Ruth Marie Degrange

1892 - 1958  (65 years)

• Name	Ruth Marie Degrange
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	23 Oct 1892	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama
  aged 7
  Census	1910	Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama
  aged 17
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 18 August 1958; p2; c6: Gelpi-On Wednesday, August 14, 1958, at 1:15 o'clock a.m., Ruth DeGrange wife of the late Dr. Maurice J. Gelpi; mother of Mrs. Herman L. Danforth, Andrea and Maurice J. Gelpi and the late Pierre D. G. Gelpi; sister of Mrs. Ester Fearn and Henry J. de Grange. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from the home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne avenue (parking entrance on Milan street), on Monday August 18, 1958 at 9:30 o'clock a.m., followed by Requiem Mass at Holy Name of Jesus church, St. Charles Avenue. Interment in Metairie Cemetery.
  Religion	Catholic
  Died	14 Aug 1958	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Joseph Henry Degrange           b. 3 Jul 1895, New Orleans, Louisiana
  2. Esther Henrietta Degrange           b. Abt 1898, Louisiana           d. 8 Feb 1964, Fairhope, Baldwin Co., Alabama
  3. Betty Degrange           b. 1895
  4. Henry S. Degrange, Jr.           b. Abt 1902, Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama
  5. Leonard Degrange
  Headstones		Ruth Marie DeGrange Gelpi (d. 1958)
  Notes	On Gelpi tombstone in Metairie Cemetery.
  Person ID	I4809	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Henry Snodgrass Degrange, Sr.           b. 3 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 15 Jun 1915, Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Marie Cecile Bozant           b. Abt 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 12 Oct 1928, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1891	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Family ID	F3395	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi           b. 15 Jul 1883, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 9 Aug 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 56 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Children	1. Ruth Gelpi 2. Andrea Gelpi 3. Maurice Joseph Gelpi, Jr.           b. 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 1987  (Age 67 years)   4. Pierre D.G. Gelpi           b. 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 9 Sep 1943, Holtville, Imperial Co., California  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F3389	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 23 Oct 1892 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1900 - Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama  Census - 1910 - Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama  Married - 28 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Died - 14 Aug 1958 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Buried - - Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Ruth Marie Degrange". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4809&tree=1sttree (accessed September 30, 2020).