Living

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

Living married Sandra Ann Richard. Sandra (daughter of Dr. Ray Joseph Richard and Carmen Elvira Trevino) was born on 19 Aug 1937 in Nueces, Texas, USA; died on 17 Aug 2014 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Bellaire, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA; Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Obituary: 24 Aug 2014, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Houston Chronicle

Notes:

Obituary:
Sandra Richard
Sandra Widener Richard was a woman of enormous character. Always a friend and caretaker known for her big heart and generosity, she loved doing for others, never expecting anything in return. Her zeal and love for life was infectious as was her smile and laughter. Birthdays never passed without a card or phone call and holidays were always big events. Family and friends were everything to her and her spare time was filled traveling and visiting remote places.
Sandra's early years were spent in Corpus Christi, Texas, working at Maverick Markets and raising the joys of her life, her three children. She later relocated to Houston, Texas, where she worked for Stop and Go and developed many new friendships that lasted through the years. Later Sandra's love of plants and landscape design, soon drove her to start Earthbound Landscaping in Bellaire, Texas, which she owned and operated for 25 years with her then husband, Doug. While Sandra loved landscaping and the people she worked with, she achieved her goal of retirement at age 68 and was able to enjoy some wonderful years in South Carolina with family. But Texas drew her back to Houston in 2010 where she lived for four more years before moving to South Carolina to live her final months.
Sandra continued to be an active mother, grandmother, friend and teacher to all around her until her last day. She left us peacefully on August 17, 2014, with her children and grandchildren by her side at the home of her daughter in Charleston, South Carolina. Of all her many accomplishments, she took the greatest pride in her family.
She was the oldest child of Dr. Joseph Ray Richard & Carmen Richard and the precious granddaughter of Adel Dufilho Richard.
She is survived in death by her sister, Sharron (Peaches) Gonzalez of Dallas, Texas, daughter, Rae Ann (Bill) McCanse of Houston, Texas, son Michael Martinez of Austin, Texas, daughter, Monica (Paul) Mulkey of Charleston, SC, as well as her seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and nephews Randall Gonzalez of Dallas, Texas and Glen Gonzalez of Houston, Texas.
The Memorial Service will be held on Monday, August 25th at 5:00 at St Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, 6800 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, Texas 77025. There will be a Celebration of Sandra's Life for friends and family held at Glen and Steve's home, immediately following the Memorial Service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the SC Chapter, 4124 Clemson Blvd.- Suite L., Anderson, SC 29621.

Published in Houston Chronicle on Aug. 24, 2014

Died:
RICHARD, Sandra Ann, 76, of Charleston, a retired landscape designer, died Sunday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services of North Charleston.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1935, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA; Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Ray married Carmen Elvira Trevino on 23 Jun 1934 in Nueces, Texas, USA. Carmen was born on 26 Sep 1911 in Texas, USA; died on 4 Jul 1989 in Nueces County, Texas, USA; was buried in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1935, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA; Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Buried:
Seaside Memorial Park (Gardnen Mausoleum I, Area B)

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA; Age: 56; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1910, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1

Notes:

Son of Jean Baptiste V., pere & Genevieve (Zeringue) Richard.

Joseph married Adele Dufilho on 17 Jan 1906 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Adele (daughter of Charles Remi Dufilho and Marie Antoinette Debaillon) was born on 11 Nov 1887 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 1 Mar 1955 in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA; was buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1910, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA; Police Jury Ward 1
• Residence: 1930, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA; Age: 51; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Sandra Richard's grandmother.
Adele's first husband was much older RICHARD when she had a son Ray RICHARD.
Second husband was her stepson Oscar RICHARD.
Sandra's sister Sharon would have more information.

Buried:
Plot: Right Side of Cross

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