John Baptiste Bres, Sr.

1820 - 1907  (87 years)

• Name	John Baptiste Bres
  Suffix	Sr.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	9 Jan 1820	Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 Feb 1830	Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
  Census	1870	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 5, "comm. merchant"; born in Louisiana
  Census	1880	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 60, born in Louisiana, father born in Italy (seems to be an error) and mother in Pennsylvania; "clerk in store";
  Died	Mar 1907
  Buried	22 Mar 1907	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  2 Evergreen Cedar Aloe
  Notes	Baptised by a visiting priest to the lower French settlement in the Cadwell Parish, w/ Phillip Avegno & Marie Catherine Loin, sponsors. See his grandson Joseph Hughes Bres for a biography that gives a family history.
  Person ID	I4524	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Jean Baptiste Bres           b. Abt 1790, Paroisse Saint-Michel, Diocese of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France           d. 19 Nov 1842, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Marie Seghers           b. Abt 1794, Prussia           d. 11 Apr 1856  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1819	Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
  Family ID	F2832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Elizabeth Adams           b. Abt 1832, Louisiana           d. 1904  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1848	Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
  according to a marriage notice in the Times-Picayune, 7 Oct. 1848, p2 c7.
  Children	1. John Baptiste Bres, Jr.           b. Abt 1851, New Orleans, Louisiana   2. Lizzie R. Bres           b. Abt 1855 + 3. Edward Bres           b. Mar 1853, Louisiana           d. Feb 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 56 years) + 4. Joseph Ray Bres           b. 21 Dec 1854           d. 1913  (Age 58 years)   5. William A. Bres           b. Abt 1857           d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 54 years)   6. Claudia Bres           b. ? 1858   7. Katherine Bres           b. Abt 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. Sep 1937, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 76 years)   8. Marie L. Bres           b. Abt 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. Jun 1942  (Age ~ 78 years) 9. Alfred C. Bres           b. Oct 1866, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 45 years) + 10. Selina Bres           b. 1 Jan 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 6 Nov 1953, Paris, France  (Age 83 years)   11. Claude Francis Bres           b. Abt 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. Dec 1901  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F3097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 9 Jan 1820 - Caldwell Parish, Louisiana  Baptism - 14 Feb 1830 - Caldwell Parish, Louisiana  Married - 5 Oct 1848 - Caldwell Parish, Louisiana  Census - 1870 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1880 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Buried - 22 Mar 1907 - Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "John Baptiste Bres, Sr.". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4524&tree=1sttree (accessed February 25, 2021).