Hazel Ann Dufilho

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Baton Rouge Ward 1
• Residence: 1923, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Occupation: Checker
• Residence: 1930, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Harris, Texas, USA; Age: 37; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife

Hazel married Paul Edwin Nirider, Sr. on 21 Jul 1927 in Harris, Texas, USA. Paul was born on 31 Dec 1901 in St Jo, Montague, Texas, USA; died on 23 Jul 1945 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living

Other Events:

• Residence: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; 602 Sue
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Baton Rouge Ward 1
• Residence: 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Obituary: 18 Jan 1950, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA

Notes:

Obituary:
DUFILHO-Maurice Joseph Dufilho, Sr., 69, of 602 Sue, died at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday in a local hospital. He had lived in Houston for 30 years. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of the Holy Name Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Dufilho; a son, Maurice J. Dufilho. Jr., both of Houston; five daughters, Mrs. Hazel Zafero [sic] of Jacinto City, Mrs. Aimee McDonald, Mrs. Bessie Ferguson, and Mrs. Julia Mae Doty, all of Houston, and Mrs. Louise Rhodes of Fort Worth; four brothers, Charles Dufilho, Roger Dufilho, and John Dufilho, all of Opelousas. La., and Joseph Dufilho of Houma. La.; two sisters, Mrs. G. D. Quirk of Washington. La., and Mrs. Oscar Richards of Port Arthur; 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, funeral arrangements to be announced later. Earthman Funerals.
["Maurice Joseph Dufilho, Sr.," death notice, Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas), 18 January 1950, section C, p. 11]

Died:
Age: 69

Maurice married Bertha Mary Richard on 8 Feb 1902 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Bertha was born on 22 Dec 1883 in Breaux Bridge, St Martin, Louisiana, USA; died on 30 Apr 1972 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1920, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Baton Rouge Ward 1
• Residence: 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: Between 1940 and 1972, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Obituary: 1 May 1972, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Obituary:
Dufilho Rites To Be Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Maurice Dufilho Sr., 88, of Houston, Tex., will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Houston. Burial will be in Gethsemane cemetery there. Mrs Dufilho, the former Bertha Richard, was a former resident of Opelousas. Mrs. Dufilho and her family had made their home in Houston for about 40 years. Her body is at Earthman Funeral Home. 1500 N. Freeway, in Houston. Survivors are one son and five daughters, all of Houston.

Died:
Age: 88

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:

• 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:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

Other Events:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baptism:
Baptism of
Aimee Delphine [Aimée Delphine]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Signatures]

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


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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

St. John the Baptist Church

Other Events:

• Probate: 1868, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA

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

Other Events:

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

Notes:

Name:
Arsena/Arsene

Notes:

Married:
St. Louis Cathedral

Notes:

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

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

Other Events:

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

Notes:

Married:
Opelousas Court House

Other Events:

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

Notes:

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

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

Buried:
Plot Section 4: 005-007

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

Other Events:

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

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: 12 Jun 1792, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Don Manuel Toledano was a descendant from King Charles V. of Spain. The full name of the Toledano family formerly was Toledano y Veuzuala, but the latter portion of the name, in time, was dropped as a matter of convenience, leaving the family name as it is used at this time, Toledano. This family originally came from Toledo, Spain, but Don Manuel resided in Madrid. He married Josephine De Montanaire, a lady of noble birth. Mr. and Mrs. Don Manuel Toledano became the parents of Christobal Toledano, who married Baselise Barbe, of Toulouse, France.

Don Manuel was a Spanish officer and occupied many important positions under the Spanish domination, among others that of chief officer of the castoms, department general, royal revenues of the Province of Louisiana.

Source: Fortier Alcée, Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form: Volume 3 (: Century historical association, 1914), entry for Henry Dufilho Richardson, pages 376-377, 435. www.archive.org, http://www.archive.org/details/louisianacompris03fort.

Don married Marguerite Benoist on 2 Nov 1787 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marguerite (daughter of Nicolas Benois and Helene Elena Toussaint Montanari) was born about 1771 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 8 Sep 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Also Margarita BENOI or BENOIST

Notes:

Married:
St. Louis Cathedral

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

Other Events:

• Residence: Between 1816 and 1820, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Ave Maria Plantation or Halfway House

Notes:

Louis and Marie were first cousins. Their fathers, Jean Fontenot dit Cadet and Joseph Fontenot dit Bellaire were brothers.
Emigration: 1776, "...moved to Opelousas after his father's death, where he became a large landowner."
Property: 06 December 1786, 1400 piastres in horned-cattle, horse, jumens, and sheep

Louis married Marie Josephe Fontenot on 6 Dec 1786 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Joseph Dit Belair Fontenot and Marie Helene Brignac) was born on 10 Mar 1757 in Fort Toulouse, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died in in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1794

Other Events:

• Probate: 1818, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Louis married Dorothee Lamathe on 19 Jan 1790 in St James, Louisiana, USA. Dorothee (daughter of Living and Living) was born about 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 13 Aug 1775, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA