Caroline Rebecca SIMMONS

Abt 1819 - 1899  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Caroline Rebecca SIMMONS
  Born	Abt 1819	Charleston, Berkeley Co., South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	5th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
  	age 25, born in South Carolina (this age seems to be young)
  Census	1860	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  	age 40
  Census	1880	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  	She was a widow by then, and "age 50"
  Obituary	Obit. from the Daily Picayune, 5 Jan. 1899, and 8 Jan. 1899: GAMARD: On Wednesday, January 4, 1899, Mrs Caroline Rebecca Gamard, widow of Alphonse Gamard, a native of Charleston, S.C. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the residence of her daughter, Emma Guillemet, corner of Robert and Coliseum strees, this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o'clock.
  Died	4 Jan 1899	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Buried	5 Jan 1899
  Person ID	I117	Lansdales and Pitards
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2015

  
  

  Husband	Alphonse GAMARD, Sr.,   b. 5 Mar 1806, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium ,   d. 19 Nov 1874, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 68 years)
  Children	+ 1. Emma Elizabeth GAMARD,   b. Oct 1839, ? Cotile, Rapides Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 24 Apr 1921, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 81 years) + 2. George Alfred GAMARD, Sr.,   b. 6 Oct 1842, Cotile, Rapides Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 25 Mar 1933, West Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut  (Age 90 years)   3. Rosana G. GAMARD,   b. Abt 1842, ? Cotile, Rapides Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 2 May 1908, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 66 years) + 4. Alphonse GAMARD, Jr.,   b. Aug 1846, ? Cotile, Rapides Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 2 Sep 1937, 4106 Canal St., 3rd Ward, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Family ID	F371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1860 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  Census - 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  Died - 4 Jan 1899 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Death Certificate for Caroline Simmons (d. 1899) Transcription: " . . . who hereby declares that Mrs. Caroline Rebecca, widow of Alfonse Gamard (white) a native of Charleston, South Carolina, age 80 years, departed this life yesterday (4 Jan 1899) at ____ Robert & Coliseum St. in this city. Cause of Death: La Grippe; Certificate of Dr. E. P. Lowe. Deceased was a resident of this city for 45 years. . . . "
  		Death Certificate for Alphonse Gamard, Jr. (d. 1937) Transcription: " . . . who hereby declares that Alphonse Gamard (white) a native of La, aged 91 Yrs., departed this life yesterday (2 of September 1937) at No. 4106 Canal St. in this city. Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia . . . ; Certificate of Dr. N. F. Thiberge. Deceased was married to Marie Couret, and the son of Alphonse Gamard, a native of Ghent, Belguim and Caroline R. Simmons, a Native of SC. . . . "

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. [S668] Daily Picayune (also in the Times Democrat).