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Name: Alice Dufilho
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1850: New Orleans Municipality 3 Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1259
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Dufilho 39
Palmyre Dufilho 30
Alice Dufilho 10
Marie Dufilho 9
Valine Dufilho 7
Dorine Dufilho 1
- [S254] "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906" Index, (Name: FamilySearch; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah;), (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4CR-2YJ : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Thomas F. Fisher and Louise Alice Dufilho, 22 May 1857.
name: Thomas F. Fisher
birth date:
birthplace:
age:
spouse's name: Louise Alice Dufilho
spouse's birth date: 1840
spouse's birthplace:
spouse's age: 17
event date: 22 May 1857
event place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
father's name:
mother's name:
spouse's father's name:
spouse's mother's name:
race:
marital status:
previous wife's name:
spouse's race:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: I00401-4
system origin: Louisiana-EASy
gs film number: 906338
reference id:
- [S783] Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
Name: Louise Alice Mayer
[Louise Alice Dufilho]
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Age: 79
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Death Date: 12 Nov 1920
Death Place: Seattle, King, Washington
Father: Henri Dufilho
Mother: Palmire Toledano
Spouse: G. F. Mayer
FHL Film Number: 1992759
Reference ID: 3004
- [S871] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960", FamilySearch, Louise Alice Mayer, 12 November 1920 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3GZ-TFJ: 10 March 2018); citing Seattle, King County, Washington, reference 3004, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,759.
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Name: Thomas Fisher
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Virginia
Dwelling Number: 442
Home in 1870: New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans, Louisiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: New Orleans
Occupation: Exchange Broker
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Inferred Spouse: Alice Fisher
Inferred Children: Balarie Fisher
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Fisher 40
Alice Fisher 30
Balarie Fisher 11
Wilson Dennette 11
Stella Dennette 7
Henry Dennette 4
Marie Dennette 29
Louisa Sennette 21
Alma Sennette 2
Walker Coleman 27
Alice Dennette 1/12
James Dennette 39
George Britten 18
John Britten 16
Rebecca Russel 29
Julia Johnson 21
- [S670] Newspapers.com, "On Anniversary of Wedding He Joins His Mate," The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), 26 November 1920, p. 1.
On Anniversary of Wedding He Joins His Mate
Grieving for His Pal of 44 Years, Aged Man Follows Her to “Wonderland Beyond”
by Hal Armstrong
Parted 13 days before by the hand of death, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Mayer, until recently of 1306 E. Union St., joined each other early yesterday in the spirit world and, if what we mortals like to think is true, celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary joyously together in “the wonderland beyond.”
Funeral services for Mr. Mayer were held at the Bonney-Watson establishment at 1 p.m. today. A smile was on the dead man’s lips, all that remained to tell the relatives and many friends he left behind that his passing was a happy one.
The body was cremated, just as his wife’s had been 13 days ago. Their ashes will rest, side by side, in tiny urns, as both of them had wished.
But those who witnessed the passing of the two cannot believe other than that somewhere in the misty after-world, Mr. and Mrs. Mayer have rejoined, and hand in hand, are going on. There were incidents, it is said, that point that way.
Both went to the Minor hospital about the same time some weeks ago. Mr. Mayer was 76, his wife a bit younger. During their 44 years together their home life had been singularly without the slightest friction.
For 21 years they had lived in Seattle. Mr. Mayer was connected with various railway, mercantile, real estate and promotion firms here at different times as auditor. he was, finally, auditor for the Drummond Lighterage company. He was a Mason and a member of the Artic Club.
Throughout their married life, Mrs. Mayer was his helpmeet, advisor, counsellor, and sweetheart, it is said. They were very close.
It became apparent when Mrs. Mayer first went to the hospital that she had not long to live. Mr. Mayer broken down immediately and was taken to the hospital, too. Until she died, they were constantly inquiring after the welfare of one another, with more than ordinary interest and concern.
On November 12, Mrs. Mayer breathed her last. Mr. Mayer was too ill, it was decided, to inform him of the fact, but he seemed to sense that she was gone. he didn’t ask for her again. His condition steadily grew worse. But it was not until after her funeral on the Sunday following that his physician entire gave up hope.
“After her funeral,” said Mrs. A. F. Rogers, of Spokane, his step-daughter, who was at his bedside, “he gave completely up. He seemed to have no further interest in getting well. He wanted to die.”
A special nurse, Miss Mabel Holmes, was called in a final effort to revive him, and stubbornly his doctor and others at the hospital fought to reawaken the desire to live.
Some said his heart was broken, yet much of the time, while he lay for days unconscious, his face was strangely placid and he smiled.
“Yesterday would have been their 44th wedding day,” said Mrs. Rogers. “had they been alive, Mr. Mayer would have spent the day at home alone with Mrs. Mayer. He would have brought her flowers and some little gift, as he always did on such occasions, and helped her with the dishes.”
Just before 3 o’clock yesterday morning—as the anniversary dawned—it was known at the hospital that the end had come. Mr. Mayer opened his tired eyes, smiled peacefully, closed them again, was gone, the smiled transfixed.
There is no surgery to mend a broken heart; no balm in medicine to fill an empty one. But does death always part us?
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Record for Geo F Mayer
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Richardson, Henry Dufilho, general insurance, and head of the Crescent Adjustment & Inspection Co., New Orleans,
was born at Opelousas, St. Landry parish. La., March 17, 1877. He is a descendant, in the 5th generation, from Don
Manuel Toledano, who, in turn, 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 Jo.sephine 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. This latter couple became the parents of Palmere Toledano who married
Henry Dufilho. Mr. and Mrs. Dufilho were the father and mother of Palmere Dufilho, who married John T. Richardson,
son of Capt. Wm. Richardson of the Royal Naval Reserves, Liverpool, Eng., and father of the subject of this
sketch. H. D. Richardson obtained his early education at the Jesuit's college, which he attended until 12 years of
age, when he left school and became an employee of the Natural Premium Life Assurance society. After 1 year here,
he went to Texas, but within a short time returned home and entered the service of the Sun Insurance Co. as an
office boy, remaining with this company 12 years.
Then, at the age of 25 years, he resigned from the service of the Sun Insurance Co. to accept a position as New
Orleans manager and special agent for the German Insurance Co. of Freeport, III. He held this position 2 years,
and then became associated with the Hibernia Insurance Co., where he remained another 2 years, following which he
launched into business on his own account as a general insurance agent, also operating the Crescent Adjustment &
Inspection Co., the business of which is to adjust fire losses. Mr. Richardson is a Jesuit alumnus, a member of
the Chess, Checkers, and Whist club, the Young Men's Gymnastic club, the Southern Yacht club and the Hoo-Hoo
fraternity. He has one sister, Loyola Eugene, now the wife of Dr. Pierre Leonce Thibaut, and two brothers, J. W.
A. Richardson, and Camille E. Richardson.
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
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Married, on Saturday, 23d inst., at Christ Church, by the Rev. Dr. Leacock, Thomas F. Fisher and Louise Alice, eldest daughter of Henry Dufilho, Esq., of this city.
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