William Franklin Goldthwaite

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• Residence: 1870, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Age: 48; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 800; RealEstateValue: 8000; Occupation: Dealer in Stationery
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 1418 Governor Nicholls Street (236 Bayou Road)
• Obituary: 4 Feb 1893, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: 29 Mar 1893, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Son of William Goldthwaite and Abigail Wade, natives of Augusta, Maine.

1205. William Franklin Goldthwaite (William7, Timothy6, Jacob5, Benjamin4, John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), of New Orleans, La., born in Augusta, Me., March 24, 1820, married, Apr. 13, 1846, Felicie Lartigue of New Orleans, a lady of French descent, born Apr. 13, 1828, daughter of Eugene and Sophie (Dufilho) Lartigue. He graduated with honor at Waterville College, Me., when nineteen years of age, and was for a number of years instructor in colleges and schools in the South, being teacher of Literature in the Eufala (Ala.) College in 1841, and afterwards in the Loundesboro and Montgomery academies. In 1843-44 he was Professor of English, Greek, and Latin in Bellanger’s Academy in New Orleans, and in 1844-46 in Jefferson College, St. James’ Parish. Later, he was for some years a shipping merchant in New Orleans, and finally established a bookstore there, on Canal street, continuing in that business the remainder of his life. He was an alderman of the city at one time. At the time of his death, Feb. 3, 1893, he had been a resident of New Orleans for fifty years.

[Source: Charlotte Goldthwaite, Goldthwaite Genealogy (Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Press, 1899), 311; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold: 1 October 2015).]

Obituary:
Mr. Wm. F. Goldthwaite, one of the oldest-it not the oldest-booksellers of this city, died last night at his residence, No. 226 [sic - likely misprint] Bayou road, from old age having nearly attained four score years.
Mr. Goldthwaite was horn at West Gardiner, Maine, and in 1844 hold the professorship of Latin and Greek in Jefferson College, St. James parish. In 1846 he became a shipping agent, for the United States government in this city, and in 1850 embarked in the bookselling business, which he pursued with considerable success up to the time of his demise.
Mr. Goldthwaite leaves a wife, two daughters, and one son to mourn his loss.
[Source: GenealogyBank.com (Naples, Florida, USA, NewsBank, inc.), www.genealogybank.com, "Wm. F. Goldthwaite," obituary, The Daily Item (New Orleans, Louisiana), 4 February 1893, p. 4, col. 2 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1228C1F96EAE924B%40GB3NEWS-122DAD3A29634A88%402412499-122D2362A63FC750%403-122D2362A63FC750%40 : accessed 22 March 2020).]

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

Died:
236 Bayou Road

William married Félicie Lartigue on 13 Apr 1846. Félicie (daughter of Eugène Lartigue and Sophie Marie Josephine Dufilho) was born on 13 Apr 1828 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 8 Mar 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank Eugene Goldthwaite died on 25 Dec 1938 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
2. Marie Corinne Goldthwaite was born about 1848; died on 1 Jun 1921 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
3. Delphine Louise Goldthwaite was born on 30 Nov 1850 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 28 May 1925 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.