Joseph H. DEGRANGE

1839 - 1926  (87 years)

• Name	Joseph H. DEGRANGE
  Born	15 Mar 1839
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	2nd Municipality, 2nd Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
  	aged 10, born in Lousiana; mistakenly as "R. DeGrange"
  Census	1860	2nd Ward, 1st District, New Orleans, Louisiana
  	age 21, "clerk," born in Lousiana
  Census	1870	2nd Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Census	1880	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Census	1900	1st Ward, 5th Precinct, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Lousiana
  	aged 60 (b. Mar. 1840); born in Louisiana; both parents born in France; works [??0 Rl Rd Electric
  Census	1920	1st Ward, 5th Precinct, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Lousiana
  	HOH, aged 78
  Occupation	Railroad/Streetcar company manager
  Obituary	An obituary article appeared in the Times-Picayune, 21 Dec. 1926, page 3 entitled "Col. DeGrange Dead after Long Utilities Work. Secretary of Public Service Ends Career at 88." Note, New Orleans Item, 21 Dec. 1926 "Members of Lodge # 30 B P O E are invited to assemble for funeral of late brother J. H. DeGrange." This is the "Benevolent Protective Order of Elks."
  Died	18 Dec 1926
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Person ID	I198	Lansdales and Pitards
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Jacques DEGRANGE,   b. 30 Mar 1808, Lescheraines, Savoie, France ,   d. 4 Oct 1861, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Isabella Narcisa MOUCHON,   b. 29 Oct 1803, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba ,   d. 24 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F2169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Ellen McMILLAN,   b. 22 Oct 1842,   d. 5 Mar 1910, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 67 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1859	Notre Dame de Bon Secours Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Henry Snodgrass DEGRANGE, Sr.,   b. 3 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 15 Jun 1915, Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama  (Age 53 years) + 2. Dr. Joseph Tormey DEGRANGE,   b. 25 Nov 1864, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 1 Sep 1936, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 71 years) + 3. George Edward DEGRANGE,   b. 11 Dec 1864, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 24 Sep 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 55 years) + 4. Benjamin Jacques DEGRANGE,   b. Mar 1867   5. Isabella N.C. DEGRANGE,   b. 1869,   d. 13 May 1878  (Age 9 years) + 6. Helen Pauline "Weenie" DEGRANGE,   b. 11 May 1872, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 19 May 1962  (Age 90 years)   7. Samuel DEGRANGE,   b. 1 Dec 1881, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana + 8. Marie Beatrice Louise Choisy DEGRANGE,   b. 7 Dec 1883, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 9 Aug 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  Buried - - Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  clipping from the Picayune, June 19, 1869. This annouces a trip north by Joseph DeGrange; letters written during the trip are edited in the DeGrange-McMillan correspondence on the Louisiana Ancestry page.

  
  

  Headstones

  DeGrange Tomb at Metairie Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Certificate of Marriage, New Orleans.