Name |
Asahel Walker McLellan [1] |
Relationship | with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
|
Born |
10 Aug 1868 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1870 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
---|
13 | 979 | Alden | Mclellan | 34 | 1836 | Male | White | RR Secretary | Maine | 14 | 979 | Sarah | Mclellan | 25 | 1845 | Female | White | Keeping House | Louisiana | 15 | 979 | Asahel | Mclellan | 2 | 1868 | Male | White | | Louisiana | 16 | 979 | Asahel | Cooper | 63 | 1807 | Male | White | Builder | Pennsylvania | 17 | 979 | Catherine | Brice | 36 | 1834 | Female | White | Domestic Servant | Ireland | NARA Pub: M593 Roll: M593_519 Page: 380A ED: Ward 02 Enumerated: 28 June 1870 |
Census |
1880 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 11, born in Louisiana; father born in Maine, mother in Louisiana
|
Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | BirthPlace | BirthPlace of Father | BirthPlace of Mother | Occupation | Street |
---|
38 | 579 | Alden | Mclellan | Self | Male | White | Abt 1836 | 44 | Married | Maine | Maine | Maine | Railroad Man | Barone Carondelet Street | 39 | 579 | Sarah | Mclellan | Wife | Female | White | Abt 1845 | 35 | Married | Louisiana | Pennsylvania | England | Keeping House | Barone Carondelet Street | 40 | 579 | Asahel | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Abt 1869 | 11 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | At School | Barone Carondelet Street | 41 | 579 | Annie | Mclellan | Daughter | Female | White | Abt 1871 | 9 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | At School | Barone Carondelet Street | 42 | 579 | William | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Abt 1874 | 6 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | | Barone Carondelet Street | 43 | 579 | Lenora | Mclellan | Daughter | Female | White | Abt 1878 | 2 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | | Barone Carondelet Street | 44 | 579 | Henrietta | Hautan | | Female | White | Abt 1861 | 19 | Single | Louisiana | Hanover | Hanover | Servant | Barone Carondelet Street | 45 | 579 | Louisa | Glynn | | Female | White | Abt 1853 | 27 | Widowed | Louisiana | Germany | Germany | Servant | Barone Carondelet Street | ED: ED 80 Sheet: 149C Enumerated: 7 June 1880 |
Census |
1900 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 32 (born Aug. 1867); born in Louisiana; father born in Maine, mother in Louisiana; "president ___ mills"
|
Obituary |
Obit., Times-Picayune, 27 Apr. 1943, page 2. This is an article entitled "A.W. M'Lellan Taken by Death. Cotton Manufacturer Expires at Age of 74."
Obit., Times-Picayune, 27 Apr. 1943, p2:
MCLELLAN - On Monday afternoon, April 26, 1943, at 12:05 o'clock , Asahel Walker McLellan, in his 75th year, husband of Helen Degrange, father of Mrs. Gus Pitard of Baltimore, Md., and Alden McLellan III of Meridian, Miss.; brother of Mrs. Theodore McGinnis of New York city; Charles and Alden McLellan Jr., son of the late Sarah Jane Cooper and Alden McLelland.
Funeral will take place on Tuesday monring, April 27, 1943, at 12 o'clock noon, from the residence, 22 Audubon Place.
Interment Private. |
Died |
26 Apr 1943 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Buried |
27 Apr 1943 |
Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Notes |
- His name was pronounced, and sometimes mis-spelled as, "Azale." His father and Joseph H. DeGrange (his wife's father) were on the Beauregard Monument Commission together, and, no doubt, the CSA veterans connection was how he and his wife met.
He was clearly an early adopter of transportation technology. He had a car by 1907, which was also the year he learned how to fly an airplane. He had two boats, named after his children. He owned the Alden (about 25-30') from about 1909 to 1923, when, in Autumn of 1923, he bought a 78' boat, the Spikes (one of his daughter Helen's nicknames), which he owned until 1941.
He was president of Alden Mills, which created things like hosiery, in New Orleans.
About 1905, the family moved from 3426 Coliseum Street to 22 Audobon Place in New Orleans. His daughter Helen, has memories him sitting on the front porch at their new house, enclosed behind a lattice with wisteria, eating his breakfast in the mornings. He could apparently be a very outspoken or wilfull man. He was an aviator, interested in flying from the early days of flight; there's an article in the Picayune about this.
Audobon Place was the first gated community in the United States, and very wealthy. Their house there was built in the 1890s; Weenie (Asahel's wife, Helen) lived there until her death in 1962, after which it was sold.
from ancestry.com--some sources:
McLellan, Asahel Walker 1868-1943
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 1: January, 1946-July, 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949. (BioIn 1)
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 33. New York: James T. White & Co., 1947. Use the Index to locate biographies.(NatCAB 33)
Who Was Who in America. A companion biographical reference work to Who's Who in America. Volume 2, 1943-1950. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1963. (WhAm 2)
|
Person ID |
I50 |
lansdalepitard |
Last Modified |
3 Jan 2021 |
Spouse / Partner |
Helen Pauline "Weenie" Degrange b. 11 May 1872, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 19 May 1962 (Age 90 years) |
Married |
3 Jun 1896 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Children |
+ | 1. Alden McLellan, III b. 6 Apr 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. Mar 1986, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi (Age 88 years) |
+ | 2. Helen Degrange McLellan b. 19 Aug 1906, 3426 Coliseum St., New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 18 May 1999, Gladwyne, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (Age 92 years) |
| 3. Unknown McLellan d. Yes, date unknown |
|
Last Modified |
3 Jan 2021 |
Family ID |
F32 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
|