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
  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.
  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
  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.
  Person ID	I96	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2014

  
  

  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	|  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. John Allan McLellan           b. 9 Feb 1923           d. 22 Mar 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F41	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Buried - 4 Nov 1961 - Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• 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.

  
  

• Reference

  "Marie Ernestine Bres". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I96&tree=1sttree (accessed December 18, 2018).