres de l’état civil, Ville de Paris, Département de la Seine, France, death record for Becnel Vve. Dufilho, 16 January 1868, p. 17, no. 93
(http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjEtMDctMDQiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjA0Mzk0O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ: accessed 25 July 2021); digital images, Archives de Paris (http://archives.paris.fr/s/4/etat-civil-actes: accessed 25 July 2021); transcription and translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Edwin Hollier, 2020.]

Notes:

Married:
Number 325
Louis Dufilho Jr. & Adéle Becnel
Transcription
Nous soussigné curé de cette parroisse de St Jn Baptiste Comté des Allemands Diocèse et Etat de
la Louisiane une les lettres de dispenses de deux publications de bans de Mr Le Grand Vicaire en
date du 19 avril 1819 signé M. Mons. Vic. Gen et une aussi celles d'autorisation, et de dispense
de 2 bans de Mr le Curé de la Paroisse de St Jacques des Acadiens datées le 26 avril 1819
signées Charles Mariani curé où on a prouvé un oar sans opposition ou empêchement quelconque
venu à leur connaissance : attendu aussi les permissions de MMs les juges de la Nlle Orléans
datées le 20 courant 1819 signée F. Pitot Juge, comme aussi de la psse de St Jacques datées le 27
courant 1819 signée D. Tureaud Juge; avons donné la bénédiction nuptiale et reçu le mutuel
consentement de futur mariage entre Mr Louis Joseph Dufilho, fils majeur et légitime de Jean
Dufilho, et de Jeanne Marie Bonnet, ses père et mère d'une part, natif de Mirande pays français,
Département de Gers, âgé de 31 ans d'une part; et entre Mlle Adéle Becnel fille mineure, et
légitime de feu Maximilien Becnel, et d'Erasie Haydel, native de cette parroisse et domiciliée dans
celle de St Michel d'autre part, âgée de 16 ans. Mr l'époux est résident de la Nlle Orléans. Ont été
présens en qualité de témoins à cette célébration MM Louis Dufilho Pierre et Valsin Bonsonnier
Marmillon, Jean Js Haydel père et fils chez qui le mariage a été fait, et plusieurs autres parens qui
nous ont dit bien connaître les noms domiciles et libertés des dites parties contractantes et qui
ont signé avec nous ce jour 29 avril 1819.
[Signatures]

[Translation]
I, undersigned curate of St. John the Baptist Parish, German County, Diocese and State of
Louisiana, after receiving dispensation letters of two marriage bans announced by the Vicar-
General dated 19 April 1819 and signed Monseigneur, Vicar-General, and also an authorization
and dispensation of two marriage bans by the curate of the Parish of St. James of the Acadians
dated 26 April 1819 and signed Charles Mariani, curate, which proved no opposition or
impediment of any kind known or made to them, and given the permission given by the New
Orleans judges dated 20 April 1819 and signed F. Pitot, judge, as well as one from the Parish of
St. James dated 27 April 1819 and signed D. Tureaud, judge, solemnized the marriage and
received mutual consent to marry Louis Joseph Dufilho, major and legitimate son of Jean
Dufilho and Jeanne Marie Bonnet, his parents, native of Mirande, Département de Gers, France,
age 31, resident of New Orleans, on the one hand; and Adéle Becnel, minor and legitimate
daughter of the late Maximilien Becnel and Erasie Haydel, native of this parish and domicilied in
St. Michael Parish [Convent, St. James Parish], age 16. Those present at this celebration were
Louis Dufilho, Pierre and Valsin Bonsonnier Marmillion, Jean Jacques Haydel Sr. and Jr., at whose
home the marriage took place, and several other relatives, who declared knowing the names,
residence, and freedoms of the contracting parties, and who signed with me this 29th April 1819.
[Signatures]
Pierre B. Marmillion - J. J. Haydel - J. J. Haydel, fils - Valsain B. Marmillion - Dufilho Junr. - Vite Modeste Mina, Curé

[St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Edgard, Louisiana), Sacramental Registers, Marriages vol. 3, pps. 9–10, Louis Joseph Dufilho and Adele Becnel (1819); copy privately held by Mark Edwin Hollier, 2020; digital images, Archdiocese of New Orleans; translated and transcribed by Christophe Landry, Louisiana Historic and Cultural Vistas, 2020]

St. John the Baptist Church

Other Events:

• Probate: 23 Nov 1883, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Plot Section 3: 185-190; GPS (lat/lon): 29.92851388, -90.08584443

John married Basilice Toledano. Basilice was born about 1810; died on 10 Jan 1857 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Plot Section 3: 185-190

Other Events:

• Residence: 1805, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 12 Rue Louis of Toulouse

Notes:

With the arrival of Jean Dufilho between the years of 1800 and 1803, the Dufilho family name had its beginnings in Louisiana. Jean Dufilho was married to Jeanne Marie Bonnet, both natives of Mirande, Gascony, France. It is believed that he was an apothecary and operated a small shop at 12 Rue de Toulouse in 1805.

Died:
Charity Hospital

Jean married Jeanne Marie Bonnet in 1780. Jeanne was born about 1757 in Mirande, Gers, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 20 Mar 1793 in Mirande, Gers, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jeanne Marie Bonnet is a native of Mirande, Gascogny, France.

Maximillian married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 14 Mar 1744/45, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

November 11, 1772, bought farm from Francois Andre next to Dennis Rouselle and Mathew Frederic ( Glenn R Conrad, St. Jean Baptiste des Allemands Extracts, 1753-1803, 21).

Pierre married Magdelaine Marie Haydel on 2 Jun 1772 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA. Magdelaine (daughter of Jean Christophe Haydel and Charlotte Huber) was born on 17 Oct 1754 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 3 Feb 1830; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 19 Oct 1754

Notes:

Buried:
Buried in either St Louis Cemetery #1 or #2.
HAYDEL
Dame Magdeleine
Widow of Sieur Pierre Becnel
Died February 3rd, 1830
Aged 75 yrs.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Apr 1741, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1820, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Jean Jacques built the Whitney main house around 1790 and expanded it around 1803. In 1820, he sold the property to his sons Jean Jacques, Jr., and Marcellin. Marcellin eventually gained total control of the rest of the family's land, and commissioned the 1836-1839 remodeling. The plantation remained in the family's hands until it was sold to a Northerner, Bradish Johnson, after the Civil War. It was Johnson who actually named the property Whitney in honor of his grandson, Harry Payne Whitney.

Listed in 1784 census of the Second Coast of the Germans with his wife, Magdelaine Marmilion, 1 boy and 3 girls under 13 (LC&ML, 77)
Sponsors were ---tz Materne and Christine Greber
From Les Votagers, Jun 1997
Louisiana Courier, Dec 1819
PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GERMAN, COUNTY, COURT OF PROBATES
On Thursday, the 13 January next, at 10 o'clock A.M. will be sold at auction by the parish judges, on the principle plantation of Jean Jacques Haydel pere, and on his application, the following property belonging to the communiyt of the said J.J. Haydel pere with the late Mary Madelain Bozonnier his deceased wife:
1st A sugar estate measuring 17 arpents front on a double depth, with a stately house and all its appurtenances, bounded above by the widow of Mathias Roussel and below by Jacques Haydel and brothers.
2d Another sugar estate measuring 11 arpens with 3.4 front, on the usual depth, with all its appurtenances bounded above by the widow of Alphonse Haydel and below by Andre Hymes (sic).
3d 36 slaves of both sexes.
4 Furniture, implements of husbandry, kitchen tackling, plate, table linen, 30 horses or mules, 8 couple of oxen, many milch cows and their young ones, etc.
CONDITIONS
The price of the two plantations payable a third in March 1821, a third in March 1822, and the last third in March 1823.
The slaves payable a third in March 1820, a third in March 1821, and the last third in March 1822.
All the moveables in general payable in March 1820.
Purchasers shall give their notes, endorsed to the satisfaction of J. J. Haydel pere, and payable at the clerk's ofice of the parish court.
The real property to remain mortgaged until final payment.
The instrument of sale and mortgage at the cost of the purchaser.
Parish of St. John the Baptist, December 9, 1819. T. LeBlanc, Judge

Jean married Magdelaine Bozonier Marmillion on 7 Feb 1774. Magdelaine (daughter of Antoine Julien Bozonier Marmillion and Laurence Delille Gauchette) was born on 2 Oct 1752 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in 1816 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Catherine Brou Breaux. Catherine was born in 1725 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 9 Sep 1803 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1784, German Coast, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Evergreen Plantation

The important plantation houses on adjacent plantations in St. John the Baptist Parish now known as Evergreen and Whitney originally were identical houses built probably at the same time by two brothers, Christophe and Jean Jacques Haydel, sons of Ambroise Haydel. Their grandmother, the widow of Jean Adam Heidel, had, with two sons, arrived at Biloxi on the ship La Charente in 1721. One of these sons, Ambroise Haydel, had been born about 1702 in Newkirchen, and in 1724 was living on the Louisiana German Coast in the village of Hoffen.

The house that is now Whitney was probably built by Jean Jacques Haydel and Evergreen by his brother Chrisophe in the 1780s or '90s. Christophe's daughter Magdelaine, the widow of Pierre Antoine Becnel, acquired full ownership of the plantation in 1801 from her sister Françoise, wife of Pierre Marmillon. One of Magdelaine's sons, Drozin, and his wife both died of smallpox in 1804, leaving their son Pierre Clidamant Becnel in his grandmother's care. On her death in 1830, Pierre Clidamant gained full ownership of the plantation by purchasing the interest of the other of his grandmother's heirs.

Reference: Samuel Jr. Wilson, "The Building Contract for Evergreen Plantation, 1832", Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association Vol. 31, No. 4 (Winter, 1990): pages 399-406.

Residence:
Listed in 1784 census of the Second Coast of the Germans, with wife Charlote Ouvre, no children; living with Jorge Haydelle and Marguerite Bossie.

Jean married Charlotte Huber on 21 Feb 1751/52 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA. Charlotte (daughter of Jean Huber and Anne Reusch) was born about 1736 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Jul 1800 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 15 Nov 1702, Neunkirchen, Mayence, Germany
• Residence: 12 Nov 1724, German Coast, Louisiana, USA; Village of Hoffen

Notes:

Name:
Sometimes Aydelle, Hedelle, Haydelle, Etdelle, and now Haydel.

Residence:
Ambros Heidel (Haydel), of Neukirchen, electorate of Mayence. Catholic; 22 years old. Baker. His wife; his brother, 18 years old; his brother-in-law, aged 13, crippled. One and a half year on the place. "Good worker, very much at ease." One pig.

Ambros married Anna Margarethe Schaf before 1720 in Germany. Anna (daughter of Jacob Schaf and Anna Maria Foltzlouer) was born about 1706 in Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 10 Dec 1778 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May 31, 1774, sold a farm to Louis Girard Pellerin (Les Voyagers XVI, 1995," 117)

Other Events:

• Residence: Louisiana, USA

Antoine married Laurence Delille Gauchette about 1751. Laurence was born in 1729 in Montmélian, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Jan 1808 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]