Henry Dufilho

Other Events:

• Baptism: 24 Dec 1810, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral
• Residence: 1840, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 1
• Role: 1850; Slave Owner
• Residence: 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Ward 5

Notes:

Baptism:
Sponsors: Antonio Phelipe Lanau [Antoine Philippe Lanaux] and Melania Marmillon.

Buried:
DUFILHO
Henry
Died Feb 13, 1858
Aged 47 yrs.

Square 2, Row M, Tomb 23, Aisle St Patrick

Died:
Died, on Friday, February 13, at 4-1/2 P.M., Henry Dufilho, aged 47 years. The friends and relatives of the families Dufilho and Toledano, and those of Thos. F. Fisher, are requested to attend his funeral, which will take place on Saturday, at 4 P.M., from his residence, corner of Race and [illegible] streets.

Family/Spouse: Palmire Toledano. Palmire (daughter of Christoval Ignacio Toledano and Basilice Barbay) was born on 29 Feb 1816 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 19 Jul 1889 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louise Alice Dufilho was born on 1 Dec 1840 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Nov 1920 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA.
2. Marie Dufilho was born about 1841 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 27 Jun 1917 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, USA.
3. Valerie Dufilho was born about 1843 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 19 Jan 1851 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
4. Dorine Dufilho was born about Mar 1849 in Louisiana, USA.
5. Palmire Henrietta Dufilho was born on 16 Dec 1850 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 26 Aug 1935 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
6. Henry Dufilho, Jr. was born on 16 Dec 1850 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 18 Oct 1910 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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:

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

Notes:

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

Died:
Charity Hospital

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

Notes:

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

Other Events:

• Residence: St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA
• Baptism: 3 Oct 1758, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; St. Louis Cathedral

Pierre married Francoise Haydel on 5 Sep 1783 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Francoise (daughter of Jean Christophe Haydel and Charlotte Huber) was born on 8 Aug 1757 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; died on 25 Apr 1847 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St. John the Baptist Church

Other Events:

• Residence: Louisiana, USA

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

Other Events:

• Residence: 1784, German Coast, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Evergreen Plantation

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Jean married Anne Reusch. Anne (daughter of Bernard Reusch) was born about 1713 in Germany; died on 4 Nov 1746 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Eva Anna Schnarberg in 1701 in Germany. Eva was born about 1680 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany; died in 1724 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived in French Colonial Louisiana via Biloxi in 1721 via the ship La Charent from France.

Other Events:

• Emigration: 24 Jan 1721; On the pest ship "La Garonne"

Notes:

The Schaaf family, made up of the parents and six children left for Louisiana in December 1720 aboard the ship La Garonne. By January 1721, the ship's passengers were showing signs of an epidemic and docked at Brest, France to take refuge. The ship left Brest on February 27, 1721 and arrived at Saint Domingue (where the ships normally stopped enroute to Louisiana to pick up trade goods bound for Louisiana) where it was captured on April 30, 1731 by a pirate ship called La Gaillarde. The ship's passengers were rescued by the governor of Saint Dominque and brought to Cap Francois on July 19, 1721. During the journey, the German immigrants had experienced the effects of one of the worst epidemics in recorded history (300 Germans were sick), and after the attack by pirates, there were only 50 survivors. When the Schaaf family disembarked in Louisiana, the Schaaf parents had died, the survivors found that the Company of the Indies had gone bankrupt so that they had no land to settle, and they were literally stranded. Although the German population had little influence on the culture of Louisiana, many inhabitants of St Charles Parish still carry gallicized version of the original German surnames, such as Schexnaydre, Folse, and Oubre. The Schaaf family would be known as Chauff and, on one occasion, Mouton. One town name, "Des Allemands", is a modern reminder of the town's origin.

Name:
Sometimes Chauff, Cuave, Cheauf, Chof, Chofe, Choff, Chaaf, Soff, Shoff, Skoff, Shaw, Chaaf, and now Chauffe.

Jacob married Anna Maria Foltzlouer. Anna (daughter of Jacob Foltzlouer) was born in 1685 in Germany; died about 1724 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]