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,…
Dedication to my mother on her birthday
Today, 19 October 2021, would be my mother’s 89th birthday. Happy Birthday Mom, also known as Emily Claire Dobbs. This blog is dedicated to her. She was always sharing the events of her life and her family’s history. Her stories of family were the inspiration for my love of genealogy and the recording of family…