Robbie John Sonnier

Other Events:

• Obituary: 6 Sep 2000, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

Obituary:
SONNIER Robbie John Sonnier, 36, of Oklahoma City, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 3, 2000 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born October 16, 1963, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to John Mervin and Gloria (Dufilho) Sonnier. He graduated from Norman High School in 1981. He worked Civil Service at Tinker Air Force Base for 15 years. He was an avid golfer. He liked camping, jet skiing and painting automobiles. Robbie was very artistic and liked drawing and painting. He adored his daughters and was a good father. He attended St. Mark's Catholic Church. He is survived by his father, John Mervin Sonnier of Norman; two daughters, Channelle Sonnier of Clarence, Iowa, Kali Sonnier of Okla. City; one brother, Christopher Sonnier of SanAntonio, Texas; two sisters, Cheryl Sonnier of Norman, Jennifer Sonnier of Okla. City; two nieces, Chynna Sonnier, San Antonio, Texas, Jade Alvarado, Okla. City; and his girlfriend, Sandie Upshaw of Okla. City. His mother, Gloria Sonnier, preceded him in death in March of 2000. Prayer services will be 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Primrose Chapel with Rev. John Metzinger, pastor of St. Mark's Catholic Church in Norman and Rev. Randy Barnett, pastor of New Harvest Church, Okla. City officiating. Burial will be later this week in Opelousas, LA.

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

Died:
Hiking Accident

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events:

• Obituary: Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1954, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; Freshman, Southwestern Louisiana Institute
• Residence: 1974, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA; Age: 40

Notes:

Obituary:
John Mervin Sonnier I am a Veteran.
December 13, 1934 - June 24, 2014
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for John Mervin Sonnier at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA. Monsignor Louis Melancon will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Sonnier, age 79, was born in Church Point on December 13, 1934. He was a resident of Opelousas, LA and prior resident of Norman, OK. He went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

John graduated from USL in 1961 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion. He retired from working for the government after 30 years. John enjoyed playing the guitar and accordion, camping and outdoor recreation, traveling the world, watching all of his favorite football teams play, and cooking and sharing the Cajun culture. John was very proud of his Cajun heritage and enjoyed speaking French every opportunity he had. He was at his happiest spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him.

Survivors are his special loved one, Terry Perrin, of Opelousas, LA and Boerne, TX; his son, Chris Sonnier and wife, Donna, of Sutherland Springs, TX; his daughters, Cheryl Sonnier and fiancé, Yves “Harry” Bergeron, of Opelousas, LA; Jenny Shaver and husband, Tom, of Gulfport, MS; his brother, David Sonnier and wife, Gloria, of Iota, LA; his sister, Kathy Mier and husband, Louis, of Zachary, LA and his sister-in-law, Verlie Sonnier. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Channelle Tyrrell, Chynna Sonnier, Kali Carpenter, Jeff Shaver, Jade Alvarado, Jordan Shaver, Jolee Shaver and 1 great-grandchild, Henley Lopez.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Gloria Dufilho Sonnier; his parents, David and Virgie Thibodeaux Sonnier; his son, Robbie John Sonnier; his brother, Floyd Sonnier and his sister, Irma Fuselier.

Visitation will be held at the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and will reopen on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. until service time. A rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be Mark Hollier, Scott Fontenot, Eric Fontenot, Karl Dufilho, Brian Dufilho, David Dufilho, Karl Sonnier, Deon Trahan, Michael Sonnier, Eric Fuselier, Gil Sonnier, Mark Sonnier, Tim Sonnier, Paul Mier and Bobby Wheeler.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601 and the Scleroderma Foundation, 89 Newbury Street, Suite 201, Danvers, MA 01923.

Family and friends are invited to sign and view the online guestbook at www.lafondardoin.com.

LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas, 2845 South Union Street, Opelousas, LA 70570, (337-942-2638) has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

Died:
Age: 79

John married Gloria Mae Dufilho on 21 May 1958 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Gloria (daughter of Louis Joseph Dufilho and Celeste St. Amand) was born on 12 Dec 1939 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 13 Mar 2000 in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Bellevue Memorial Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Rome, Oneida, New York, USA
• Residence: 1940, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Age: 3/12; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 49-7; GradeCompleted: None; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
• Residence: 1993, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA
• Obituary: 15 Mar 2000, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA; Daily Oklahoman

Notes:

Obituary:
Funeral services for Mrs. Gloria Dufilho Sonnier, 60, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park. The Rev. Jeff DeBlanc will conduct the services. Mrs. Sonnier, a resident of Norman, Okla., died Monday, March 13, 2000, in Norman, Okla. She was a computer operator. Survivors include: her husband, John Mervin Sonnier of Norman, Okla.; two sons, Chris Sonnier and his wife Donna of San Antonio, Texas, and Robbie Sonnier of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two daughters, Cheryl Sonnier of Norman, Okla., and Jenny Sonnier of Oklahoma City, Okla.; a brother, Harold Dufilho of Orting, Wash.; three sisters, Anna Stelly and husband Joe and Rose Hollier and husband Edwin, both of Opelousas, and Beverly Fontenot and husband Donald of DeRidder; and four granddaughters, Channelle Sonnier, Chynna Sonnier, Kali Sonnier and Jade Alvarado. Mrs. Sonnier was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Celeste (St. Amand) Dufilho; her mother and father-in-law, David and Virgie Sonnier; and a sister-in-law, Irma Sonnier. Visiting hours will be observed from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. Saturday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Primrose Chapel of Norman, Okla. Donations may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, 89 Newbury St., Suite 201, Danvers, MA 01923. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.
[Source: Daily World]

Gloria Dufilho, 60, of Norman, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 13 in Norman. She was born December 12, 1939, to Louis and Celeste (St. Amand) Dufilho in Opelousas, LA. She married John Mervin Sonnier on May 21, 1958. Mrs. Sonnier was a member of St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church in Norman. She was a homemaker and worked at OU as a computer operator. She is survived by her husband, John Mervin Sonnier of the home; two sons, Chris Sonnier and his wife, Donna of San Antonio, TX, Robbie Sonnier of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Cheryl Sonnier of Norman, Jenny Sonnier of Oklahoma City; a brother, Harold Dufilho of Orting, WA; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Anna and Joe Stelly of Opelousas, LA, Rose and Edwin Hollier of Opelousas, LA, Beverly and Donald Fontenot of DeRidder, LA; four granddaughters, Channelle Sonnier, Chynna Sonnier, Kali Sonnier, and Jade Alvarado. Her parents; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, David and Virgie Sonnier; and a sister-in-law, Irma Sonnier Fuselier, preceded Mrs. Sonnier in death. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested the Scleroderma Foundation, 89 Newbury St., Suite 201, Danvers, MA 01923. A Rosary will be held 7:00 PM Wednesday at the Primrose Chapel with Rev. William Novak officiating. Burial will be later in Opelousas, LA.
[Source: The Daily Oklahoman]

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

Notes:

Married:
Our Lady of Mercy Church

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]