| Name |
Mary Staples |
Relationship | with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
|
| Born |
Abt 1851 |
Prague, Bohemia  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Immigration |
1865 |
|
|
| Census |
1880 |
Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana |
- aged 26, born in Bohemia as with both parents
|
| Census |
1900 |
2611 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 46, born in Germany as with both parents; married 25 years (error); has had 4 children, all still living.
|
| Census |
1910 |
2611 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 54; born "Aust. German," as with both parents; married 18 years; (no record of number of children); date of immigration is 1865
|
| Census |
1930 |
2748 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 77, widow, born in Austria as with both parents
|
| Legal Documents |
Note, Times-Picayune 1 Aug. 1950, "Records of the Day" - "Civil District Court, Suits Filed":
Succession of Mrs. Mary Steeples [sic], widow by first marriage of Martin Croker, and widow by second marriage of Charles Toffino [sic], will and inventory. |
| Obituary |
Obituary, Times-Picayune, Sunday, 23 July 1950, p14:
TOPPINO - At the residence, 2748 Canal street, on Saturday, July 22, 1950, at 12 o'clock noon, Mary Staples Croker, in her 99th year, wife of the late Charles Toppino Sr., mother of Mrs. Charles Toppino Jr., Mrs. Edward A. Garard [sic], Leonard F. Toppino, Mrs. Lea Poor, and the late Mrs. J. W. Waters, Mrs. H.R. Owen and Charles Toppino, Jr.
The funeral will take place this Sunday afternoon, July 23, 1950, at 3 o'clock from the House of Bultman, St. Charles avenue at Louisiana avenue. Services at Sacred Heart of Jesus church, Canal street at South Lorer [?[ street.
Interment private. |
| Died |
22 Jul 1950 |
| Notes |
- Her censuses are very confusing; I'm not sure that I have the correct ones. The 1880 census, from Morgan City, coincides with the obit. of her daughter Ella, where Ella was a native of Morgan City, so that seems pretty good.
But the 1900 and 1910 censuses are odd; I'm not sure it's right.
The 1900 census seems to have a lot of inaccuracies. Aside from time married and the date of immigration (she says 1880?), in 1900 she has had 4 children, all still living, and there are four listed as living with her here: Emilly (22), Annie (21), Martin (15), and Leonard (7). But, "Emilly" should be "Emma" and "Annie" should be "Amy."
In the 1900 census she was married for 25 years; the 1910 census says 18 years in the present marriage. If the 1910 census would be the the more accurate one here, putting the date at abt. 1892, presumably the first three chiildren, Emily/Ella, Annie/Amy, and Martin, are all by her first husband Martin Croker, with Martin Jr. being born shortly after his father's death.
Her second husband Is I believe the father of her daughter Ella Croker's husband Charles Toppino Jr.
For origins, the 1880 census say Bohemia; the 1900 census says Germany; and the 1910 census says Austria.
The 1910 census puts her immigration date at 1865, which would make more sense than 1880, as in the 1900 census.
In 1910, "Emily" is also the oldest daughter's name (age 31, which would match Ella).
In 1930 she is living with her daughter Ella and his wife Charles Toppino. Also with them is Emma Dupuis, "aunt" of the hoh Charles Toppino, but also born in Austria.
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| Person ID |
I3026 |
lansdalepitard |
| Last Modified |
14 May 2020 |
Abt 1851 - 1950 (~ 99 years)
Language
1848 - 1884 (35 years)
