Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events:

• Residence: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Route 1 Box 265
• Baptism: 30 Mar 1908, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church
• Residence: 1910, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1930, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Residence: 1935, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1940, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Obituary:
Mr. Louis J. Dufilho
Funeral services for Louis J. Dufilho, 77, of Opelousas will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church with burial to follow in Bellevue Cemetery.
Mr. Dufilho died at 9:21 a.m. Friday at Opelousas General Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Celeste St. Amand Dufilho of Opelousas; one son, Harold Dufilho of Picayune, Miss.; four daughters, Mrs. Joe (Anna) Stelly of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Mervin (Gloria) Sonnier of Norman, Ok., Mrs. Edwin (Rose) Hollier and Mrs. Donald (Beverly) Fontenot, both of Opelousas; three brothers, George and Gerald Dufilho of Opelousas and Eugene Dufilho of Bay St. Louis, Miss; two sisters, Mrs. Netti Burleigh and Mrs. Ida Russ, both of Opelousas, 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Dufilho was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church and former owner and operator of the Fontenot Supply House. He was a Woodsman of the World, a member of the Hope, Hook and Ladder Fire Company, and the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association.
The funeral home will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and will re-open at 8 a.m. Monday until time of services. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the United Heart Fund. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home, Old Sunset Road, is in charge of all arrangements.

Baptism:
Sponsors Marshall Hollier and Mabel Hollier.

Buried:
GPS (lat/lon): 30.4635, -92.1005

Louis married Celeste St. Amand on 14 Oct 1933 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Celeste (daughter of Paul St. Amand and Isabella Louisette Luminais) was born on 11 Nov 1915 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Nov 1994 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Residence: 1940, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 24; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 49-7; GradeCompleted: High School, 4th year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife

Notes:

Obituary:
Celeste Dufilho
Funeral services for Celeste Dufilho will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church with burial to follow at Bellevue Memorial Park here. Fr. Michael Russo will conduct the service.
Visitation will be held at Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and will continue on Wednesday at 8 a.m. until the time of the service.
Ms. Dufilho, a resident of Opelousas, died on Sunday, Nov. 20, at Doctors’ Hospital in Opelousas at 1:40 p.m. She was a member of Hope, Hook, and Ladder Ladies Auxiliary, Woodman of the World, Our Lady of Mercy Altar Society and a former member of the Cow Belles.
Survivors include: four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Anna) Stelly of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Mervin (Gloria) Sonnier of Norman, Oklahoma, Mrs. Edwin (Rose) Hollier of Opelousas and Mrs. Donald D. (Beverly) Fontenot of DeRidder; one son, Harold Dufilho of Seattle, Washington; one sister, Mrs. Kirby (Carmen) Fontenot of Opelousas; two brothers, James “Jimmy” Fontenot and Alex St. Armand, both of Opelousas; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of the arrangements.


Buried:
GPS (lat/lon): 30.4635, -92.1005

Notes:

Married:
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Residence: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: 332 S Lombard St
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1911, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Occupation: Clerk
• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1930, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Residence: 1956, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: 332 S. Lombard
• Residence: 1960, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 322 Lombard Street
• Residence: 1964, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 332 Lombard Street
• Obituary: 22 Apr 1964

Notes:

May have moved to Lombard Street in the early 1930s.

Residence:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.596585,-92.082253&spn=0.020945,0.042272&gl=us&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=15

Obituary:
Rites Today for John M. Dufilho, Retired Farmer
Funeral services for John M. Dufilho, 91, of 332 Lombard St., will be held at 4 p. m. today at a low. Mass at St. Landry Catholic Church.
Burial will be In Bellevue Memorial Park, under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home.
Dufilho died at 4:55 p. m. Tuesday at St. Landry Clinic. He had been ill six years.
Dufilho, a retired farmer, was a native of New Orleans. He came to Opelousas as a child, 82 years ago.
He is survived by his wife, the former Annie Hinckley of Opelousas; six sons, Johnnie, Louis, Peyton and Gerald Dufilho, all of Opelousas; George Dufilho of Los Angeles, Calif., and Eugene Dufilho of Clermont Harbor, Miss.; and two daughters, Mrs. Havard Burleigh of Clermont Harbor, and Mrs. Horace Ross [Russ] of Houston, Tex.
Also surviving are three brothers, Charles and Roger Dufilho, both of Opelousas, and Joseph Dufilho of Houma, 11 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

Buried:
GPS (lat/lon): 30.46417, -92.09983

John married Anna Catherine Hinckley on 21 Mar 1900 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Anna (daughter of Orramel Strong Hinckley and Mary Aurore Latour) was born on 14 Nov 1881 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 14 Mar 1966 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Between Vine & South on Lombard St
• Baptism: 13 Sep 1882, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
• Residence: 1900, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1920, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1930, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Residence: 1930, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Obituary: 15 Mar 1966, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Name:
Anna Catherine/Kathryn

Obituary:
Mrs. John Dufilho Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. John Dufilho, 84, of 323 S. Lombard St., were held at 10 a. m. Tuesday at St. Landry Catholic Church. Burial was in the church cemetery [sic, actual burial in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery], under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dufilho died at 1:30 a.m. Monday at St. Landry Clinic following a week's illness.
The former Anna Kathryn Hinckley, she was born Nov. 14, 1881, in Washington. She was a member of a prominent St. Landry Parish family.
Surviving Mrs. Dufilho are six sons, Johnny, Louis, Peyton, and Gerald Dufilho, all of Opelousas, George Dufilho of Los Angeles, Calif., and Eugene Dufilho of Clermont Harbor, Miss.; and two daughters, Mrs. Harris Russ of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Havard Burleigh of Clermont Harbor.
Also surviving are one sister, Miss Edna Hinckley of Arnaudville, 11 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

Buried:
GPS (lat/lon): 30.46417, -92.09983

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses:
A. L. Hollier - Arthur Louis Hollier, Lilly Ann's grandfather.
A. M. Hollier - Adolphe Marshall Hollier. Adolphe married Antoinia Dufilho, John Marie's sister.
U. L. Hinckley - I think this may be Arthur L. Hinckley, Anna’s brother. It is possible the “U” was incorrectly transcribed. A. L. Hinckley appears as a witness on the marriage license I have from the court house.
M. J. Dufilho - Maurice Joseph (Jean Marie’s brother)

‘Kidnapped,’ Says He After Fifty Years
[Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 19 March 1950, p. 4] John M. Dufilho figures today it turned out great, even though his wife “just kidnapped” him into marrying her 50 years ago. “I was at a dance,” Mr. Dufilho explained “standing around when all of a sudden a pink rose bud hit me on the chest.
“That was the beginning of a different courtship and 50 years of married life.”
Well-known and beloved Mr. and Mrs. Dufilho, who have spent the greater part of their life right here in Opelousas, are celebrating today their anniversary.
TELLS ALL
The operating part of this apparent conspiracy admits, that maybe there is something with a twinkle In her eye, to it.
“I knew he was the one for me the first moment I saw him, and so I set my hat for him,” Mrs. Dufilho confides.
He was 23 years old and she only 13 when the courtship began.
“I thought she was just a little girl and didn’t know what she wanted, so I started being nice to her -taking her to dances and all,” he relates.
WAS HE FOOLED
He tried to be a guardian to her, introducing her to nice boys, and in reality, trying to find a man for her. But he didn’t know how set she was, until, he didn’t see her for one year
WRITES HIS MOTHER
Undaunted, the pretty dark-haired dark-eyed girl, wrote his mother. “That’s when I gave up my idea of wanting to be a bachelor and started, to my amazement, thinking that perhaps married life wouldn’t be too bad.”
WED IN 1900
Their wedding was held in the Opelousas Catholic church on March 20. 1900. Mrs. Dufilho was the former Miss Catherine Ann Hinckley, and she had been born in Opelousas Mr. Dufilho. however was born in New Orleans and came to Opelousas in the year 1882, and it is considered a coincidence by the couple, for it was in this very year that Mrs. Dufilho was born.
“IT WAS FAITH”
“It was faith-he just had to come to me.” Mrs. Dufilho teased. as she smiled at her husband
HAD 9 CHILDREN
They had nine children, seven boys and two girls. One of their boys was killed at Pearl Harbor.
Mrs. Dufilho on telling about her children, told of a very odd thing that has happened. Two of her children, the oldest and youngest have never seen each other. George, the oldest, went to California when he was about 29 years old; and the baby Gerald, was only a few months old.
Since then, both have been busy and have never had a chance to visit each other. On this day. with their children, grandchildren (nine), and great-grandchildren (two); this scribe would like to take her hat off to them.
MET LIFE BRAVELY
They have met life bravely and hive received its reward of a happy life together. “We’ve always been very close to each other, sharing sorrow and joy alike; and to be truthful we have never stayed away from each other in vexation for even one-half hour, Mrs. Dufilho proudly said.
CHILDREN
Their children are: George Dufilho of California, Mrs. Havard Burleigh of Mississippi, John Dufilho, Mrs. Gayheart Shute of Houston. Tex., Louis, Eugene and Gerald Dufilho.

John Dufilhos are Married 64 years
[Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 20 March 1964, p. 5]
Mr. and Mrs. John Dufilho, 332 S. Lombard St., are today observing their 64th wedding anniversary. The couple was married March 20. 1000, at St. Landry Catholic Church In Opelousas.
The couple will observe the day quietly because Mr. Dufilho has been ill with pneumonia. He was moved last night from St. Landry Clinic to his home so he and Mrs. Dufilho could spend their anniversary together at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dufilho are the parents of six sons and two daughters -- Johnny Dufilho, Louis Dufilho, Peyton Dufilho and Gerald Dufilho all of Opelousas, George Dufilho of Narwalk [Norwalk], Calif., Mrs. Havard Burleigh and Eugene Dufilho, both of Clermont Harbor, Miss., and Mrs. H. A. Russ of Houston, Tex.
Another son, 1/Lt. [1st Lieutenant] Marlon Dufilho, lost his life In the war.

St. Landry Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Baptism: 31 Aug 1878, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
• Residence: 1900, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5

Notes:

Another note also lists a birth date of 25 June 1878.

Residence:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.596585,-92.082253&spn=0.020945,0.042272&gl=us&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=15

Buried:
Paul St. Amand's grave headstone bears only the name "St. Amand" as of 22 Oct 2011.

Section 10, Plot 1664

Died:
Dysentery/Influenza

Paul married Isabella Louisette Luminais on 1 Aug 1904 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Isabella (daughter of Alexander Luminais and Marie Celeste Trepagnier) was born on 22 Feb 1879 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 3 Jul 1946 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7
• Residence: 1920, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 5
• Residence: 1937, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Obituary: 4 Jul 1946, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Residence:
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Obituary:
Mrs. P. St. Amand Funeral Rites Are Held Today
Funeral services were scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today at the St. Landry Catholic church in Opelousas for Mrs. Paul St. Amand, the former Louise Luminais, who passed away at her home yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock, at the age of 67.
Mrs. St. Amand was born in New Orleans on Feb. 22, 1879 and removed to Opelousas in 1903, where she resided until her death. Mr. St Amand died here about 24 years ago.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Walter Baillio, Mrs. Kirby Fontenot, Mrs. Louis Dufilho of Opelousas, and Mrs. Richard Gunnar, Peoria. Ill.; three sons, James, Alex, and Paul, all of Opelousas; one sister, Miss Estelle Luminais, New Orleans; 21 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Interment will take place in the adjacent cemetery with the Lafond Funeral home in charge.
[Source: “Mrs. P. St. Amand Funeral Rites Are Held Today,” Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 4 July 1946, p. 14, col. 1.]

Buried:
Inscription:
Louise L. St. Amand
Feb. 22, 1879
July 3, 1946
Mother

Section 7

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Right Bank of Mississippi River
• Residence: 1870, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Ward 1
• Residence: 1920, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Obituary: Mar 1925

Notes:

Charles' first wife died just after the birth of their first child, Emma. He was a small stern man who spoke only French and wore a goatee.

Obituary:
50 Years Ago
CLARION-PROGRESS
March 7, 1925
PIONEER CITIZEN ANSWERS LAST CALL - Charles R. Dufilho, aged 82 years, 5 months, died at the family residence on the Opelousas-Washington highway Sunday morning at 10:50 o’clock, following illness of two months.
Mr. Dufilho was one of the best known citizens of St. Landry and for many years was a leading planter of the Ville Platte secition [sic], having come here some forty years ago and settling on a large farm just across the Evangeline parish line near DeBaillion’s bridge. He was married to Antoinette DeBaillion, daughter of Dr. Louis DeBaillion, leading physician of the Plaisance-Ville Platte prairie portion of the imperial parish. He (Continued on Page 5) is survived by his widow and ten children, Mrs. Gober Quirk of Washington. Mrs. Lambert, Miss Jane Dufilho, and John Dufilho, of Opelousas; Mrs. A. M. Hollier Port Arthur; M. J. Dufilho, Houston; Mrs. O. B. Richard, Port Arthur; R. M. and Chas. Dufilho, Opelousas and Joseph A. Dufilho, of Eunice.

Died:
Actual date of death may be 28 Feb 1925, as shown in his obituary. However, the date listed on the official death certificate is 2 Mar 1925.

Charles married Marie Antoinette Debaillon on 13 May 1867 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Dr. Louis Debaillon and Aimee Toledano) was born on 30 Dec 1850 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 5 Jul 1940 in Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Ward 4
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Ward 1
• Residence: 1920, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1930, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Obituary: 6 Jul 1940, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Obituary: 8 Jul 1940

Notes:

Obituary:
Funeral Rites Conducted For Mrs. Dufilho Today
The death of Mrs. Marie Antoinette de Baillion, widow of the late Charles Dufilho, occurred yesterday morning at 8:13 o'clock at the home of her son, Charles Dufilho, on the Washington highway. The funeral took place from the residence of her son, Charles Dufilho, this morning at 8:30 with services at the St. Landry Catholic church and interment in the Catholic cemetery here. Lafond and Son in charge.
The deceased was in her ninetieth year and is survived by a large family: five daughters, Mrs. D. J. Quirk of Washington; Mrs. S. Lambert of Los Angeles, Calif; Mrs. A. M. Hollier of Port Arthur, Tex.; Miss Jeanne Dufilho of Opelousas; Mrs. O. B. Richard of Port Arthur, Tex.
Five sons: John Dufilho of Opelousas, M. J. Dufilho of Houston, Tex.; Roger M. Dufilho of Opelousas; Joseph Dufilho of Houma and Charles J. Dufilho of Opelousas.
Twenty-six grand-children, thirty-six great grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Obituary:
MRS. CHARLES DUFILHO
Opelousas, La, July 8-Funeral services were held Saturday morning for Mrs. Charles Dufilho, 89, who died Friday at the home of her son, Charles Dufilho. Jr, near Washington, La. Services were held at the Opelousas Catholic church and interment was at the local Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Dufilho had been in poor health for some time. The daughter of the late Dr. Louis de Baillon of St. Landry and Annie Toledano de Baillon of New Orleans, she spent a great part of her time In New Orleans, but had resided in St. Landry for the past 45 or 50 years. Surviving are five sons and five daughters: Charles, "Roger and
John Dufilho of Opelousas, M. D. Dufilho of Houston, Tex, and Joseph Dufilho of Houma; Miss Jeanne Dufilho of Opelousas, Mrs. J. Quirk of Washington. Mrs. S. Lambert of Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. A. M. Hollier and Mrs. O. B. Richard, both of Port Arthur, Tex.: 26 grandchildren: 36 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Notes:

Married:
Charles Dufilho and Marie Antoinette Debaillon Marriage

[Original in French]
Etat de Louisiane
1867 - 13 mai
Paroisse de St Landry Opelousas
Le treize mai de l’année mil huit cent soixante sept,
Vu la licence de l’honorable juge, et n’ayant trouvé aucun empêchement
Canonique ou civil, et après la publication des bans
Je soussigné prêtre assistant de la dite paroisse
Ai uni par les liens sacrés du mariage Charles Dufilho fils légitime
De Edmond Dufilho et de Odeide Drouet et
Marie Antoinette Debaillon, fille légitime de
Louis Debaillon et de Aimée Toledano, et
Leur ai donné la bénédiction nuptiale.
Les parties ayant donné leur consentement mutuel en présence des témoins voulus par
La loi, qui ont signé avec moi, ainsi que les époux.
[Signatures]

[English Translation]
On the thirteenth of May of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, having regard to the license of the honorable judge, and having found no canonical or civil impediment, and after the publication of the banns.
I, the undersigned assistant priest of the said parish, have united by the sacred bonds of marriage Charles Dufilho, legitimate son of Edmond Dufilho and Odeide Drouet, and Marie Antoinette Debaillon, legitimate daughter of Louis Debaillon and Aimée Toledano, and gave them the nuptial blessing.
The parties who have given their mutual consent in the presence of the witnesses required by law, who have signed with me, as well as the spouses.
[Signatures]

[Source: St. Landry Catholic Church (Opelousas, Louisiana), Marriages, vol. D, p. 283 (1867), Charles Dufilho and Marie Antoinette Debaillon; Diocese of Lafayette Archives; copy privately held by Mark Edwin Hollier, 2020.]
[Transcription and Translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Hollier, 2020.]

Marriage License:
Marie Antionette was a 16 year-old student at the convent in Grand Coteau when Charles DUFILHO. Dr. Louis DEBAILLION arranged the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Charles.

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: 1850, St Charles, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Records of St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA

Ernest married Marie Alix Lambert on 18 Dec 1866 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Zephirin Lambert and Celeste Roy) was born on 5 Feb 1847 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 Jul 1916 in Plaisance, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

[StAmand.GED]

Sometimes Alex?

Obituary:
Died at 3:15 this afternoon, Mrs. Ernest A. St. Amand aged 69 years, 4 months, and 17 days. The funeral will take place from the family residence near Plaisance,a t 9 o'clock tomorrow, Sunday morning. Services at the Catholic Church in Opelousas at 11 o'clock and internment in the Catholic Cemetery. July 22, 1916.

Notes:

Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; Ward 5
• Residence: 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7
• Residence: 1910, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7

Notes:

Residence: 11 February 1915, 1538, North Conti St., New Orleans Louisiana.

Buried:
Masicot-Montegue Tomb

Alexander married Marie Celeste Trepagnier on 29 Oct 1855 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Pierre Hébert Trepagnier and Marie Therese Ermantine Boudousquie) was born on 29 Oct 1841 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 Apr 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Language: French
• Residence: 1850, St James, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; Ward 5
• Residence: 1900, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7
• Residence: 1910, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7

Notes:

Derived from Trèpagny (Old Families of Louisiana: by Stanly C. Arthur).

Other Events:

• Baptism: 13 Apr 1817, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Probate: 6 May 1845, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Baptism:
[Original in Spanish]
Edmundo Dufilho y Bozonier de Marmillon [side note]
Dia trece de Abril de esse año, de mil ochocientos y dies y siete : Yo fratelo Antonio
De Sedella, Religioso capucino, cura de esta yglesia Parrogiale de San Luis del Nuevo Orleans
Bauticé y puse los santos olios a un niño, que nacio el dia ocho de Julio del ano
Proximo pasado, de mil ochocientos y dies y seis, hijo legitimo de Don Luis
Dufilho, natural de Miranda en Gascona y de Doña Delfina Bozonier de
Marmillon, natural de la Parroquia de Saint Juan Bautista segunda costa
De Alemanes, y ambos vecinos de esta ciudad : Abuelos paternos Don Juan Dufilho
y Doña Juana Maria Bonnet: Abuelos maternos don Pedro Bozonier de
Marmillon y Doña Francisca Haydel ; en el qual ? exerci ? las Sacras
ceremonias y preces, y le puse por nombre, Edmundo; fueron sus padrinos
el joven Edmundo Bozonier de Marmillon y demoiselle Sophia Dufilho,
a quienes adverti el parentesco espiritual ; y para que conste, la firmé
[Signature] Fr. Antonio de Sedella

[English Translation]
On the thirteenth day of April of that year, eighteen hundred and seventeen: I, Brother Antonio de Sedella, Capuchin monk, priest of this Parish Church of Saint Louis of New Orleans, baptized and put the Holy Oil to a child, who was born on day eight of July of the past year, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen [8 July 1816], legitimate son of Don Luis Dufilho, a native of Mirande in Gascony and of Doña Delfina Bozonier de Marmillon, a native of the Parish of Saint John the Baptist Second, German Coast, and both neighbors of this city: paternal grandparents Don Juan Dufilho and Doña Juana Maria Bonnet: maternal grandparents Pierre Bozonier Marmillion and Doña Francisca Haydel; in which I exercised the sacred ceremonies and prayers, and I named him Edmund; His godparents were the young Edmundo Bozonier de Marmillon and demoiselle Sophia Dufilho, to whom I reminded spiritual kinship; and for the record, I signed it
[Signature] Fr. Antonio de Sedella

[Source: St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans, Louisiana), Baptisms, vol. 8, p. 103, no. 537, Edmundo Dufilho (1817); copy of original register, Office of Archives and Records, Archdiocese of New Orleans; copy privately held by Mark Edwin Hollier, Opelousas, Louisiana, 2020; transcription and translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Edwin Hollier, 2020.]

Buried:
DUFILHO
Edmond
le 8 Juillet 1816
decede le 28 Oct. 1844

SQUARE 1, AISLE 2 EAST, GPS (lat/lon): 29.96167097, -90.07435067

Edmond married Odeide Drouet. Odeide (daughter of Edmond Drouet and Arsene Leocadia Toledano) was born on 4 Jan 1822 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 13 Dec 1894 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Dec 1894 in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Feb 1823, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Residence: 1850, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Right Bank of Mississippi River
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Name:
Adelaide/Odeide/Odile

Buried:
Odeide Drouet
L’an 1894 le quatorze décembre j’ai donné
La sépulture ecclésiastique à Odeide Drouet Vve en son
Vivant d’Edmond Trouard décédée subitement hier
Matin âgée de soixante treize ans et dix mois.
[Signature]

In 1894, on December 14, I gave the ecclesiastical burial to Odeide Drouet, widow during his lifetime of Edmond Trouard, who died suddenly yesterday morning aged seventy-three years and ten months.

[Transcription and Translation by Jeff Vinuesa, Mark Hollier]
[Source: St. Landry Catholic Church (Opelousas, Louisiana), Burials, vol. 3, p. 62 (1894), Odeide Drouet; copy of original register supplied by Candace Brunet, Associate Archivist, Diocese of Lafayette Archives; copy privately held by Mark Edwin Hollier, Opelousas, Louisiana, 2020; Diocese of Lafayette Archives.]


Died:
This date needs to be verified.

Other Events:

• Baptism: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1853, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Ward 4
• Residence: 1880, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 7th Ward

Notes:

LOUIS DEBAILLON, M. D., Ville Platte. Dr. Louis Debaillon is a retired physician of Ville Platte. He is a native of St. Landry parish, born October 4, 1810. His father, Jean Marie Debaillon, was a native of France, born in Paris in 1783. He removed to Louisiana and located in St. Landry parish when a young man, where he became a leading citizen. He represented St. Landry parish in the Legislature for a number of terms. Before he came to America he had served in the French Navy. He became one of the most extensive and wealthy planters of St. Landry parish before his death, in 1838. The mother of Dr. Debaillon died in 1834.

Dr. Louis Debaillon is the oldest of a family of nine children. He was for five years a student of Emmetsburg College, Maryland, and subsequently pursued a course of medicine in the Medical College of Paris, from which institution he received his degree. He began his professional career in St. Landry parish, in 1836, and was engaged in active practice until 1889, when, feeling the weight of his years, he retired from his professional duties.

Dr. Debaillon was married in 1838, to Miss Amy Toledano, a native of Louisiana, born in New Orleans, 1822. They became the parents of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters. The doctor has prospered financially, and owns considerable property in St. Landry parish.

The subject's maternal grandfather, Fontenot, was one of the first settlers of St. Landry parish, and the only man at that time who spoke English. He also spoke the Indian language fluently.

Mrs. Dr. Debaillon died in this parish in 1887. She was a member of the Catholic church.

Source: William Henry Perrin, Southwest Louisiana, Biographical and Historical (New Orleans: The Gulf Publishing Company, 1891), 34. openlibrary.org.

Louis married Aimee Toledano on 31 Mar 1838 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Aimee (daughter of Christoval Ignacio Toledano and Basilice Barbay) was born on 10 Apr 1821 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 9 Oct 1887 in Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Ville Platte, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 24 Mar 1822, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Residence: 1853, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Ward 4
• Residence: 1880, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; 7th Ward
• Probate: 21 Oct 1887, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Court House

Notes:

Buried:
Toledano, Aimee
epouse du Dr. Louis de Baillon
decedee le 8 Octobre 1887
l'age de 66 ans et 6 mois

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.

_________________
_________________

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.
______________________

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

Other Events:

• Residence: 1840, St Charles, Louisiana, USA; Right Bank of The Mississippi
• Residence: 1850, St Charles, Louisiana, USA

Onesime married Josephine Boudousquie. Josephine was born in 1820 in Louisiana, USA; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Charles, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Charles, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

[StAmand.GED]

Also BOURDOUSYNE.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Dec 1804, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: 26 Dec 1855, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription:
Zephirin Lambert
ne le 4 Oct. 1804?
decede le 30 Mai 1855

Section 10, Plot 1659, GPS (lat/lon): 30.54183, -92.078

Zephirin married Celeste Roy on 19 Aug 1828 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Celeste (daughter of Jean Baptiste Noel Roy and Francoise Doucet) was born about 1807 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Notes:

Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Baptism: 18 Sep 1804, Bouin, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
• Residence: 1860, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Anacharsis Albanne Luminais (son of Laurent Alexandre Luminais and Marie Magdelaine Burgaud des Bouchauds) was born 18 April 1796 in Bouin, Vendeé, France. Birth certificate states "vingt-neuf germinal, quatriéme année Republicaine" as date of birth., and died 2 October 1867 in New Orleans, La. at his residence, the corner of St. Anne and Romain St.

The following is from the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office (http://stjohnsheriff.org/general.php?id=132):

Sheriff Anacharsis Luminais
Served in office 1828 - 1852

The following are excerpts from a manuscript by Lynn Louque, 3 rue Rapine,44210 Pornic France; entitled Des Luminais, A Historical Perspective of Anacharsis Luminais and his Family. Sheriff Anacharsis Luminais was a great great great grandfather of Lynn Louque who provided the below information.

The newspaper "L'Avant-Coureur" of New Orleans, on Saturday 12 October 1867 carried the following obituary;

"On 2 October Mr. Anacharsis Luminais died in New Orleans, at the age of seventy-three years. Born in Nantes, France Mr. Luminais left his country in 1816 because the restoration of the Bourbons was repulsive to his liberal opinions. He came to St. John the Baptiste at the same time as Father Mina and Dr. Haudressy, two other distinguished gentleman who have passed away in recent years. Mr. Luminais allied himself with a créole family when he married a Miss Trouard. He was sheriff for twenty-two years of St. John the Baptiste and St. Charles when these parishes were called the "Côte des Allemands". He was, in his public and private life, a man of irreproachable character and integrity. We hear time and again, talk of his generosity and kindness. Impoverished by the exercise of his noble qualities, he did not always find in his old age the recognition which was rightly his."

Anacharsis Albanne Luminais was born on 18 April 1796 (according to his birth certificate, "vingt-neuf germinal, quatrième année républicaine") in Bouin, France. At this time the town of Bouin was located on an island of the same name in the Vendeé region, on the western coast of France. Today, the island is surrounded on three sides by agricultural fields reclaimed from the sea by a series of dikes and canals. Born just after the height of the revolutionary excesses, most of his formative years were spent in the glory of the Empire. He was the fourth born, son of Laurent Alexandre Luminais and Marie Magdelaine Burgaud des Bouchauds. His name is a legacy of pre-Revolutionary French society's fascination with Classical Greek and Roman revivalism. He and his brothers were named after Greek and Roman Republic heroes.

There is an empty space for Anacharsis and his time in New Orleans, from 1816 until 1824. It is possible that he travelled from New Orleans to Martinique and Saint Domingue as a merchant. I have not located any records for him in St. John Parish until 1824 when he signed a procuration to his uncle Rene Luminais to settle his affairs in the succession of his mother who died in 1821. He continued to live in St. John, because he was appointed deputy sheriff on 21 May 1827, and also served as parish Treasurer. He was elected as Sheriff of St. John in 1828 and served until 1854, longer than any other Sheriff. He owned a small plantation directly across the river from Antione Boudousquie's plantation which he sold sometime prior to the Civil War, when he moved to New Orleans after he retired as Sheriff.

"Other distinguished members of his family in France are the Representative Luminais elected by the district of Indre-et-Loire to the Constituional Convention of 1848 and probably also the painter of Breton culture, Evariste-Vidal Luminais." (Translation of the French original)

Anacharsis's father, Laurent Alexandre Luminais and his uncles, Michel Pierre, and René Laurent, were educated in the principles of the Age of Reason. They were members of a generation of Frenchmen who believed in the Greek ideal of a statesmen as portrayed in the Century of Alexander. Their father Michel Luminay, Sieur des Cloudis, Procureur du Roi for the Isle of Bouin, raised his sons in a time of Greco-Roman revival in arts, literature, and politics. He held the equivalent position of District Attorney for the King from 1769 until he died in 1781. He was a lawyer and before becoming the Procureur for Bouin served as "Sénéchal" in the town of les Moutiers, and became "Marguillier en charge" of the town of Bougneuf in 1751. These positions were of a mid-level bureaucrat for the king's interest in these regions, an Officer of the king's court similar to Assistant D.A., Bailiff, and chief tax collector all in one. He also wrote the local "bulletins" which served as a kind of the local newspaper, although this position seemed to be of his own ambition since he wasn't paid to do it.

The house, "maison du Martinet" in which Anacharsis Luminais was born, is still in standing in Bouin and is today a Hotel-Restaurant. It was built by his maternal Great-Grandfather Jean François Burgaud, sieur des Bouchards, about 1715. Jean François Burgaud was an armateur (he owned ships), merchant, and ship's Captain who made a fortune trading slaves to the French Antilles and Louisiana in the late 1600's and early 1700's. His son, Jean Baptiste Burgaud, born in this house in 1720, inherited his father's title, sieur des Bouchards, occupation, as well as the house after his father died in 1743. Anacharsis's mother, Marie Magdelaine Burgaud, was born there in 1766. The house became the property of Laurent Alexandre Luminais and his wife Marie-Magdelaine Burgaud des Bouchards, on 26 October 1783. Three of Marie Burgaud's brothers, one sister, and a brother-in-law were killed by royalist forces during the revolt in the Vendée, in March 1793. Only she and her younger brother Thomas were not murdered.

Anacharsis was baptised "Alphonse" in Bouin on 18 September 1804 after Napoleon established a quasi-normal relationship with the Catholic Church and was crowned Emperor by Pope Pius VII. This was in fact an early form of public relations showmanship on the part of local public officials, in this case Laurent Alexandre Luminais, supporting the new Franco-Vatican partnership. Baptized along with Anacharsis, were his brother Achilles (Napoleon) age 9, Virginie (Marie-Magdelaine-Octavie) age 7, and Cornélie, age 6. The same day in Bouin at least a half dozen more boys were baptized "Napoleon."

On 7 August 1811 Anacharsis began his second year at the college in St. Jean de Monts where his father owned a home and had been a Judge. One of fifty students who studied through the "bienfaisance d'Empereur", he was enrolled in a classic educational course of grammar, mathematics and Greek and Latin languages . This scholastic regime was the normal foundation for a career in law. Many of his classmates went on to become lawyers and politicians in France. In June 1813 after completion of his fourth year of college, instead of a career in law and perhaps to evade military service, he became a pilotin (an apprentice officer, a pilot) on a merchant vessel owned by Ulrich-Auguste Pelloutier , a friend, business associate and next door neighbor of his uncle, René Laurent Luminais. Anacharsis' three older brothers were already in the service of the Emperor Napoleon; Alexandre was a surgeon in the Navy, aboard a ship moored in Brest. Achille and Aubin Brutus Luminais were in the Army on their way to the Austrian frontier to fight in the "Saxon Campaign".

Anacharsis Luminais went to America at least once before he decided to stay there. In 1815, on the maiden voyage of the L'Atalante, he served as an apprentice pilot, sailing from Nantes in April to Saint Domingue, then on to New Orleans. On this voyage he met Mr. Charles Hardy de Boisblanc (fils) who sailed with him on the return voyage to Nantes. Charles Hardy's grandfather, Pierre, was originally from la Rochelle, owned a number of ships and became rich trading in slaves. Pierre Hardy's wife was Louise Taton from Martinique. The friendship with the younger Charles Hardy connected Anacharsis not only to important business interests in New Orleans but also many powerful families connected by blood and marriage, including his future father-in-law, Louis Jacques Trouard the son of Judge Achille Trouard. Charles Hardy (senior) was married to Marienne Constance Chauvin de Léry. Her brother married Adéle Trouard, Achille's daughter, and Marienne's cousin, Eliza Chauvin de Léry, married Prosper (Louis Alexandre) Trouard, Achille's nephew.

There is a note to the 1815 voyage of the L'Atalante. Anacharsis is recorded as being a "pilotin" with one previous voyage. I have not been able to locate that previous ship's manifest on which Anacharsis served. Perhaps he sailed from another port instead of Nantes.

When the manifest for the 1816 voyage was recorded, Alexandre Luminais, Anacharsis's older brother was signed on as Ship's surgeon. They sailed to St. Domingue, then to New Orleans, where on the 23 of July 1816, Anacharsis is recorded as having deserted ship in New Orleans. Alexandre would also stay in New Orleans, for the reason of being too sick to make the voyage back to France. He would eventually go to St. Pierre, Martinique where he became the Minister of Health and ran the hospital there until he died on 25 June, 1835. It is possible that many of the passengers and crew were sick on this voyage, because when they arrived in Saint Domingue there were some desertions and a death, then in New Orleans nine other crewmen also deserted before the ship sailed back to France, after having signed on new crew members.

There are family histories that concern Anacharsis that have some relevance. From different family lines of his children it is said he was a gambler. He loved to play cards. He probably travelled up and down the river on the Riverboats. I have located a document that indicates he sold some property in the center of New Orleans, which he managed to acquire illegally along with his brother-in-law, Caliste Trouard. It seems they took a marker from a man in a card game who used his wife's property as collateral. Anacharsis and Caliste won the game and the property but had to relinquish control of the property because of this technicality.

Anacharsis is also said because of his position and business interests to have been challenged and participated in a number of duals. One, in which he chose the double-bladed, French war axe as his weapon of choice, his challenger never showed up. I also heard that either his father, brother or some other relatives from France visited him and he visited members of his family. I have not located voyages for these, but because of the correspondence and documents that his brother Alexandre visited him and possibly his cousin the painter, Evariste Luminais. His father died before he came to America.

When Anacharsis died in 1867, he still owned three estates in France, which were inherited from his mother and father. He rented these farms and received an income form them all of his life in Louisiana. The children of Anacharsis appointed someone to go to France in 1872, and sell these properties and the money was divided among the surviving children and grandchildren in New Orleans.

Anacharsis married 17 Feb. 1827, Jeanne Clara Trouard, the daughter of Louis Jacques Trouard and Marie Louise de L'Homme. They had 18 children including two sets of twins, only 9 of whom survived to be adults.

Jean Baptiste, 1828-1829
Louis Anacharsis, 1829-1831
Victorine Zoë, 1829-1871, married 29 May 1848, Pierre Edmond Bozenier Marmillion, ,
----------began building the "San Francisco House" plantation. Pierre died in 1854.
Marie Magdelaine 1830-1831
Jean Baptiste Florestan 1830-died before 1840
Clara Charlotte, 1832-1843
Lise Augustine, 1834-1867, married 15 Apr. 1857, Jacques Lucien Masicot
Alexandre, 1835-1915, married 29 Oct. 1855, Marie Celeste Trépagnier, daughter of Pierre
----Hérbert Trépagnier and Marie Therese Ermantine Boudousquie (This is my family line)
Marie Delphine, 1836-died before 1840.
Marie Hedvige, 1837-died before 1840.
Gustave Louis, 1838-died after 1891
Adrien, 1840-1853
François Anacharsis, 1842-1883, married 18 Feb. 1867, Louise Anna Delery.
Edgard Alphonse, 1844-1897, married Marie Eugenie Castera
Jules Albanne, 1846-1853
Jean Fernand Albanne, 1848-1884
Ernest Joseph, 1851-1872
Julia Marie, 1854-1933, Married 24 Apr. 1876, Dr. Oscar Rosenorn Lanng

Baptism:
Given the Christian name of Alphonse.

Buried:
Massicot Family tomb

Anacharsis married Jeanne Clara Trouard on 17 Feb 1827 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Jeanne (daughter of Louis Jacques Francois Trouard and Marie Louise Elise de l'Homme) was born on 2 Sep 1809 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Jun 1890 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1870, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 7

Pierre married Marie Therese Ermantine Boudousquie on 8 Sep 1840 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Jean Baptiste Zenon Boudousquie and Céleste Méschin St. Martin) was born on 1 Jan 1818 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Aug 1878 in Reserve, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Sep 1778, Mirande, Gers, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Residence: 1810, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Chartres Street
• Residence: 1820, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: Between 1823 and 1824, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Will: 30 Sep 1823
• Obituary: 6 Oct 1823, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Le Courrier de la Louisiane

Notes:

Baptism:
[Original in French]
L'an mil sept cent soixante dixhuit le mardi 1er de Septembre est né, et le lendemain a été baptisé dans l'église de Mirande Louis Dufilhol fils au Sr Jean Dufilhol et à Jeanne Marie Bonnet mariés ensemble dans la presente ville. Parrein le Sr Meliton Bonnet, frere de lepouse. Marraine Marianne Dufilhol soeur du pere signés avec moi [signatures]
[English Translation]
In the year seventeen hundred seventy-eight, on Tuesday, first day of September, was born, and the next day baptized in the Church of Mirande, Louis Dufilhol [sic], son of Jean Dufilhol [sic] and Jeanne Marie Bonnet, who married in the present city. Sponsors were Meliton Bonnet, the child's maternal uncle, and Marianne Dufilhol, the child's paternal aunt, who signed with me. [signatures]
[Transcription and Translation by Christophe Landry, Louisiana Historic and Cultural Vistas, Mark Hollier, 2020]

Will:
[Original in French]
Louis Dufilho. L’an mil huit cent vingt-trois, le quarante huitième de
l’indépendance des Etats Unis d’Amérique, et le trentième jour du mois de
septembre, huit heures du matin, je soussigné Marc Lafitte Notaire public
commissionné pour la ville et paroisse de la Nouvelle Orléans, y demeurant
me suis transporté d’après réquisition auprès de Monsieur Louis Dufilho, habitant
propriétaire en cette paroisse, et se trouvant momentanément à cause
de sa maladie en la demeure de son frère Monsieur Dufilho Pharmacien
rue de chartres en cette ville, où étant venu j’ai trouvé le dit sieur Louis
Dufilho au lit, malade de corps dans une chambre donnant sur la cour
D’une maison tenue à loyer par son frère, mais ayant tout son entendement
Moral, comme il a apparu avec évidence au Notaire et aux trois
Témoins ci-après dénommés, lequel sieur Louis Dufilho m’a requis de
Recevoir son testament et acte de dernière volonté que moi, notaire vais
Écrire de ma main, mot à mot, et tel que le dit sieur testateur va le dire
Et le dicter en présence de messieurs Auguste Rieffel, Nicolas Mioton
Et Samuel Hermann demeurant et domiciliés en cette ville appellés
Comme témoins au présent testament dont la teneur suit.
Je me nomme Louis Dufilho, je suis âgé d’environ quarante cinq
Ans. Je suis né à Mirande, département du Gers au Royaume de
France. Je suis fils légitime de Monsieur Jean Dufilho et de dame Jeanne
Marie Bonnet, l’un et l’autre décédés. Je suis uni par les liens du
Mariage à Demoiselle Delphine Bozonnier et de mon mariage, j’ai
Quatre enfants dont trois garçons et une fille, cette dernière est mariée à
Monsieur Eugène Lartigue de Bordeaux.
Mon épouse est appellée par la loi à devenir la tutrice de mes enfants
En âge de minorité. Je confirme de mon assentiment cette disposition
De la loi parce qu’elle est bonne mère. Je désire que mon frère Louis
Joseph Dufilho devienne leur subrogé tuteur. Je prie ma famille
Et les tribunaux qui doivent en connaitre de confirmer mon choix.
Je prie ceux de mes enfans qui sont ou parviendront à l’âge de puberté
De présenter leur mère pour leur curatrice ad bona.
Je nomme pour mon exécuteur testamentaire monsieur Louis
Joseph Dufilho, lui conférant en la dite qualité, tous les pouvoirs
Nécessaires pour l’administration de mes biens pendant l’année
D’exercice de la dite charge.
Je casse et annulle tous testaments et codicilles antérieurs au
Présent testament qui seul sera exécuté.
En cet endroit, le dit sieur testateur déclarant n’avoir plus rien à apporter
Et mentionner au présent testament, je soussigné Notaire lui
En ai fait et donné la lecture à haute et intelligible voix en présence
Des trois témoins déjà nommés, et en leur présence, le dit
Sieur testateur a déclaré et reconnu le bien entendre, le bien comprendre
Et y reconnaitre bien exprimées ses dernières intentions dans
Lesquelles il persiste dont acte.
Fait et clos à la Nouvelle Orléans au domicile déjà établi au présent
Acte de suite, sans interruption et sans divertir à d’autres actes, les jour
Mois et au susdits et le testateur a signé avec les trois témoins nommés
Et le notaire soussigné, signé L. D. le testateur après d’inutiles efforts pour
Pouvoir signer le sachant, a déclaré ne le pouvoir en ce moment, se trouvant
Trop faible, et les témoins ont immédiatement signé avec le notaire
La minute est signée Samuel Hermann, N. Moiton, Ate. [Auguste]Rieffel, Mc. [Marc] Laffite Not. Pub.
Je certifie la présente copie conforme à l’original dont je suis dépositaire.
En témoignage, je l’ai signée et scellée du sceau de mon
Office. Nouvelle Orléans, le deux octobre mil huit cent vingt-trois, l’an quarante-huit de l’indépendance des Etats Unis (signé) Ma Lafitte Not. Pub.

[English translation]
Louis Dufilho
The year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, the forty eighth of the independence of the United States of America, and the thirtieth day of September, eight o'clock in the morning, I, the undersigned Marc Lafitte, Notary public commissioned for the city and parish of New Orleans, residing there, I moved after requisition to Mr. Louis Dufilho, resident and owner in this parish, and being temporarily, because of his illness, in the home of his brother Mr. Dufilho, pharmacist, Rue de Chartres in this city, where having come I found the said Mr. Louis Dufilho in bed, sick of body, in a room overlooking the courtyard of a house rented by his brother, but having all his moral understanding, as he appeared with evidence to the Notary and to the three witnesses named below.

Mr. Louis Dufilho asked me to receive his will and act of last will that I, the notary, will write with my hand, word for word, and as the said testator will say and dictate it in the presence of Messrs. Auguste Rieffel, Nicolas Mioton and Samuel Hermann, all residing and domiciled in this city and called as witnesses to the present testament, the content of which follows.

My name is Louis Dufilho, I am about forty-five years old. I was born in Mirande, department of Gers in the Kingdom of France. I am the legitimate son of Jean Dufilho and Dame Jeanne Marie Bonnet, both deceased. I am united by the bonds of marriage to Demoiselle Delphine Bozonnier and from my marriage, I have four children including three boys and a girl, the latter is married to Mr. Eugène Lartigue from Bordeaux.

My wife is required by law to become the guardian of my children of minority age. I confirm my assent to this provision of the law because she is a good mother. I want my brother Louis Joseph Dufilho to become their substitute tutor. I ask my family and the courts which must know to confirm my choice.
I ask those of my children who are or will reach puberty to present their mother for their curator ad bona [In charge of managing their goods and possessions].

I appoint for my executor Mr. Louis Joseph Dufilho, conferring on him in said capacity, all the powers necessary for the administration of my property during the year of exercise of said office.
I break and cancel all wills and codicils prior to this will which alone will be executed.
In this place, the said testator declaring that he has nothing more to add and mention in this will. I, the undersigned Notary, read it to him in a loud and intelligible voice in the presence of the three witnesses already named, and in their presence, the said testator said and recognized the good hearing, the good understanding and the well expressed recognition of his last intentions in which he persists.
Done and closed immediately, without interruption and without entertaining other acts in New Orleans at the domicile already established in this act, the days, months and above. The testator signed with the three witnesses named and the undersigned notary. Signed L.D. the testator after useless efforts to be able to sign while knowing how to sign, declared not being able at the moment, being too weak. The witnesses immediately signed with the notary.

The minute is signed Samuel Hermann, N. Mioton, Ate. [Auguste] Rieffel, Mc. [Marc] Laffite Not. Pub. [Notary Public].

I certify this copy as true to the original which I am the custodian of. As a testimony, I signed and sealed it with the seal of my office.

New Orleans, October two, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the year forty-eight of the independence of the United States. (signed) Ma Lafitte Not. Pub.

[Source: “Louisiana, Orleans Parish Will Books, 1805-1920,” manuscript on digital Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/oclc/865636115: accessed 8 March 2020), will book 1817-1824 vol 3, images 415-417, Louis Dufilho, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MY-PG5C?cc=2019728&wc=SJ7D-T38%3A341294201; citing City Archives and Special Collections, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans.]


Obituary:
[Original in French]
Est decede Mercredi dernier, dans la matinee, a l'aage d'environ 45 ans, Mr. Louis Dufilho, ancien pharmacien chimiste de cette ville, et au moment de son deces residant a 4 lieues de la Nouvelle Orleans. Mr. Dufilho habitait la Louisiane depuis 1802: la douceur de son caraciere, la bonté de son coeur et une foule d'autres belles qualités, lui avaient attiré l'estime generale, et lui avaient asure un grand nombre d'amis qui l'ont cheri jusqu'a son dernier moment et qui le regretteront toujours. Il laisse une epouse, quatre enfans, et beaucoup de parens que sa perte a plonges dans la douleur.

[Translation]
Has died last Wednesday, in the morning, has aage about 45 years, Mr. Louis Dufilho, former pharmaceutical chemist of this city, and at the time of his death resident at 4 leagues [about 12 miles] from New Orleans. Mr. Dufilho lived in Louisiana since 1802: the sweetness of his character, the goodness of his heart, and a host of other fine qualities had attracted him general esteem, and he had many friends who have held dear until his last moment and who will always regret [his death]. He leaves a wife, four children, and many parents that his loss has plunged in grief.

Buried:
DUFILHO
Mr. Louis
Native of Mirande, France
Hus. of Dlle. Delphine Maxmillon Bozonier
Son of Mr. Jean Dufilho, and De.
Jeanne Marie Bomet
Died Oct. 2, 1823
Aged 40 yrs.

Died:
According to Louis's probate, he died on the first of the month. It is therefore assumed that the date on the tombstone index is the date of burial.

Louis married Aimée Delphine Bozonier Marmillion on 24 Apr 1805 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Aimée (daughter of Pierre Bozonier Marmillion and Francoise Haydel) was born on 14 Apr 1789 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 18 Mar 1869 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street
• Baptism: 26 Jun 1789, Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; St. John the Baptist Church
• Probate: 14 Nov 1839, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: 1869
• Will: 22 Mar 1869, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Delphine Bozonier Marmillion, widow of Louis Dufilho (the sugar plantation owner and brother of the pharmacist Louis Joseph Dufilho Jr.), resided for many years in what is known as Villa Meilleur, which is located at the present-day address of 1418 Governor Nicholls Street in Tremé and now houses The New Orleans African American Museum (https://www.noaam.org). Delphine is also my 4th great-grandmother.

The villa was part of the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1933 and you can find that information here: https://www.loc.gov/item/la0299. The survey mistakenly notes that Delphine was “wife of the prominent pharmacist,” but the brothers often confused.

Governor Nicholls Street was historically known as Bayou Road and this villa was often referred to as “the residence on Bayou Road, between Marais and Villere streets” in many historical records. So, the fact that Delphine Bozonier Marmillion was the owner of this home is very clear. I do not yet know when she purchased the villa, but it was sometime between 1836-1841.
Delphine’s daughter, Sophie Marie Josephine (Dufilho) Lartigue, passed away in this home, as did her granddaughters, Delphine Lartigue in 1841 and Felicie (Lartigue) Goldthwaite in 1914.

The following was written about the villa in the Historic American Buildings Survey:

“Villa Meilleur is a raised creole villa with a basement that is submerged four feet into the ground. This, along with the high-pitched gabled roof, front gallery, central and rear loggias, double interior French door units, long windows, fixed louvered shutters, attic buffer zone, and thick solid brick walls create a perfect response to the hot, humid Louisiana environment. The central chimneys and basement ventilation system allows for excellent air control. The original four dormers allowed for each second primary level room to have cross ventilation through each side window.

The millwork throughout the villa is excellent and of heart cypress wood. The floors are heart red pine maintaining their original finish. The large front floor length double hung windows replace original French doors and provide exceptional air control. During the mid-nineteenth century they were installed with very fine and still extant gasoliers.”

Baptism:
Baptism of
Aimee Delphine [Aimée Delphine]

[Transcription from original in Spanish]
Enel año del Sr 1789 a 26 de Junio, yo el infrascrito Cura Parrocho de Sn Juan Bta baptizé solemte
y ungi con los SStos oleos à una niña hija lejitima de Pedro Bozonie Mermillon et Françoise Aydele
aquien sele dio por nombre Eme Delfile que nacio el 14 de Abril de la dcha. Fueron sus Padrins
de Pila Bautismal Eme Aydele et Pedro Becnele. Fr. Cuariano

[Translation]
In the year of our Lord 1789, on 26 June, I, undersigned curate priest of St John the Baptist,
solemnly baptized with holy oils a baby girl, the legitimate daughter of Pedro Bozonie Mermillon
[Pierre Bozonnier Marmillon] and Françoise Aydele [Françoise Haydel], who named the child Eme
Delfile [Aimée Delphine], born 14 April of the said year [1789]. Her baptismal sponsors were
Eme Aydele [Aimée Haydel] and Pedro Becnele [Pierre Becnel]. Br. Cuariano

[St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Edgard, Louisiana), Sacramental Registers, Aimee Delphine Bosonnier Mermeillon, baptismal register, no. 120, image no. 117, https://archives.arch-no.org/ckeditor_assets/attachments/222/st_john_the_baptist_edgard_baptism_1772-1791_microfilm_1954.pdf; digital images, Archdiocese of New Orleans; translated and transcribed by Christophe Landry, Louisiana Historic and Cultural Vistas, 2020]

Probate:
SPLENDID RESIDENCE, WITH LARGE
GROUNDS. NO 236 BAYOU ROAD,
BETWEEN MARAIS AND VILLERE STREETS.
SUCCESSION OF MRS. LOUIS DUFILHO - No. 32849.

BY G. De FERIET, AUCTIONEER Office No. 50 Royal street. Wednesday, June 16, 1869, at noon, at the St. Charles Auction Exchange, in the basement rotunda of the St. Charles Hotel, will be sold by public auction by virtue of an order from the Hon. Louis Duvigneaud, Judge of the Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans, dated May 11, 1869, the following described rem estate belonging to said succession, viz:

A LOT OF GROUND, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Second District of this city, in the square bounded by Bayou road, Marais, Ursulines, and Villere streets, measuring, American measure, 63 feet 11 inches and 2 lines front on Bayou road, 187 feet on the line nearest Marais street, 166 feet 1 line on the other side line running from the Bayou road to Villere street, at which point is a broken line, measuring 38 feet 10 inches on the line adjoining the property heretofore belonging to P. Dupeux, 25 feet front on Villere street, and 94 feet 6 inches on the rear line adjoining the property heretofore belonging to A. Bellonguet; the whole according to a plan drawn by Depouilly on April 29, 1834, and deposited in the office of L. T. Caire, late notary, in this city.

The buildings and improvements consist of a large one-story brick residence, with gallery in front, supported by brick pillars, containing a spacious hall in the center, four rooms with fire places, two cabinets, cellars, and a small gallery in the rear: in the attic four finished rooms. The gas is introduced throughout the house. The back buildings consist of a two-story brick building, covered with slate, containing three rooms on each floor. bath room, washing shed, coal and chicken house, privies, cistern, water works, etc. The front yard is paved and tastefully laid out as a flower garden.

Terms-One half cash and the balance on a credit of one year, in notes secured by special mortgage end vendor’s lien, and bearing eight per cent interest per annum from date till paid, the buildings to be kept insured, the policy transferred to vendor; and in case of suit, the purchaser will be required to pay five percent attorney’s commissions on the amount recovered, which commissions will likewise be secured by mortgage.

Act of sale, with United States internal revenue stamps attached, before A. E. Bienvenu, notary public, at the expense of purchaser.

Will:
N° 32849
Last Will & testament
Filed March 22d 1869

Etat de la Louisiane Nouvelle Orléans
Je soussigné Alexandre Emile Bienvenu, notaire public dûment commissionné et assermenté
Dans et pour la ville et Paroisse d’Orléans, état de la Louisiane, y résidant, à la requête
De dame Delphine Marmillion, veuev de sieur Louis Dufilho, me suis transporté en son domicile,
Chemin de Bayou, entre les rues Monais et Villeré, en cette ville où rendu, j’ai trouvé la
Dite dame veuve Dufilho, couchée dans son lit, malade de corps, mais saine d’esprit,
Mémoire et entendement, aisni qu’il est apparu à moi dit notaire et à messieurs Pierre
Adolphe Charbonnet, Louis Vecon? Lamoux? Et [Paul?] Robert, tous trois résidant en
Cette ville et par moi requis comme témoins du present testament. Laquelle dite dame
Veuve Louis Dufilho, voulant nous faire connaitre ses dernières volontés, a dicté au notaire
Soussigné, en présence des dits témoins, son testament ainsi qu’il écrit, savoir:
“je me nomme delphine Marmillon, veuve de feu Louis Dufilho. Je suis agée d’environ
Quatre vingt ans. J’ai eu de ce marriage cinq enfants, nommés Louis Dufilho résidant
En cette ville, Henry Dufilho décédé, Edmond Dufilho aussi décédé, Sophie Dufilho
Veuve Lartigue, aussi décédée, et Auguste Dufilho, décédé à l’age d’environ trois ans:
Je donne et lègue à titre d’avantage et [empty] à ma petite fille dame Félicie Lartigue
Épouse de Mr William F. Goldthwaite, de cette ville, toute la portion dont la loi me
Permets de disposer au prejudice de mes héritiers, dans tous les biens qui m’appartiendront
Au jour de mon décés. Je lui donne et lègue aussi tous les effets personels tel que linge
De corps, et les meubles de la chamber que j’occupe actuellement, tous les autres meubles
De la maison appurtenant à Mr M. Goldthwaite. Je nomme et institue Mr William
F. Goldthwaite de cette ville, mon executeur testamentaire et lui donne la saisine de
Mes biens”

C’est ainsi que le present testament a été dicté par la dite testatrices en presence des
Dits témoins, et écrit par moi dit notaire au fur et mesure de sa dictée: et la dite
Testatrice ayant déclaré ne rien avoir à ajouter au present testament, je lui en ai
Donné lecture à haute et intelligible voix en presence des dits témoins et le dite testatrices,
De suite, sans interruption et sans diverter à d’autres actes, ce cinq février
Mil huit cente soixante neuf en présence des dits sieurs Pierre Alphonse Charbonnet,
Louis Oscar Lomaux et Paul ?. Robert, témoins susnommés, lesquels ont signé
Avec la dite testatrices et moi di notaire après lecture faite

[Signatures]

[English translation]
N° 32849
Last Will & testament
Filed March 22d 1869
State of Louisiana New Orleans
I, the undersigned Alexandre Emile Bienvenu, notary public duly commissioned and sworn in and for the city and Parish of Orleans, state of Louisiana, residing there, at the request of Dame Delphine Marmillion, widow of Mr. Louis Dufilho, transported myself in his home, Bayou Road, between Marais and Villere streets, in this town I visited.
I found the said widowed lady Dufilho, lying in her bed, sick of body, but sane of mind, memory and understanding, as it appeared to me said notary and to gentlemen Pierre Adolphe Charbonnet, Louis Oscar Lamoux, and [Paul?] Robert, all three residing in this city and by me required as witnesses to this will.
Which said lady Widow Louis Dufilho, wishing to let us know his last wishes, dictated to the undersigned notary, in the presence of the said witnesses, his will as he wrote, namely:
“My name is Delphine Marmillon [sic], widow of the late Louis Dufilho. I am about eighty years old. I had five children from this marriage, named Louis Dufilho residing in this city, Henry Dufilho, deceased, Edmond Dufilho also deceased, Sophie Dufilho widow Lartigue, also deceased, and Auguste Dufilho, deceased at the age of about three years.
I give and bequeath as an advantage and [empty] to my granddaughter Dame Felicie Lartigue, wife of Mr. William F. Goldthwaite, of this city, all the portion which the law allows me to dispose of to the detriment of my heirs, in all the property that will belong to me on the day of my death. I also give and bequeath to him all the personal effects such as body linen, and the furniture of the room I currently occupy, all the other furniture of the house belonging to Mr. M. Goldthwaite. I appoint and institute Mr. William F. Goldthwaite of this city, my executor and gives him the referral of my property.”
This is how this testament was dictated by the said testators in the presence of the said witnesses, and written by me said notary as and when its dictation: and the said Testator having declared having nothing to add to the present testament, I read it out loud and intelligible to him in the presence of the said witnesses and the said Testatrice, immediately, without interruption and without diverging from other acts, this February 5, 1869 in the presence of the said sieurs Pierre Alphonse Charbonnet, Louis Oscar Lanaux and Paul Robert, aforementioned witnesses, who signed with the said Testator and said notary after reading.
[Signatures]


Buried:
[Front engraving]
Vve. DUFILHO
VVE W.F. GOLDTHWAITE
née FELICIE LARTIGUE 8 Mars 1914
C.G. DELGADO y ARANGO, 1er Juin 1921
DELPHINE L. GOLDTHWAITE 28 Mai 1925
Mme F.E. GOLDTHWAITE Sept 17 1927

[Side engraving]
[EUGÈNE?] LARTIGUE
né le 29 Juin 180[1?] décédé le [Dec?] 18[33?]
DELPHINE LARTIGUE
né le 11 Sept. 182[?] décédée [illegible]
EDMOND DUFILHO
ne le [8] Juillet 1816 décédé le 28 Oct. [illegible]

ANTOINE NUMA DUFILHO
[9?] [?] 1850 décédée [illegible]

SOPHIE DUFILHO
[illegible line]
W.F. GOLDTHWAITE
[illegible] Augusta, Maine
décédé le. [?] Feb. 189[.]
JOSE DELGADO y ARANGO
nee Seville Espagne Décédé le 24 Juin 1910

St. Paul's Aisle (Alley No. 2-L), near corner of St. Louis and N. Robertson streets

Notes:

Married:
Marriage of Louis Dufillo [Dufilho] and of Déphine Marmellon [Delphine Marmillon]
April 24, 1805 after three publications of banns made on the [-] of our parish mission by three days of Sunday consecutive as well as that of the parish of New Orleans without hindrance or opposition come to our knowledge as it appears by the certificate of the Father Antoine, parish priest of the said town, dated today and signed by him.
We, the undersigned parish priest, gave the nuptial blessing to Louis Dufilho, who, under his oath taken before the mayor and one of the justices of peace of New Orleans on 13 April 1805, proved to us that we had never contracted any marriage, major son of Jean Dufilho and Jeanne Marie Bonnet, his legitimate father and mother, native of Mirande in Gascogne, France and domiciled in New Orleans on the one hand and Miss Delphine Marmellon, minor daughter of Mr. Pierre Marmellon [Marmillon] and of Mrs. Françoise Haidelle [Haydel], her legitimate father and mother, present and consenting, native and domiciled in this parish on the other hand.
Were present at the Celebration of this wedding George Haydelle [Haydel], Jean Chevalier [Cru?]migny, Jean Jacques Haydelle [Haydel], Maximilien Beknelle [Becnel] and several parents and friends who said they knew the said spouses, their ages, their homes and their freedoms and who signed with us.
[Signatures]
Louis Dufilho
Delphine Marmillion
Jean [Louviere?]
Henry [Cornaz?]
George Haydel
Maximillien Becnel
J. J. Haydel

[Source: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Edgard, Louisiana), Sacramental Certificates (privately held by Mark Edwin Hollier, Opelousas, Louisiana, 2019), Louis Dufilho and Delphine Bozonier Marmillion marriage record (1805); citing vol. 1, pp.124A-124B.]

St. John the Baptist Church

Other Events:

• Probate: 1868, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA

Edmond married Arsene Leocadia Toledano on 7 Jan 1817 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Arsene (daughter of Don Manuel Toledano and Marguerite Benoist) was born on 5 Jan 1800 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Jun 1800, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Residence: 1850, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Right Bank of Mississippi River
• Residence: 1870, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Ward 6

Notes:

Name:
Arsena/Arsene

Notes:

Married:
St. Louis Cathedral

Notes:

Jean Marie DEBAILLON is a native of Paris, but since infancy lived in Dunkerque, France before moving to Louisiana.

Jean married Marie Joseph Fontenot on 14 Nov 1809 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Louis Fontenot and Marie Josephe Fontenot) was born on 14 Dec 1792 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 11 May 1834 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1794, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church

Notes:

Married:
Opelousas Court House

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Oct 1790, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Residence: 1825, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Representative District 3
• Residence: 1860, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA
• Residence: 1860, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 2
• Residence: 1861, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 117 Gaiennie
• Probate: 1 Aug 1869, Harrison, Mississippi, USA

Notes:

Christoval Tolédano was a veteran of the War of 1812-1815 and son of Don Manuel Tolédano, of a distinguished Spanish family. He became a successful cotton and sugar broker in New Orleans. He married Basilice Barbay in 1808 and at the time of her death their joint property in Louisiana was valued at over $126,000 (Succession #18,064, Basilice Barbay, New Orleans, Louisiana).

Tullis-Toledano Manor, also known as, the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House, was a red clay brick mansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. Christoval Toledano, a New Orleanian of Spanish descent built the house in 1856 for his second wife, Matilde Pradat. It was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.

Buried:
Plot Section 4: 005-007

Christoval married Basilice Barbay on 23 Nov 1808 in Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Basilice (daughter of Louis Cleophaste Barbay and Dorothee Lamathe) was born on 1 Dec 1790 in Louisiana, USA; died on 30 Nov 1859 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 12 Jun 1791, St James, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Representative District 3

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.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1785, Des Allemands, St Charles, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1810, St Charles, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Succession of Antoine Daspit St. Amand
Filed 9 Apr 1845
Probate File #144
St Charles Parish Courthouse, Hahnville, Louisiana, USA

Today, second of the month of november of the year eighteen hundred forty four, the sixty ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, by virtue of a written order from the Honorable probate Court in and for St. Charles Parish, dated November first of the present year rendered upon petition of Mr. Onesiphore St.Amand, executor of the will of the late Antoine D'Aspit St. Amand.

Today, first of the month of May of the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, sixty second of the Independence of the United States of America, I, F.L. Labranche, Judge in and for St. Charles Parish in which I reside and practice the functions of Notary Public, upon request of Mr. Antoine St. Amand of this Parish, have called to this residence at three o'clock in the afternoon in order to receive his last will and testament. I found said Antoine St.Amand in a bedroom lit by a window facing the river, opening on a gallery, connected by a back door to a second gallery, sound of mind, memory and judgment as it appeared to me, above named Judge-Notary as well as to the witnesses whose names follow: Louis Friloux, Pierre Kinter and Jacques Kinter, all major of age and residing in this Parish. He declared that, although not ill at the present moment but being very old, he must expect to die at any time and did not want to be taken by death unaware. To that effect he requested me to receive his last will and testament, which I did immediately, before the above named witnesses, under the dictation of the testator, as follows.

I declare that my name is Antoine D'Aspit (?) St. Amand son of Dominique St. Amand and Francoise Pujol, both deceased. I was born in St. Charles Parish in seventeen hundred and fifty-seven and have always resided there. I married a second time with Dme. Celeste, Henry Jean Eldemair. I had four children from that second marriage, three of them being still alive: Dme Eliza St.Amand, Onesime Onesiphore St.Amand and Eluther (?) St.Amand.

I declare that I had, outside of my marriage, from my relations with Therese Belasie, free negrees, four children named: Honorine, mulata, of about sixteen years of age, Arsene, mulato, about fifteen years old, Victorin, mulato, about twelve years old and Jean Baptiste Brecourt, mulato, about nine years old.

I declare granting full and complete freedom to the above named children, Honorine, Victorin, Arsene and Jean-Baptiste Brecourt and request the executor of the present will, whom I shall designate, to fulfill all necessary formalities required by the law for the emancipation of those children, born to the negrees Belasie before she was granted her freedom.

I give and bequeath to each of the above named children, Honorine, Arsene, Victorin, and Jean-Baptiste Brecourt, to be taken from the cash balance of my estate, the amount of one hundred piastres, payable in full, said amount to be deposited with their mother and held by her until the majority of the marriage of each child. I wish said amount of four hundred piastres bequested hereby, paid to Theree Belasie within the year following my death.

I give and bequeath to said Therese Belasie the amount of four hundred piastres to be paid in one single payment by my executor within six months following my death. I declare also that I grant their freedom to my two slaves, Francois and Marie, both of about sixty years of age. I give and bequeath to the shop of the St. Charles Parish Church the amount of one hundred piastres payable in one single payment.

I give and bequeath to Arsene, son of Therese Belasi, named above, my saddle horse called Cayetano, which I bought at the sale of the late Norbert Zeringue's estate. I also give and bequeath a cow to each of the other children of Therese Belasie: Honorine, Victorin, and Jean-Baptiste Brecourt, said cows, with the horse Cayetano to be entrusted by my executers to Therese Belasie.

And, for the executor of the present will, I designate my nephew and godson, Mr. Onesiphore St.Anand, to whom I entrust the safekeeping of all my possessions from the day of my death and to whom I give all necessary powers for the líquidation of my estate. In case of incapacity or death of my godson and nephew, Onesiphore St.Amand, I name, as executor of the present will my relative and friend, Mr. Charles Perret, to whom I delegate all powers given by me in the present will to the above named Onesiphore St. Amand, my nephew. I hereby cancel and revoke all other testaments of codicils which I could have drawn prior to the present will which, I declare, contains the fina], and valid expression of my last will.

The above has been taken down under dictation by the testator, Antoine St. Amand, by me, Judge-Notary undersigned, writing without interruption before the above named witnesses, after which, I, Judge-Notary, in presence of said witnesses, have read the present testament to the testator who declared that it contained the correct and faithful expression of his last will. Drawn and given in 5t. Charles Parish, in the residence of Mr. Antoine St. Amand, on the day, month and year indicated above, in presence of the above named witnesses who, together with the teatator, have signed with me, Judge-Notary, after reading the present document.

Signed : Antoine St. Amand, Pierre Kinter,
Jacques Kinter, Louis Friloux, J.L.Labranche, Judge and Notary Public.

For recording, conform to the original, and safekeeping for eventual consultation in the archives of the Court of Probate, in file NO......., containing all document related to the estate of the late Antoine St. Amand, docket No.... .

St Charles Parish, november second eighteen hundred and forty-four

signed: F.L.Labranche, Judge
St. Charles Parish Courthouse
Hahnville, Louisiana


Buried:
M4-85

Antoine married Celeste Eldemair on 27 Nov 1810 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA. Celeste died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antoine married Genevieve Fontenot on 22 Jul 1799 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Genevieve (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 7 Mar 1780 in Mobile, Alabama, USA; died on 25 Feb 1864; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription:
Genevieve Fontenot
Epouse d'Antoine Lambert
nee le 7 Mars 1780
decedee le 25 Fevrier 1864

Section 10, Plot 1658

Notes:

Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

Other Events:

• Baptism: 15 Jun 1780, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church

Jean married Francoise Doucet on 11 Feb 1806 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Francoise (daughter of Pierre Doucet and Therese Brignac) was born about 1778 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 1779, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church

Notes:

Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

Laurent married Marie Magdelaine Burgaud Des Bouchauds on 24 Aug 1790 in Bouin, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France. Marie was born on 25 Aug 1766 in Bouin, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 19 Dec 1821 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Marie Louise Elise de l'Homme on 27 Jul 1808 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Edmé Joseph de l'Homme and Jeanne Antoinette de Glapion) was born on 16 Feb 1789 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in 1819 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Juan Joseph (Lorenzo and Maria Josepha POULAIN), ca. 50 da., i. Oct. 4, 1813 (SLC, F7, 242)
Marie Francia (Lorenzo TRAPAN [sic] and Maria Josepha PULE), 1 Mo., i. Jan.25, 1815 (SLC,F7, 283)
Lorenzo -same as Laurent Pedro -same as Pierre
Norberto (Lorenzo and Eloisa REINE), natives of St. Charles Parish on the first German Coast [LA], presently residents of this city), b.Jun12,1815,BP December 4, 1808, Pg. Pedro TREPAGNIER and Ysavel RENAUD, mpg. Pedro Reine and Mairana Chaler, s. Norberto TREPAGNIER and Seraphine REINE (SLC, B25, 170)
Pupona died February 8, 1812 [SLC, F7, 194 Vol 10 1810 - 1812 ] Esteban- BP. Jan. 8, 1812- 1st German Coast, Pg Pedro & Isabelle Trepagnier Mgp Pierr Reine, Mariana Clearlie, Maternal grandmother Francisca Coussin [SLC, B25, 4}
Francisca BP. Jan. 18, 1812 - Pg Pedro Trepagnier & Ysavel Renaud

Pierre married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 31 May 1785
• Residence: 1850, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA

Jean married Céleste Méschin St. Martin on 7 May 1814. Céleste (daughter of François Louis Bauchet St. Martin and Marie Celeste Daspit St. Amand) was born in 1795; died on 17 Feb 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]