John Edward Cousans

Abt 1896 - 1928  (~ 32 years)

• Name	John Edward Cousans
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	Abt 1896	Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	2637 Cleveland Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 24, born in Louisiana as with both parents; "receiving clerk," railroad
  Obituary	Obit, Times-Picayune, 24 Jan. 1928, p2: COUSANS - Entered into rest at Abita Spring, La., on Monday, January 23, 1928, at 11:40 o'clock a.m., John E. Cousans, beloved husband of Myrtle E. Markey, and beloved father of John, Patrick, and Milton Cousans, and brother of Sidney, Charles, William, and Edward Cousans, aged 33 years, a native of this city. Relatives and friends of the family, also officers and members of the Brotherhood of M.P. Terminal Railroad Lodge No. 53, Steamship Clerks of the M.P. Terminal Railroad and the Holy Name Society of St. Joseph's church are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will take place from the Markey mortuary, 253 S. Claiborne avenue, on Wednesday, January 25, 1928, at 9:15 o'clock a.m., with services in St. Joseph's church at 10 a.m. Interment in Greenwood cemetery.
  Died	23 Jan 1928	Abita Springs, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	vol. 195, page 1649
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  	796 Locust Cedar Aloe
  Person ID	I14568	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Edward Cousans           b. Abt 1863           d. 3 Oct 1914  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Catherine Donnelan           b. Abt 1867, Ireland           d. 22 Apr 1910  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Family ID	F10572	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Myrtle Elizabeth Markey           b. 3 Aug 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 2 Dec 1965, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 68 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1918	New Orleans, Louisiana   [3]
  	vol. 40, page 701
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F10294	|  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  A marriage announcement in the New Orleans States on 30 Jan. 1918, p10, says "Edward J. Corisano [sic] and Myrtle E. Markey." He registered for the WWI draft while living at 2637 Cleveland St. in New Orleans. [4]

  
  

• Reference

  "John Edward Cousans". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I14568&tree=1sttree (accessed December 15, 2018).