Pierre D.G. Gelpi

1922 - 1943  (21 years)

Pablo Gelpi

Abt 1814 -

Birth	Abt 1814	Spain
Family	Maria Rosa Ezilda Viosca           b. 23 May 1827, New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	1. Ezilda Gelpi           b. Abt 1846, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Jerome Joseph "Paul" Gelpi           b. 20 Mar 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana + 3. Louis Octave Oscar Gelpi           b. Abt 1849, Louisiana

Marie Cecile Correjolles

Abt 1824 - 1885  (61 years)

Birth	Abt 1824	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	13 May 1885	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Pierre August Bozant           b. 4 Aug 1818, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	1 Jul 1843	St. Mary's Cathedral Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	+ 1. John Edwin Bozant           b. 13 Jul 1843   2. Augustus Bozant           b. 1845   3. Oscar Bozant           b. 1849   4. Jules Bozant           b. 1855 + 5. Marie Cecile Bozant           b. Abt 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana   6. Gabriel Bozant           b. 1864

Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi

1883 - 1939  (56 years)

Birth	15 Jul 1883	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	9 Aug 1939	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jerome Joseph "Paul" Gelpi           b. 20 Mar 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Louise Baudier           b. 21 Apr 1850, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	Aft 20 Mar 1869	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Ruth Marie Degrange           b. 23 Oct 1892, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	28 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Maurice Joseph Gelpi, Jr.           b. 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Pierre D.G. Gelpi           b. 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana

Ruth Marie Degrange

1892 - 1958  (65 years)

Birth	23 Oct 1892	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	14 Aug 1958	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Henry Snodgrass Degrange, Sr.           b. 3 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Cecile Bozant           b. Abt 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	9 Jun 1891	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi           b. 15 Jul 1883, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	28 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Maurice Joseph Gelpi, Jr.           b. 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Pierre D.G. Gelpi           b. 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Name	Pierre D.G. Gelpi
  Birth	1922	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	He was an ensign in the Navy and a pilot. He died in a training accident in California.
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 13 Sept. 1943, p2 c; included a photo.: Ensign Pierre Gelpi-Plan Crash Fatal to Orleans Ensign Ensign Pierre Gelpi, U. S. N. B., 21-year-old son of Mrs. Maurice J. Gelpi, 815 Cherokee Street, died Thursday of injuries received when his naval fighter plane crashed at Holtville, Cal., according to word received by his mother. Ensign Gelpi was commissioned last June at the Pensacola naval air station and received operational training at Melbourne, Fla., and carrier training at Chicago, Ill. He reported for duty at the San Diego naval base September 6. He was a graduate of the Fortier High School and attended Tulane University. He is survived also by a brother, Maurice J. Gelpi, Jr. and two sisters, Ruth and Andree Gelpi.
  Death	9 Sep 1943	Holtville, Imperial Co., California
  	plane crash
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Pablo Gelpi           b. Abt 1814, Spain   (Great Grandfather)  Marie Cecile Correjolles           b. Abt 1824, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 13 May 1885, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 61 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Notes	He was an ensign in the Navy and a pilot. He died in a plane crash, a training accident. On Gelpi tombstone in Metairie Cemetery.
  Person ID	I4810
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi           b. 15 Jul 1883, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 9 Aug 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ruth Marie Degrange           b. 23 Oct 1892, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 14 Aug 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Louisiana

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1922 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Death - 9 Sep 1943 - Holtville, Imperial Co., California   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Ens. Pierre Gelpi (d. 1943)

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, D. "Pierre D.G. Gelpi". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4810&tree=1sttree (accessed April 29, 2025).