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These are recent major updates to the site:

March 2025: Lots of link-rot has been cleaned, notably among the sources. A number of sources that no longer exist, that are repetitive, or that are otherwise not a help have been culled. I am working to format sources more consistently. History and Mystery pages have been reorganized. TNG has been updated to version 15.0.1. A number of census images and links have been added, and will continue to be updated.

For content, Kentucky has been a focus: the Currens, Savage, Hieatt, Donovan, and other related Mason and Bracken county families have been updated. Lots of mysteries remain, here, though.

July 2024: The Mannen family has been updated to overcome a long-standing brick wall. Lots of sites and trees name John Mannen Jr's father as the "John Manning" who died in Mason Co., Kentucky, in 1822, but the dates don't make sense for this. John Jr. died in 1814, and the John Mannen named in his 1822 will, his son, must have been born some twenty years before then. So, who was John Mannen Jr.'s father?

Digging through Deeds and Court Order Books and Probate Records for Mason County, Kentucky, however, I have tied togther the evidence that his father was James Mannen, a son of the John Mannen who died in 1822. (I have used the name "Mannen" on this site for consistency's sake.) And this means that many Mannen and associated family members have been added to the tree. Evidence appears in the Notes under individuals.

February, 2023: The site has been updated to TNG v14.

June, 2022: I have updated the von Rosenbergs and related ancestral families from the Baltics on the site. Many names and dates have been added and fixed. The key sources here are family histories by the von Rosenbergs and the Geschlechts Registers from the Kurland Ritterschafts Archiv. These are family trees compiled in the mid- to late-1800s about families in Kurland (Courland), now in Latvia.

December, 2018: Much of the past year on the site has been devoted to cleaning and correcting place names, sources, events, cemeteries and other data. Names on many pages (including many of the links below) were often connected to dead links, dating in many cases back to the Summer, 2012 change in the site address. These have been largely repaired. The bigger project is a book, The Pitard Family of New Orleans, which is coming near to completion. It will include much fuller narratives than are possible on the site, where stories and events that involve many people and places are often divided up among a number of pages.

June 2018: The site has been updated to TNG v12. 12.0.2 includes updates for GPDR requirements.

January 2017: Site updated to TNG v11, which provides updated mapping and charting features, among other changes. 

June, 2014: Ancestors of the immigrant Alphonse Gamard, Sr. in Ghent, Belgium and Amiens, France have been added, again with many thanks to the generous help of David Quénehérvé.

February, 2014: TNG updated to version 10, which adds a number of new features and changes to the site's use and appearance.

January, 2014: Over the past months a number of ancestors in Saint-Domingue and France have been added, found from combing through many parish records. Thank you to Margaret Herritage for her collaboration while researching the Caribbean, and to David Quénehérvé for his extensive help with finding, deciphering, and teaching me how to find and decipher many dozens of parish records in France. New additions especially include ancestors of Pitard and Mahé families, which originated in the Brittany, the DeGrange family, which originated in Savoie and Haute Savoie in the French Alps, and the Couret family, which originated in the Pyrenees.

January, 2013:  Over the past few months, two updates have been happening.  First, many pages will now feature a map to show the where events have happened in people's lives, if the events are pretty localizable.  Second, dozens of obituaries have been added across the site where they can be located.  Pages of people on which they appear have an entry for "Obituary" in the left column.

October, 2012:  Added in descendants, and some of their relations, of George Dunbar Pitard.  He seem to have had three wives, and I'm not sure these relations are all correct.  This includes Mayorga, Faget, and Wynne families, among others.

September, 2012:  Added in many descendants of immigrant ancestor Daniel Maupay Sr. and Anna Campbell who stayed in the Philadelphia area rather than moving south to New Orleans.  Sons Daniel Jr. and Edward moved to New Orleans; all of the others seem to have raised families in the north.

Summer, 2012:  Site upgraded to new site addres at ancestors.pitard.net.  Media are being re-added as time allows.

June, 2012:  The family of the earliest Pitard ancestor, Joseph, has now been pushed back several generations.  It seems that his father, Louis Francois, served on a French warship, "Le Vengeur," during the American Revolution. His ancestors can now be traced back to France.

February, 2012:  TNG software upgraded to TNG version 9.

January, 2010: Major updates have been few over the past few years. There is still a long "to do" list, and there have been many smaller additions and corrections to branches, yet several major expansions have occurred.  I continue to be astonished at and grateful for the work of so many who have been in touch and donated time and material to the trees on this site.   Thank you. 

1. The ancestors of John Mannen have been one of the major puzzles on the tree, and I think now that his mother, at least, is known.  This line has been updated to include John Mannen's mother Mary Cushman and her ancestors.  The full story of why I think this is correct is on his page.  If it's so, it connects him back to the Cushman/Howland family that immigrated on the Mayflower. 

2. A second major wall has been the parentage of Joseph Pitard.  Thanks to a researcher who got in touch with help, the family of his mother, Amelie Hacker, has now been uncovered.  And Octave Pitard can be now probably identified as Joseph's brother. 

3. The McLellans in New Orleans descend from W.H.P. McLellan.  But his younger brother James Brackett McLellan, who had stayed in Maine and (apparently) fought for the Union side during the war (against WHP's children), moved after the war to Texas.  Later several of his children moved to Arizona. Thanks to the contact of another researcher, several generations of James Brackett's descendants have now been added to the tree.

4. The families of one of the children of Joseph DeGrange, George Edward Degrange, and his wife Minerva Davis have now been added to the tree, thanks to several of his descendants who have been in touch. They had four children and many descendants. This has been growing over several years now, with images and other information still being added.  

5.  The software which runs the site, TNG, has been updated to version 8.1, with lots of new features.

July, 2006: I have added in much about Maryland families, including the Bowies and the Contees, Quaker families allied with the Snowdens and the Thomases, and initial information about Delia Donovan's (apparent) ancestors from Harford County (note the query on her page). Information has been added about the Ohio family of Margaretta Lansdale and Samuel Williams. The addition of many census records about the descendants of Robert Franklin Sr. has been finished.

June, 2006: One quirk of the privacy policy for the tree was that if no birth or death date appeared for any person, that person's name would be hidden. A new functionality has been uncovered, however: if "Yes, date unknown" is inserted instead of a death date, the TNG software whose rules control the privacy will see it as a date, and unhide the person. This gets rid of the annoying problem that prevented non-registered users from seeing a 17th-century person's name just because vital dates were unknown. This update is happening across all of the trees for folks who are obviously dead; this means that many, many more names will appear in searches, and that information and queries under these names are now visible.

April 8, 2006: Added family related to James Dilworth and Ann Waln, who immigrated in 1682 to Pennsylvania on board the "Lamb" as colleagues of William Penn and his Quaker settlers to Pennsylvania. I have also been adding information from many census records across the trees.

February 3, 2006: Updated the Civil War page with fuller entries and new documents and photographs.

January 10, 2006: Added the direct ancestral lines for Mary Turner, the mother of Leonora Levensaler (wider relations and fuller stories will be added as time permits). Leonora was born in Maine and migrated to New Orleans with her husband W.H.P. McLellan. These folks are Leonora Levensaler's Puritan ancestors who immigrated to Massachusetts in the early and mid-1600s, living especially in Scituate and Hingham.

January 6, 2006: Added the direct ancestral lines for Katherina Zentner (wider relations and fuller stories will be added as time permits). All of these folks lived in Germany. These lines push the ancestors of Julie Groos, who married Johannes Carl von Rosenberg, back several generations. Also added several new people to the Civil War page.

November 13, 2005: Added a page for the Revolutionary War.

September 10, 2005: Filled out another set of Lansdales on the tree, the descendants of Charles Lansdale and Catherine Wheeler. This family includes, among others, Gen. Edward Geary Lansdale, whom Graham Greene used as his model in The Silent American. Along with this the Maryland Mysteries page has been fleshed out: how does this family related to other set of Lansdales, the descendants of Isaac and Margaret?

September 8, 2005: Added family connected to S287, One Hundred Years Ago: the Life and Times of Walter Dulany Addison, 1769-1848.

June 13, 2005: Added the bare bones of some Acadian ancestry (flesh will be added as time permits). Acadians (who become known as Cajuns when they immigrate to Louisiana in the 1750s) appear at the far ends of two branches: ancestors of the DeGrange family, and ancestors of the Tomlinson family. Jean Mouchon is a direct ancestor of the DeGranges via his daughter Isabella. Jean's son, Paul, married Adelaide Ferlot, whose ancestors were Acadian. For the Tomlinsons, Mary Leonese Theriot was a direct ancestor of Hendley Edgar Tomlinson. Her ancestry is thoroughly Acadian. (Interestingly, these two branches relate by marriage; you can trace this connection through the descendants of this family, one branch of which descends to Ferlot, another to Mary Leonese Theriot).

June 8, 2005: Added and corrected much about Gregg and Hamilton ancestors. All of these lines are direct ancestors of Minerva Hamilton. John Hamilton Sr. and his son, John Hamilton Jr. both served in the Revolutionary War; John Lansdale Jr. reached back to them to become a member of the SAR. The Greggs, who were Quakers, are a complicated bunch with many descendants; on this tree there are two different groups of them, descending from immigrant ancestors Samuel Gregg and William Gregg (which converge in Capt. Aaron Gregg, who was Minerva Hamilton's grandfather).

June 1, 2005: Added a number of Groos and related ancestors, the ancestors and relations of Julie Wilhelmine Christine Groos who married Johannes Carl von Rosenberg. Many are visible as the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation maternal Grandparents of Metta Tomlinson. (More on this family added July 30, 2005).

May 25, 2005: Added a number of McLellan relatives from Maine, esp. the descendants of Richard Edwards. Updated the Civil War page, which now includes a number of Union soldiers, esp. from Maine.

May 16, 2005: the web-page format for the site has been entirely rewritten, and TNG software has been updated to version 5, with lots of new features to access the database.

May 2, 2005: the McLellan family from Maine (beginning with immigrant ancestor Bryce) has been completely updated, including the addition of source references, documents, and images.



Photos

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Lt. Col. Gus W. Dorsey (b. 1839)
Lt. Col. Gus W. Dorsey (b. 1839)
 
  6 May 2025
von Rosenberg
von Rosenberg
 
  6 May 2025

Documents

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Sharf, <em>The Chronicles of Baltimore</em>, on the Mexican-American War.
Sharf, The Chronicles of Baltimore, on the Mexican-American War.
 
  12 May 2025
Authorization to raise Partisan Rangers
Authorization to raise Partisan Rangers
This is a copy of orders created in June, 1862 to create groups of Confederate partisan rangers in western Louisiana. 
  10 May 2025
Biography of Milo Root
Biography of Milo Root
 
  10 May 2025
Pedigree of the Addison Family
Pedigree of the Addison Family
 
  9 May 2025
Biography of Meredith Moore (b. 1827)
Biography of Meredith Moore (b. 1827)
This gives a biography and traces his ancestry as well. 
  8 May 2025
Biography of Edgar A. Tomlinson
Biography of Edgar A. Tomlinson
 
  6 May 2025
On the McLellan/Winter divorce
On the McLellan/Winter divorce
 
  6 May 2025
Pleasants, <em>Old St. David's at Radnor</em>, frontispiece
Pleasants, Old St. David's at Radnor, frontispiece
 
  6 May 2025
Death on the 'Virtue'
Death on the "Virtue"
This article describes the events around the death of CSA Maj. Jean Baptiste Prados on a mission in 1863. 
  6 May 2025
On the McLellan/Winter divorce
On the McLellan/Winter divorce
 
  6 May 2025
Biography of David W. Bowe
Biography of David W. Bowe
 
  6 May 2025
Biography of Quaker Nicholas Waln
Biography of Quaker Nicholas Waln
 
  6 May 2025
Scharf, <em>History of Western Maryland</em>, title page
Scharf, History of Western Maryland, title page
 
  6 May 2025
Biography of William von Rosenberg, (b. 1821)
Biography of William von Rosenberg, (b. 1821)
 
  6 May 2025
Biography of William von Rosenberg (b. 1863)
Biography of William von Rosenberg (b. 1863)
 
  6 May 2025
'McLellanville'
"McLellanville"
This is a reprint of an article originally published between 1890 and 1895 describing the McLellan shipyards run by the McLellans on the south bank of the Mississippi in New Orleans. Pictured are William H.P. McLellan (d. 1895) and two of his sons, Alden and Orris. "Azeal" in the body of the article must mean "Asahel," the other living brother. This is taken from "Old Algiers" by Richard Remy Dixon, page 57.  
  6 May 2025
Papenfuse, <em>A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789</em>, title page
Papenfuse, A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, title page
 
  6 May 2025
Klingspor, <em>Baltisches Wappenbuch</em>, title page
Klingspor, Baltisches Wappenbuch, title page
 
  6 May 2025
'Bicycles Excite Jealousy in Joseon, Korea'
"Bicycles Excite Jealousy in Joseon, Korea"
This article says that Philip van Horne Lansdale was probably the first to introduce bicycles to the area. Also see Neff's 2018 article in The Korea Times
  6 May 2025
<em>The Thomas Book</em>: 'Family Records,' frontispiece
The Thomas Book: "Family Records," frontispiece
 
  6 May 2025
'Destructive Fire,' <em>Weekly Advocate</em> (New Orleans), 26 Apr 1855
"Destructive Fire," Weekly Advocate (New Orleans), 26 Apr 1855
This note tells about a setback that occurred before Jean Couret could open the Ruby. 
  6 May 2025
'Capt. Charles W. McLellan'
"Capt. Charles W. McLellan"
A description of the career of Charles McLellan by another Confederate officer whom he served with. It omits, however, that he was at Gettysburg as well, which is confirmed by family letters. From Confederate Veteran vol. 6, no. 11. 
  6 May 2025
Wedding of Mary Alice Markey and James Joseph Harney (1906)
Wedding of Mary Alice Markey and James Joseph Harney (1906)
From the Times-Picayune, 21 Oct. 1906, p6. 
  6 May 2025
Biography of Hon. Duncan MacArthur Williams
Biography of Hon. Duncan MacArthur Williams
This mistakenly says that "Thomas" Lansdale married Jamima Hyatt; in fact Richard Lansdale did. 
  6 May 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  6 May 2025

Histories

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Virginia Family Mysteries
Virginia Family Mysteries

Branches of these families later migrated to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas.

 
  6 May 2025

Censuses

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1840 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
1840 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
This is close to the family on the 1850 census headed by Mary McMillan. The difference is that in 1840 there are two young girls under 5, while in 1850 there is just one girl who matches that age, Emma.  
  12 May 2025
1850 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 1st Ward
1850 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 1st Ward
 
  12 May 2025
1820 U.S. Federal Census, Mason Co., Kentucky
1820 U.S. Federal Census, Mason Co., Kentucky
More entries are highlighted here than are indexed.  
  11 May 2025
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  10 May 2025
1900 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 4th Ward
1900 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 4th Ward
 
  10 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 12th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 12th Ward
 
  10 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 12th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 12th Ward
 
  10 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 11th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 11th Ward
 
  10 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 10th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 10th Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 8th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 8th Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 7th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 7th Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 7th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 7th Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 4th Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 4th Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
 
  9 May 2025
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Austin Co., Texas
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Austin Co., Texas
 
  9 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
 
  8 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
1910 U.S. Federal Census, New Orleans, 3rd Ward
 
  8 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
 
  8 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California
 
  8 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama
 
  8 May 2025
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mobile Co., Alabama
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mobile Co., Alabama
 
  8 May 2025

Draft Registrations

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WWI draft registration for Henry St. John Pitard
WWI draft registration for Henry St. John Pitard
This gives several good bits of information: his age and birth date, his address, his profession (buyer at Pitard Hardware) and work address (1031 Canal St.) at the time, and his height and weight ("stout"). He claimed an exemption because he was the sole breadwinner. 
  6 May 2025
WWI draft registration for Amos 'Turn' Mannen
WWI draft registration for Amos "Turn" Mannen
 
  6 May 2025
WWI Draft registration for Edward A. Gamard
WWI Draft registration for Edward A. Gamard
This gives several good bits of information: his age and birth date, his address, his profession and work address at the time, and his "medium" height and weight. He gives his wife Amy as his closest relative. 
  6 May 2025

Obituaries

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Obituary for Thomas Sellman Iglehart (d. 1904).
Obituary for Thomas Sellman Iglehart (d. 1904).
 
  12 May 2025
Funeral of Alice Swarbrick Ford (1909)
Funeral of Alice Swarbrick Ford (1909)
From the Times-Picayune, 20 Feb. 1909, p2 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Abner Wimberly (d. 1858)
Obituary for Abner Wimberly (d. 1858)
This was preserved in the Allen Strain family bible. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 6 Oct. 1870 in France
Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 6 Oct. 1870 in France
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 30 Oct. 1870. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Pierre Hacker, d. 13 April 1835
Obituary for Pierre Hacker, d. 13 April 1835
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 14 April 1835. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Margaret Cooper Tureman (1848-1902)
Obituary for Margaret Cooper Tureman (1848-1902)
From the Times-Picayune, 8 Dec. 1902, p4 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Louis Pitard (d. 1901)
Obituary for Louis Pitard (d. 1901)
From the Times-Picayune, 26 Feb. 1901.  
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Joseph M. Markey (1857-1919)
Obituary for Joseph M. Markey (1857-1919)
From the Times-Picayune, 31 July 1919, p11. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for John B. Couret, d. 2 May 1887.
Obituary for John B. Couret, d. 2 May 1887.
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 3 May 1887. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Jean B. Couret
Obituary for Jean B. Couret
Times Picayune, 3 May 1887 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Gustave Pitard Sr.
Obituary for Gustave Pitard Sr.
From the Times-Picayune, 10 Mar. 1902, p3. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Emilie (LaCoste) Hacker, d. 13 Feb. 1866.
Obituary for Emilie (LaCoste) Hacker, d. 13 Feb. 1866.
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 14 Feb. 1866. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Elmore L. DeGrange, d. 2006
Obituary for Elmore L. DeGrange, d. 2006
 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Edward Maupay, d. 15 July 1859
Obituary for Edward Maupay, d. 15 July 1859
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 16 July 1859. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Caroline Maupay Druilhet, d. 21 Sept. 1853
Obituary for Caroline Maupay Druilhet, d. 21 Sept. 1853
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 22 Sept. 1883. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Arthur Pitard (d. 1912)
Obituary for Arthur Pitard (d. 1912)
From the Times-Picayune, 30 June 1912. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Thomas L Couret (d. 1882)
Obituary for Thomas L Couret (d. 1882)
From the Times-Picayune, 22 Nov. 1882. 
  9 May 2025
Jack Lansdale (1912-2003), Remembered With Awe and Affection
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Allen Strain (d. 1858)
Obituary for Allen Strain (d. 1858)
This has been preserved in his family bible. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Corinne Pitard, d. 16 Apr. 1880, aged 11 mos.
Obituary for Corinne Pitard, d. 16 Apr. 1880, aged 11 mos.
Published 17 Apr. 1880 in The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Jean Baptiste Prados (d. Jan. 1863)
Obituary for Jean Baptiste Prados (d. Jan. 1863)
Published in the Richmond Examiner, 20 Mar. 1863, p2 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Leonora McLellan (d. 1880)
Obituary for Leonora McLellan (d. 1880)
She was 2 when she died; this was found in a scrapbook kept by Asahel McLellan, her brother.  
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Louis Francois Pitard, d. 26 April 1830
Obituary for Louis Francois Pitard, d. 26 April 1830
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 29 April 1830. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 17 Nov. 1882
Obituary for Thomas Couret, d. 17 Nov. 1882
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on on 18 Nov. 1882. 
  9 May 2025
Obituary notice for Bertrand Couret, d. 31 Aug. 1855
Obituary notice for Bertrand Couret, d. 31 Aug. 1855
The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/ L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 1 Sept. 1855. 
  9 May 2025

Slave Censuses

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1850 U.S. Slave Census, Mason Co., Kentucky
1850 U.S. Slave Census, Mason Co., Kentucky
 
  7 May 2025
1850 U.S. Slave Census, Bracken Co., Kentucky
1850 U.S. Slave Census, Bracken Co., Kentucky
 
  7 May 2025

Vital Records

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Death Certificate for Alphonse Gamard, Jr. (d. 1937)
Death Certificate for Alphonse Gamard, Jr. (d. 1937)
Transcription:
" . . . who hereby declares that Alphonse Gamard (white) a native of La, aged 91 Yrs., departed this life yesterday (2 of September 1937) at No. 4106 Canal St. in this city. Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia . . . ; Certificate of Dr. N. F. Thiberge. Deceased was married to Marie Couret, and the son of Alphonse Gamard, a native of Ghent, Belguim and Caroline R. Simmons, a Native of SC. . . . "  
  10 May 2025
Baptismal certificate for Isabel 'Buison' (1809)
Baptismal certificate for Isabel "Buison" (1809)
Isabel Narcisa "Buison" is here described as the daughter of Susanna "Laurren" and "Juan Buison." Later, however, this name appears regularly as "Mouchon." Why the name is different here is not clear.  
  8 May 2025
Baptismal Certificate for Helen McLellan (bap. 1906)
Baptismal Certificate for Helen McLellan (bap. 1906)
 
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Gustave Pitard Jr. and Lucie Gamard (m. 1895)
Marriage certificate for Gustave Pitard Jr. and Lucie Gamard (m. 1895)
Transcription:
". . . to-wit: the twenty third of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety five . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. father H. Mizant [?] on the 19 day of March 1895 between Gustave Pitard Jr (24 years,) a native of New Orleans La son of Gustave Pitard and Cecile Maupay, and Miss Lucie Gamard (22 years,) a native of New Orleans La daughter of Alphonse Gamard and Marie Couret. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Gustave Pitard, Alphonse Gamard, Gen. H. Dunbar. The License was issued on the 16 day of March 1895 . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Gus Pitard and Helen McLellan, m. 1931
Marriage certificate for Gus Pitard and Helen McLellan, m. 1931
 
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Enrique Remirez and Julia Cecile Pitard (m. 1887)
Marriage certificate for Enrique Remirez and Julia Cecile Pitard (m. 1887)
Transcription:
". . . (February 26 1887) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. father D. Hubert S.J. on the 19 day of February 1887 between Enrique Portas Remirez (30 years,) a native of Campeche, Mexico son of Rafaele Portas and Rose Remirez, and Miss Julia Cecile Pitard (24 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Arthur Pitard and Catherine Copley. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses A. Pitard, Manuel Z. Zamora, J.M. Cressy. The License was issued on the 17 day of February 1887. . . "  
  8 May 2025
Marriage Certificate for Henry S. DeGrange and Marie Cecile Bozant (m. 1891)
Marriage Certificate for Henry S. DeGrange and Marie Cecile Bozant (m. 1891)
Transcription:
" . . . to-wit: the night of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. father F.A. Cuppens on the 9 day of June 1891 between Henry S. DeGrange (31 years,) a native of New Orleans, La son of Joseph H. DeGrange and Ellen McMillan, and Miss Marie Cecile Bozant (30 years,) a native of New Orleans La daughter of Auguste Bozant and Cecile Correjolles. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses John Bozant, B.J. DeGrange, Gabriel Bozant. The License was issued on the 8 day of June 1891 . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Marriage Certificate for J.T. DeGrange and Isabella Lagan (m. 1894)
Marriage Certificate for J.T. DeGrange and Isabella Lagan (m. 1894)
Transcription:
"(April 24, 1894) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rt. Archbishop F. Janssens on the 18 day of April 1894 between Joseph T. De Grange MD (29 years,) a native of New Orleans son of Joseph H. De Grange and Helen McMillen and Miss Isabella M. Lagan (26 years,) a native of New Orleans daughter of Matthew D. Lagan and Jane C. Laycock. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses J. H. DeGrange, MD Lagan, Chs. H Lagan. The License was issued on the 17 day of April 1894 . . . " 
  8 May 2025
Marriage Certificate for Lorenza Maupay and John Schmidt (m. 1872)
Marriage Certificate for Lorenza Maupay and John Schmidt (m. 1872)
Transcription:
" . . . to-wit: the twenty eighth of May in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy two . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. J C. Ferec [?] on the 19 day of Dec 1871 between John BJ Schmidt aged twenty five years a native of Louisiana son of Gustave Schmidt and Estelle Massey, and Lorenza W. Maupay aged (21 years) a native of Louisiana daughter of Daniel Maupay and Lorenza Fernandez. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of witnesses _________. The License was issued on the 14 day of Dec 1871 . . . " 
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Lorenza Maupay and Raoul Tanneret (m. 1885)
Marriage certificate for Lorenza Maupay and Raoul Tanneret (m. 1885)
Transcription:
" . . . to-wit: the twenty eighth of May in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty five . . . was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, La., by Rev. Timothy Stiemke on the 25 day of May 1885 between Raoul Tanneret (__ years) a native of Louisiana son of Emile Tanneret and Augustine Massicot, and Miss Lorenza Maupay (__ years), a native of Louisiana daughter of Daniel Maupay and Lorenza Fernandez. The celebration of marriage was performed in the presence of witnesses Charles Franke, Wm. B. Kelly, J.M Druilhet. The License was issued on the 25 day of May 1885 . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Pierre Arnaud and Elizabeth O. Pitard (m. 1856)
Marriage certificate for Pierre Arnaud and Elizabeth O. Pitard (m. 1856)
This not only gives their names (though no ages, unfortunately), but also their parents' names. Note that it was registered before a judge in 1877. 
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate for Daniel M. Pitard and Barsilla Bemiss (m. 1888)
Marriage certificate for Daniel M. Pitard and Barsilla Bemiss (m. 1888)
Transcription:
". . . (April 2 1888) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. J.B.A. Ahrens on the 24 day of March 1888 between Daniel M Pitard (22 years), a native of New Orleans, La son of Gustave Pitard and Cecilia Maupay, and Miss Barsilla B. Bemiss (17 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Cyrus T. Bemiss and Lambella Dormin. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Mrs. Belle Bemiss, Mrs. M.J. Blessing, David Bradford. The License was issued on the 23 day of March 1888. . . " 
  8 May 2025
Marriage certificate between Frank L. Coffee and Blanche M.E. Pitard (m. 1890)
Marriage certificate between Frank L. Coffee and Blanche M.E. Pitard (m. 1890)
Transcription:
". . . (March 31, 1890) was registered a marriage, celebrated in the City of New Orleans, by Rev. father D. Hubert S.J. on the 22 day of March 1890 between Frank L. Coffee (37 years), a native of New Orleans, La son of Andrew J. Coffee and Elizabeth Hutchins, and Miss Blanche Marie Elizabeth Pitard (25 years) native of New Orleans, La daughter of Arthur Pitard and Catherine Copley. The marriage was performed in the presence of the witnesses Chs. A Conrad, Wm. A Brewer, Louis O. Pitard, Robert G. Pitard. The License was issued on the 20 day of March 1890 . . . . " 
  8 May 2025
Death certificate for Mary Savage Pollock (d. 1916)
Death certificate for Mary Savage Pollock (d. 1916)
As "Mrs. Isaac Pollock." Parents: Frank Savage and Mary Wood 
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for Amos 'Turn' Mannen (1942)
Death Certificate for Amos "Turn" Mannen (1942)
 
  8 May 2025
Death certificate for Jean Mouchon (d. 1835)
Death certificate for Jean Mouchon (d. 1835)
Transcription:
" . . . personally appeared Jacques Degrange, a native of [?] Savoie, aged twenty seven years, a merchant residing in this Parish suburb Annunciation Appollo Street, who by these presents doth declare that Jean Mouchon, a native of Lucerne [?], aged about seventy years, late a merchant, died in this Parish suburb Annunciation Thalie Street, on the twenty ninth May last past at eight o'clock AM. the deceased was married and has left children . . . " 
  8 May 2025
Death certificate for John McMillan (d. 1842; registered 1850)
Death certificate for John McMillan (d. 1842; registered 1850)
Transcription:
. . . "on this day, to-wit the twenty fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . . . personally appeared Mrs. Barbara Klipfel, widow by first marriage of Charles Fields and by second marriage of John McMillen, ^who by these presents declares that her second husband John McMillen,^ a native of the State of New York, died in this city of New Orleans on the twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and forty two. . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Death certificate for Lorenza Fernandez (d. 1853)
Death certificate for Lorenza Fernandez (d. 1853)
Transcription:
" . . . Mr. Jean Bonnet, residing at No. 62 St. Ann Street, Second District of this city, who by these presents declares that Lorenza Fernandez, a native of this city, aged twenty-five years, the legitimate daughter of Mr. Joseph Fernandez and of Mrs. Aurore Fauque, Died this morning at five o'clock (March 30th, 1853) in a house situated at the corner of Bienville and Claiborne Streets, in the aforesaid District. The deceased was married to Mr. Daniel Maupay her surviving consort. . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for Lucie Maurice (d. 1890)
Death Certificate for Lucie Maurice (d. 1890)
Transcription:
" . . . hereby declares, that Mrs. Widow J.B. Couret, born Morris, (white) a native of this city, aged 62 years, departed this life on the twenty second instant (22 April 1890) at No. 541 Canal St, in this city. Cause of Death: Disease of Heart. Certificate of Dr. Souchon. . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Death certificate for Suzanne Laurens (d. 1855)
Death certificate for Suzanne Laurens (d. 1855)
Transcription:
" . . . on this day, to-wit the twelfth of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five . . . personally appeared Mrs. Antoine Lubue, Secretary of the Church Wardens of the Cathedral of St. Louis, residing in the City of New Orleans < >, on St. Anne Street, who hereby declares that Mrs. Jean Mouchon, born Suzanne Laurens, a native of Barades, Island of Santo Domingo, aged eighty two years, departed this life in a house situated on Thalie Streed, near Apollo, on the tenth of January of the present year (January 10th, 1855) at 9 O'Clock AM. . . " 
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for Thomas McLellan (d. 1882)
Death Certificate for Thomas McLellan (d. 1882)
Transcription:
" . . . who hereby declares that Thomas McLellan (white) a native of Maine, aged 62 years, departed this life this day (23 Sept 1882) at the Louisiana retreat in this city. Cause of Death: General Paralysis of the Insane. Certificate of Dr. E. T. Shepard . . ." 
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for W.H.P. McLellan (d. 1895)
Death Certificate for W.H.P. McLellan (d. 1895)
Transcription:
" . . . hereby declares that William H. McLellan, (white), a native of Warren Maine, aged 83 years 7 months, departed this life yesterday (24 April 1895) on Seventh bet. Chestnut [?] Camp Sts. in this city. Cause of Death: General Debility from old age. Certificate of Dr. C.J. Brickham. Deceased was a resident of this city for 50 years."  
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for J.B. Couret (d. 1887)
Death Certificate for J.B. Couret (d. 1887)
Transcription:
" . . . declares, that John B. Couret (white) a native of Aspet, dept. de Haute Garonne, France, aged 69 years, departed this life yesterday (2 May 1887) at No. 394 Canal Street in this city.
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Intestines. Certificate of Dr. E. Souchon. Deceased was married 40 years in city, a merchant by occupation. . . ." 
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for Henry Klipfel (d. 1819; registered 1850)
Death Certificate for Henry Klipfel (d. 1819; registered 1850)
Transcription:
. . . "on this day, to-wit the twenty fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . . . personally appeared Mrs. Barbara Klipfel, widow by first marriage of Charles Fields and by second marriage of John McMillen, residing in this city, who by these presents declares that her father Henry Klipfel, a native of Nehweiler, (Lower Rhine), "France," aged thirty eight years, died in this city of New Orleans in the month of September eighteen hundred and nineteen. The deceased was married to Mrs. Barbara Mayers . . . "  
  8 May 2025
Death Certificate for Fannie McLellan Palmer, d. 1955
Death Certificate for Fannie McLellan Palmer, d. 1955
 
  8 May 2025

Individuals

 ID   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Born   Location   Last Modified 
I7446 
Ann Skinner 
b. 27 Jun 1797   12 May 2025
I7448 
Elizabeth Skinner 
b. 20 Nov 1800   12 May 2025
I7429 
John Skinner 
b. Abt 1742   12 May 2025
I7427 
Philemon Skinner 
b. Abt 1740   12 May 2025
I10137 
George Oliver Lansdale 
b. 18 Feb 1818  Maryland  12 May 2025
I51 
Helen Pauline "Weenie" Degrange 
b. 11 May 1872  New Orleans, Louisiana  11 May 2025
I3431 
Charles Fields 
b. Abt 1799  New York State  11 May 2025
I3929 
Isaac Lansdale, V 
b. 1765   11 May 2025
I5873 
John Wesley Lansdale 
b. 28 Jul 1791  Montgomery Co., Maryland  11 May 2025
I3844 
Richard Lansdale 
b. Abt 1780  Montgomery Co., Maryland  11 May 2025
I6 
Helen Degrange McLellan 
b. 19 Aug 1906  3426 Coliseum St., New Orleans, Louisiana  11 May 2025
I3427 
John McMillen 
b. 1804  New York State  11 May 2025
I3352 
Benjamin Battee 
b. 24 May 1695   10 May 2025
I3340 
Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee 
b. 22 Oct 1749   10 May 2025
I3345 
Fardinando Battee, III 
   10 May 2025
I3341 
Fardinando Battee, Jr. 
b. 22 Apr 1697  Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  10 May 2025
I3492 
John Battee 
b. Abt 1767  Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  10 May 2025
I3327 
Samuel Battee 
   10 May 2025
I13975 
George McLellan 
b. 1782   10 May 2025
I2868 
Parmelia E. Carr 
b.   Loudoun Co., Virginia  9 May 2025
I2372 
Jeanne Clemenson 
b.   France  9 May 2025
I3337 
John Peter Couret 
b. 16 Nov 1881  New Orleans, Louisiana  9 May 2025
I2373 
Matheiu (Pierre) Duon 
b.   Lyon, Rhône, France  9 May 2025
I13625 
Louise Ursule "Emma" Hacker 
b. 28 Dec 1823   9 May 2025
I10955 
Edward Jarman 
b. 10m 28, 1704  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  9 May 2025

Families
                         
 ID   Father ID   Father's Name   Mother ID   Mother's Name   Married   Last Modified 
 F1999 
           12 May 2025
 F5400 
     I7576  Mary E.    12 May 2025
 F7552 
     I10782  Mary    12 May 2025
 F8483 
     I12062  Honor    12 May 2025
 F9995 
     I14158  Sarah    12 May 2025
 F10918 
     I15463  Elizabeth    12 May 2025
 F9629 
     I13660  Edith White Fayssoux    12 May 2025
 F10886 
     I15417  Anthonette Lesaveur    12 May 2025
 F8023 
     I11417  Julia Marie Maloney    12 May 2025
 F2971 
     I15895  Elizabeth Ruiz    12 May 2025
 F3076 
 I9756  Nicholas (Maccubbin) Carroll  I9758  Anne Jennings    12 May 2025
 F6611 
 I9366  William ? Brown        12 May 2025
 F6794 
 I9628  Peter ? Janzen Meet  I9576  Styntje Jacobs    12 May 2025
 F3670 
 I5217  Daniel ? Lambdin  I5214  Artridge Chew    12 May 2025
 F12003 
 I17062  Wilhelm Abresch  I17063  Anna Hedwig  1697  12 May 2025
 F5949 
 I8361  Pierre Acart  I8360  Marie Marguerite Boiaval  12 Jun 1680  12 May 2025
 F1055 
 I1925  William Otto Achilles  I1910  Clara May von Rosenberg  10 Nov 1920  12 May 2025
 F1687 
 I14183  Rev. Jonathan Adams  I2584  Hannah Antoinette Clough  16 Jul 1821  12 May 2025
 F6769 
 I9540  Samuel Adams  I9530  Charity Courts    12 May 2025
 F824 
 I1466  Walter James Adams  I1467  Ethel Zoreta Davis  26 Dec 1924  12 May 2025
 F4359 
 I6116  Joshua Adams  I6171  Nancy Gray    12 May 2025
 F825 
 I1468  Cohen Hazen Adams  I1469  Edith Martin    12 May 2025
 F805 
 I1437  Alexander Eugen Adams  I1438  Tennie May McCoy  23 Dec 1919  12 May 2025
 F462 
 I1436  Elisha Quincy Adams  I769  Eugenia Condordia von Rosenberg  1 Dec 1881  12 May 2025
 F855 
 I1526  William Harvey Adams  I1527  Glen Dale Wolf    12 May 2025