Marie Ernestine Bres

1886 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	Marie Ernestine Bres
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	23 Jun 1886
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 13 (b. June 1886), born in Louisiana as with both parents
  Graduation	1906	Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Census	1940	1430 State St., New Orleans, Louisiana
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 5 217 Charles McLellan Head Male White 1887 53 Married Virginia Manager Manufacturer State Street 6 217 Erenestine McLellan Wife Female White 1887 53 Married Louisiana State Street 7 217 Charles W McLellan Son Male White 1910 30 Single Louisiana Mechanic State Street 8 217 Ernest L McLellan Son Male White 1913 27 Single Louisiana Clerk State Street 9 217 Donald S McLellan Son Male White 1919 21 Single Louisiana State Street 10 217 Sara Louise McLellan Daughter Female White 1920 20 Single Louisiana State Street 11 217 John Alan McLellan Son Male White 1923 17 Single Louisiana State Street 12 217 Arthur Fair Conatsere Butler Male Negro 1905 35 Married Mississippi Butler State Street 13 217 Thelma Fair Conatsere Cook Female Negro 1910 30 Married Mississippi Cook State Street 14 217 Anna Wiliete Laundress Female Negro 1892 48 Widowed Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Laundress No State Street  NARA Pub:  T627  Roll:  01433  ED:  36-391  Sheet:  11A    Enumerated:  12 April 1940
  Obituary	Obit, Times-Picayune, 4 Nov. 1961, page 14: MCLELLAN - On Thursday, November 2, 1961, at 5:30 o'clock, Marie Ernestine Bres, wife of Charles McLellan; mother of Charles William, Edward Alden, Donald Stuart, and John Allan Mclellan, and Mrs. Sarah Louise Jumonville, all of this city, and Ernest Leigh Mclellan of Meridian, Miss,; also survived by 20 grandchildren. Service on Saturday morning, November 4, 1961, at 10 o'clock, from the residence 1430 State Street. Interment in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, Washington St. at Prytania Steet. According to her husband's obituary, she died while visiting him in the hospital just days before his death.
  Died	2 Nov 1961	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Buried	4 Nov 1961	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11849079
  Notes	She was a painter, and part of the Newcomb circle of artists. Other Bres family artists are Selina Bres Gregory and her daughter Angela Gregory. See the entry for her cousin Joseph Hughes Bres for a biographical history of the Bres family.
  Person ID	I96	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Edward Bres           b. Mar 1853, Louisiana           d. Feb 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Alice Louise Benedict           b. Oct 1860, Louisiana           d. Sep 1939  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F3102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Charles McLellan           b. 25 Aug 1886, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia           d. 8 Nov 1961  (Age 75 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1909	New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Charles William McLellan           b. 24 Nov 1909           d. 23 Mar 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 79 years) + 2. Ernest Leigh McLellan           b. 18 Aug 1911           d. 4 Aug 1967  (Age 55 years) + 3. Edward Alden McLellan           b. 12 Mar 1913           d. 22 Apr 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 90 years) + 4. Donald Stuart McLellan, Sr.           b. 22 Mar 1918           d. 27 May 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 78 years) + 5. Living + 6. Private
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Click to hide
  		Census - 1900 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Graduation - 1906 - Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana  Married - 19 Jan 1909 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1940 - 1430 State St., New Orleans, Louisiana  Died - 2 Nov 1961 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Buried - 4 Nov 1961 - Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend

  
  

• Headstones

  McLellan siblings These three panels include the families of four brothers, sons of Alden Miller McLellan. Their sister, Annie Cooper, has a plaque on the ground in front of them.

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Marie Ernestine Bres". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I96&tree=1sttree (accessed May 11, 2021).