Name | Lambella Downing | |
Relationship![]() | with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard | |
Born | 29 Apr 1844 | Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland ![]() |
Gender | Female | |
Obituary | Obit., Times-Picayune, 29 July 1941, p2: BEMISS - On Sunday, July 27, 1941, at 9:15 o'clock a.m., Lamballa [sic] Downing, wife of the late Cyrus Talbot Bemiss, mother of Mrs. D.M. Pitard, R.C. and J.D. Bemiss of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. A.E. Leavel of Lafayette, La. Private services were held at the home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 1127 South Claiborne avenue, near Milan street, on Monday Morning, July 28, 1941, at 10 o'clock. Interment in Metairie Cemetery. Hagerstown, Md., Washington, D.C., Richmond and Gordonsville, Va., papers please copy. | |
Died | 27 Jul 1941 | New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
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Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
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Person ID | I4969 | lansdalepitard |
Last Modified | 3 Jan 2021 |
Father | Samuel S. Downing b. Virginia ![]() d. Yes, date unknown | |
Mother | Nancy Fighter b. Virginia ![]() d. Yes, date unknown | |
Family ID | F10449 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Spouse / Partner | ![]() b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky ![]() d. 24 Aug 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() | |||||||||||
Married | 27 Jan 1878 | New Orleans, Louisiana ![]() |
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Family ID | F3504 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Headstones | ![]() | Belden family tomb This is Lambella Downing and two of her children, Richmond Cyrus Bemiss and St. John Bemiss. |
![]() | Belden family tomb This is a close-up of the inscription. |
Reference | Pitard, Derrick. "Lambella Downing". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4969&tree=1sttree (accessed February 28, 2021). |
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