My Fourth Great Grandmother Daughter of Joseph-Yves Hebert and Marie Thibodeaux Wife of Alexandre Delaune Mother of Adelaide, Marie Celestine, Rosalie Clemence, infant boy, Seraphine Eve Bon jour. I am Julie Marie Hebert. I was the first generation of my family to be born in Louisiana. I want to tell you the story of my…
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Adelaide Delaune Boudreaux
My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Daughter of Alexandre Delaune and Julie Marie Hebert Wife of Jerome Boudreaux Mother of Joseph Tulles Boudreaux, Adam Adelard, Joseph, Julie Marguerite, Odilia, Jean Baptiste, Marie Angelique, Nemie Victoria, Louise, and Alexandre Aurelien Sindi: Good day to you. May I call you Adelaide? Adelaide: Bon jour Sindi. Oui, you may call me Adelaide…
Louise Boudreaux Carrow
My Great-Great-Grandmother Daughter of Jerome Boudreaux and Adelaide Delaune Wife of Cyprien Carrow Mother of David, Willie, Cyprian, Mary Ann, Adele, Alexandre (Dutch), Henriette, and Eloise and one unknown child A few weeks ago you met Laura Walker Carrow and her mother Camilla Dooley Walker. Today you will meet my great-great-grandmother Louise Boudreaux Carrow, Laura’s mother-in-law and Camilla’s…
Melanie (Melina) Toups Apple Dooley Pierce
My Third Great Grandmother Daughter of Ambroise and Marie Baudoin Wife of Peter G. Apple, William Dooley, and Joseph Pierce Mother of Henry Terrazin, Marie Adeline, and Sarah Elizabeth Apple (April, Appel), Philomene Camilla, William, and Laura Amanda Dooley; and Chapman and Thomas Pierce When I first met my great-great-great grandmother, Melanie Toups several years ago, we…
Reminiscing With Uncle Marks
By Gwen Provost Corona (permission to share given by Joe Carona November 12, 2021). Giving thanks to Gwen for recording her interview with Uncle Marks and for Joe giving permission to share. This work has not been edited. At the end of Uncle Marks reminiscing, check out the table for a Who’s Who in his…
Philomene Camilla Dooley Walker – two of two
My Great-Great Grandmother Camilla’s family lived in Patoutville in Iberia Parish of Louisiana in 1900. When the census enumerator visited their household in Patoutville, which is between Lydia and Jeanerette, the following information was given: Camilla was forty-three years old; and she and William had been married for twenty-eight years, confirming that she was fifteen when she married. Someone told the census enumerator that…
Philomene Camilla Dooley – one of two
My Great-Great Grandmother Daughter of William Dooley and Melanie (Melina) Toups[1]Baptismal record on order from Lafayette Diocese. Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records Church and Civil Records, vol. 6, (Cecilia, Louisiana, Rev. Donald J. Hebert, 1977), Record … Continue reading Wife of William Walker[2]St. Nicholas, (Lydia, Louisiana), marriage act, unspecified volume, William Walker & Philomene Camilla Dooley, 28 May…
Laura Walker – three of three
My Great-Grandmother Tragedy struck Laura’s family on 5 November 1928. Different stories were told by different people to protect those involved. One story was that twelve-year-old Marcus had been hunting with cousins. Upon return the gun was to have been cleaned. Marcus thought there were no bullets in the gun. Some said that he dropped…
Laura Walker – two of three
My Great-Grandmother Laura and David Carrow (son of Cyprien Carrow and Louise Boudreau)[1]Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (Franklin, Louisiana), baptism record, unspecified volume, Marcel Carrow, 27 April 1878, digital image from 1953 microfilm, supplied 19 October 2021 by Diocese … Continue reading went to the New Iberia Courthouse with their fathers Cyprien Carrow and William Walker,…
Laura Walker – one of three
My Great-Grandmother Daughter of William Walker and Philomene Camilla Dooley Wife of David Marshall Carrow Mother of Carrol Antony, Velma Mary, Nora Mae, Mary Louise, Willie Lee Therese (Billie), and Marcus Gerald The Reconstruction Era was ending when Laura Walker was born 29 June 1875 in Lydia, Louisiana, ten years after the Civil War.[1]St. Nicholas,…