At 06:08 PM 5/19/01 -0500, you wrote: >J. O. LeBlanc, son of Joseph Casimire LeBlanc, was born in Port Barre, >LA, on 18 June 1860. He was a merchant and one of the incorporators of >Port Barre. > >He died in New Orleans on 16 April 1916, but his body was sent to >Opelousas. He was buried from St. Landry's Catholic Church, but no >mention of the burial site is given. His son, my grandfather, never >mentioned the location to anyone. J. O. LeBlanc was not listed in the >book on the large cemetery in Opelousas, nor are any of his LeBlanc >relatives. > >John Oliver's wife died 20 years later. She was buried with her family >at Lower Waxia Cemetery, near Port Barre. If he happened to have been >buried there, his grave could have been washed away many years ago. > >Many thanks for any ideas or suggestions! > John Gaudin > > >==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >Support the RootsWeb community. Consider volunteer for projects, create a free homepage, or post your own information on GenConnect. > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > Wish I could help but mot of the Bringier line are in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, St. James Parish, Metairie, & New Orleans - and some on private land. Check my website. I know the LeBlanc's fom D'ville well. Louie is there & his mother Madge lives in Baton Rouge now. Louie can be reached at Thibaut Oil Company in Donaldsonville. Bill William DuBourg Bringier http://connecti.com/~bringie email: bringie@mailhost.connecti.com phone: 210-681-4766 (business-ask For Nancy & State reason for call) phone: 210-682-4612 (home-office, have message machine) - try first fax: 210-681-5533 Address: P.O.Box 681806 San Antonio, TX 78268
At 11:26 PM 5/20/01 -0500, you wrote: >At 06:08 PM 5/19/01 -0500, you wrote: >>J. O. LeBlanc, son of Joseph Casimire LeBlanc, was born in Port Barre, >>LA, on 18 June 1860. He was a merchant and one of the incorporators of >>Port Barre. >> >>He died in New Orleans on 16 April 1916, but his body was sent to >>Opelousas. He was buried from St. Landry's Catholic Church, but no >>mention of the burial site is given. His son, my grandfather, never >>mentioned the location to anyone. J. O. LeBlanc was not listed in the >>book on the large cemetery in Opelousas, nor are any of his LeBlanc >>relatives. >> >>John Oliver's wife died 20 years later. She was buried with her family >>at Lower Waxia Cemetery, near Port Barre. If he happened to have been >>buried there, his grave could have been washed away many years ago. >> >>Many thanks for any ideas or suggestions! >> John Gaudin >> >> >>==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >>Support the RootsWeb community. Consider volunteer for projects, create a >free homepage, or post your own information on GenConnect. >> http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> >>============================== >>Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >>learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >>http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> >Wish I could help but mot of the Bringier line are in Donaldsonville, >Ascension Parish, St. James Parish, Metairie, & New Orleans - and some on >private land. Check my website. I know the LeBlanc's fom D'ville well. >Louie is there & his mother Madge lives in Baton Rouge now. Louie can be >reached at Thibaut Oil Company in Donaldsonville. >Bill > >William DuBourg Bringier >http://connecti.com/~bringie >email: bringie@mailhost.connecti.com >phone: 210-681-4766 (business-ask For Nancy & State reason for call) >phone: 210-682-4612 (home-office, have message machine) - try first >fax: 210-681-5533 >Address: P.O.Box 681806 > San Antonio, TX 78268 > > >==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >Louisiana Cemeteries list >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Cemeteries/LA-CEMETERIES.html > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > All the names are familiar as I was raised in Donaldsonville & my family was settled there from before 1790. However I do not see any direct conection, but you can brouse thru my website at http://connecti.com/~bringie and click on anything underlined. All generations of the descendents of Marius Pons Bringier are not there, but you may find a clue in one of the branches. Good luck. Bill William DuBourg Bringier http://connecti.com/~bringie email: bringie@mailhost.connecti.com phone: 210-681-4766 (business-ask For Nancy & State reason for call) phone: 210-682-4612 (home-office, have message machine) - try first fax: 210-681-5533 Address: P.O.Box 681806 San Antonio, TX 78268