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";
  Military Service	Confederate soldier during the Civil War. J.B. Bres appears as a private in Co. E of the Confederate Guards regiment of the Louisiana volunteers. His service records say that he was transferred to Gen. Lovell to protect New Orleans in March of 1862. See Bergeron for more.  [1]
  Died	Mar 1907
  Buried	22 Mar 1907	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  	2 Evergreen Cedar Aloe
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Catherine Bres           b. 1822, "Breston Plantation", Caldwell Parish, Louisiana           d. 2 Dec 1888, New Orleans, Louisiana
  2. Charles Bres           b. 21 Mar 1825, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana           d. 27 Aug 1862
  3. Benedette Bres           b. 11 Sep 1827, "Breston Plantation", Caldwell Parish, Louisiana           d. 1900
  4. Jerome C. Bres, Sr.           b. 11 Sep 1827, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
  5. Cynthia A. Bres           b. 1828, Tennessee
  6. Dr. Paul Bres           b. 1 Aug 1830           d. 16 Dec 1868, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
  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	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  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	|  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	12 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F3097	|  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 September 24, 2020).