Name | Barsilla Bemiss | |
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Aug 1871 | Louisiana ![]() |
Gender | Female | |
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1880 | Poydras Female Orphan Asylum, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
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1900 | 3410 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
Obituary | Obituary, Times-Picayune 10 Nov. 1954, p2: PITARD - Of 7411 Onyx street, Lakeshore, on Monday, November 8, 1954, at 5 o'clock a.m., Barsilla Bemiss, wife of the late Daniel M. Pitard; daughter of the late Cyrus Talbot Bemiss and de Lambell [sic] Downing; mother of Henry J., John C. Pitard; Mrs. Emmett L. Betzer, and Mrs. Henry A. Rolfs and the late Richmond D. Pitard; age 80 years; a native of New Orleans. Private funeral services were held Tuesday, November 9, 1954, at 10 o'clock a.m., from the auxiliary funeral home of Jacob Schoen and Son, 3827 Canal street, at North Scott street, with Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus church. Interment in Metairie cemetery. | |
Death | 8 Nov 1954 [1] | |
Burial | Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
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Patriarch & Matriarch![]() |
John Bemiss b. 16 Feb 1773, Massachusetts ![]() d. 29 Mar 1851, Kentucky ![]() ![]() Nancy Fighter b. Virginia ![]() d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother) ![]() |
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Person ID | I143 | |
Last Modified | 9 Feb 2025 |
Father | Cyrus Talbot Bemiss b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky ![]() d. 24 Aug 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() Other Partners: └─Alice Talbot Danforth b. New York State ![]() d. Yes, date unknown m. 4 Oct 1854 | |
Mother | Lambella Downing b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland ![]() d. 27 Jul 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() | |
Marriage | 27 Jan 1878 | New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
Family ID | F3504 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Spouse / Partner | Daniel Maupay Pitard b. 15 Nov 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() d. 6 Mar 1946, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() Marriage |
27 Mar 1888 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Family ID |
F95 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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9 Feb 2025 | |
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Documents | ![]() | Marriage certificate for Daniel M. Pitard and Barsilla Bemiss (m. 1888) Transcription: ". . . (April 2 1888) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. J.B.A. Ahrens on the 24 day of March 1888 between Daniel M Pitard (22 years), a native of New Orleans, La son of Gustave Pitard and Cecilia Maupay, and Miss Barsilla B. Bemiss (17 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Cyrus T. Bemiss and Lambella Dormin. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Mrs. Belle Bemiss, Mrs. M.J. Blessing, David Bradford. The License was issued on the 23 day of March 1888. . . " |
Headstones | ![]() | Pitard tomb, names The one name on this which is not on the site is Anna Mishe. She was not a blood relation, but had been taken in by the family way back and lived with them for years. She appears in Gustave Pitard Sr.'s household on the 1880 census as a servant, "Anita Mish," next to her son [presumably her son] Fernand. |
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