This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/382.1.1.1 Message Board Post: As stated previously, my grandfather was Antoine Despalier Bertrand, a brother to Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, whose son, Desiré, married Cyladise Dubois. Despalier & JB had a sister, Ursule, and, her daughter, Elodie Touchet, married Clydalise's brother, Alcién Dubois. I am researching the Bertrands, not the Dubois famille. Have a great day!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/382.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your response to my query. Is there a connection between your Gt. Grandfather Jean Baptiste Bertrand and the Jean Baptiste Bertrand who was the father of Desire? I am following the Dubois line and I was hoping to find someone who has a picture of Marie Cydalise Dubois and her husband Desire Bertrand.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BERTRAND, BERTRAND, BERTRAND Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/382.1 Message Board Post: 1. M.Cydalise Dubois m. Desiré Bertrand s/o Jean-Baptiste & M. Azelie Rolin 14 Apr 1890 (Abbeville Ch.: v. 3, p. 126). 2. Alcien Dubois m. Elodie Touchet d/o Michel & Ursule Bertrand 15 Aug 1898 (Henry, LA Ch.: v. 1, p. 6). 3. Jean-Baptiste Bertrand & Ursule Bertrand children of Ursin & M. Cesaire Primeaux. 4. Ursin B. & Cesaire had a son, Antoine Despalier Bertrand who was my grandfather. (My father had 17 children - no TV then). - Velia "Bert" Bertrand, Jr http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/r/Velia-Bertrand-jr/index.html is my webpage with family file (Louis Bertrand Famille), photos, links, etc.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/385 Message Board Post: Hello I am searching for a half sister who was born in New Orleans and placed up for adoption. The only information I have is this: Baby Girl Sinclair Placement agency Children’s Bureau of New Orleans D.O.B. 02/15/1966 Judgment Rendered Orleans Parish Juvenile Court My mother has just recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and I don’t know how much longer she has left. If anyone out there knows an adoptee born on this date please forward this message along to them. Also if you own a business or know someone who does please ask them if they could post this message where their patrons can see it. Thank you Bonnie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/383.1 Message Board Post: This is to correct the error in the email address of the querry for descendants of Jean Dugas and Artiseme Lormond

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Landry, Boudreaux, Trahan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/384 Message Board Post: I would like to hear from any descendants of Camille Landry and Clemintine Dugas. Camille was born May 18, 1819. I don't know when he died. Their childen were Paulin Landry; Onesime Landry; Adrien Landry; Elizabeth Landry; Elinda Landry who married Jules Boudreaux; Joseph Landry; Theodosia Landry; Charles Landry; and Marie Olivia Landry who married Odilon Trahan;

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dubois, Bertrand, Dugas, Landry, Hebert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/382 Message Board Post: I would like to hear from any descendants of Adrien Dubois. Adrien was born January 16, 1844 in Lafayette Parish and died March 4, 1918 in Vermilion Parish. He was married to Elmire Landry on May 3, 1869. His children were: Marie Cydalise Dubois who married Desire Bertrand; Jean Pierre Dubois; Adrienne Dubois who married Marcial Dugas; Louis Athomas Dubois; Felicienne Dubois who married Eloi Landry; Felicien Dubois; Felicia Dubois who married Cleodise Hebert; Alicien Dubois; Olivier Dubois; Elie Dubois; Ovelia Dubois and Aurelie Dubois.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/143.190.233.2.1 Message Board Post: have a little info on Colomb family - please email with your email address - would love to know more and meet more family thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/145.261 Message Board Post: I have information on the Fevergeon Family, Email ayr1@cox.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/143.190.233.2 Message Board Post: My husband is decendent of the Coulomb family line from Frace who came to Canada in the1700's they changed the name to Colomb We have a family Bible that has been handed down for 5 generations and gives recorded births & deaths& marriages....They came from canada into Northern Vermont and some into LA. If I can be of any help please E-mail me..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/381 Message Board Post: Any Vanlieu family out there? Anyone who is related to Elec VanLieu, please contact me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/380 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone who is a desendent of Washington and Malinda Humphrey.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mire, royer, cormier, broussard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/377.1 Message Board Post: Hope this helps, this is some of what i have. Descendants of Leon Mire 1-Leon Mire, son of Joseph Zephirin Mire and Marguerite Francoise Plaisance, wasborn about 1830 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Leon married Marie Melanie Royer, daughter of Augustine III Royer and Caroline Bourque, on 13 Nov 1849 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Marie was born on 4 Nov 1832 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana and died Aug 2, 1954 or Abt 1920 ??. They had 15 children: Euphemon, Zepherin, Marie Euphemie, Elisee, Leon Jr, Marie Emilie, Thomas, Joseph Reo, Marie, Marie Verdi, Marie Odelie, Anna, Francoise, Maria Aurora, and Euseide. 2-Euphemon Mire was born on 20 Oct 1850 in St Martin Parish, Louisiana. Euphemon married Clarisse Cormier on 2 Dec 1869 in Church Point, Louisiana. Clarisse was born in 1849 in Sabine, Louisiana. They had one child: Alexandre. 3-Alexandre Mire was born on 22 Mar 1883 in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Zepherin Mire was born on 1 May 1852 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, was baptized on 18 Mar 1859 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, and died on 24 May 1929 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. Zepherin married Celestine Broussard, daughter of Charles Theotiste Broussard and Celestine Leblanc, on 23 Sep 1876. Celestine was born on 1 Mar 1849. They had eight children: Marie Aspasie, John {Savan}, Raphael, Odile, Zepherin Jr, Portalis {Portalice}, Eloi, and Jean Batiste. 3-Marie Aspasie Mire was born on 23 May 1877 in Rayne, Louisiana and died on 8 Nov 1918 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-John {Savan} Mire was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Rayne, Louisiana and died in 1955 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Raphael Mire was born on 13 Jul 1881. 3-Odile Mire was born on 8 Mar 1883 in Rayne, Louisiana and died on 21 Feb 1956 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Zepherin Jr Mire was born on 14 Aug 1886. 3-Portalis {Portalice} Mire was born on 16 May 1888 in Rayne, Louisiana and died on 20 Jan 1957 in Abbeville, Louisiana. 3-Eloi Mire was born on 1 Apr 1890 and died on 5 Jun 1964 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. 3-Jean Batiste Mire was born on 29 May 1895 and died on 29 Aug 1969 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. Zepherin married Evelina Doucet. They had one child: Claudia. 3-Claudia Mire was born on 3 Feb 1899 and died on 6 Jan 1982 in Jennings, Louisiana. Zepherin married Andrea Hanks. Andrea was born on 6 Dec 1882 and died on 12 Jul 1962. They had nine children: Amanda, Mary, Asa, Eda, Elda, Alcee, Theophile, Ova, and Claby. 3-Amanda Mire was born on 27 Jun 1903 and died on 2 Jul 1960 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The cause of her death was cancer. 3-Mary Mire was born on 28 Nov 1904 and died on 30 Dec 2000 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Asa Mire was born on 16 Apr 1906 and died on 19 Aug 1963 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Eda Mire was born on 27 Nov 1907 and died on 6 Jun 1980. 3-Elda Mire was born on 16 Dec 1908 and died in Nov 1991 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Alcee Mire was born on 8 Aug 1911 and died on 1 Apr 1997. 3-Theophile Mire was born on 21 Feb 1913 and died on 29 Nov 1971 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Ova Mire was born on 8 Jun 1915 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana and died on 2 May 1993 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. 3-Claby Mire was born on 2 Aug 1919 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. 2-Marie Euphemie Mire was born on 21 Nov 1853 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. 2-Elisee Mire was born on 15 Sep 1855 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Elisee married Heloise Thibodeaux on 28 Feb 1876 in Rayne, Louisiana. Heloise was born on 15 Sep 1855 in Lafayette, Louisiana and died before 1907. They had 11 children: Elisee Jr, Marie Theosa, Ophilia, Idoris, Marie Elisia, Anais, Joseph, Elmire, Dupleix, Richard, and Alrina. 3-Elisee Jr Mire. 3-Marie Theosa Mire. 3-Ophilia Mire. 3-Idoris Mire. 3-Marie Elisia Mire was born on 10 Mar 1883, died on 10 Jun 1946, and was buried in Rayne, Louisiana. 3-Anais Mire was born about 1888. 3-Joseph Mire was born about 1890. 3-Elmire Mire was born on 5 Aug 1893 and died in 1945 in Rayne, Louisiana. 3-Dupleix Mire was born on 1 Nov 1894 in Rayne, Louisiana, died in Mar 1963, and was buried in Carencro, Louisiana. 3-Richard Mire was born about 1896. 3-Alrina Mire was born about 1899. 2-Leon Jr Mire was born on 17 Aug 1857 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana and died on 8 Apr 1935 in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Marie Emilie Mire was born on 25 Feb 1859 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, died on 4 Jul 1934 in Rayne, Louisiana, and was buried in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Thomas Mire was born on 21 Dec 1860 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. 2-Joseph Reo Mire was born on 15 Mar 1862 in Lafayette, Louisiana. 2-Marie Mire was born on 21 Dec 1865 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. 2-Marie Verdi Mire was born on 19 Oct 1867 in Church Point, Louisiana. 2-Marie Odelie Mire was born on 4 Oct 1869 in Church Point, Louisiana. 2-Anna Mire was born on 20 Feb 1872 in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Francoise Mire was born on 27 Apr 1874 in Rayne, Louisiana and was baptized in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Maria Aurora Mire was born on 2 Mar 1879 in Rayne, Louisiana. 2-Euseide Mire was born in 1881 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Leon married Estelle Breaux on 8 Jul 1886 in Lafayette, Louisiana.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ABSHIRE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/379 Message Board Post: Wishing to correspond with anyone having connection with family of Clombus/Columbus ABSHIRE and wife Onizie of Wd. 5 Vermilion Parish in 1930. Children born to them are: Ivinel, Obrey, Ozare, Oznaire, Helin, Edma, and Gladis all born in Vermilion Parish between 1910 and 1926. I would like to have more information on descendants. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/24.1.1 Message Board Post: joe and georgia 's daughter bertha eloise was my grandmother , bertha married benjamin franklin smith from jasper ,texas. would like to exchange info on the family, i have pixs of runnels family members. have photo of joseph , his mom margaret (peggy) schmidth runnels harris, you may remember my aunt bennie bryant (aunt ben ) she used to visit with your mom . aunt ben was from goldonna,louisiana. aunt maggie's grandchildren live in buna,texas. we get together once a year in buna,texas. i can be reached at trbinnc@aol.com hope to hear ffrom you soon tommye

Betty, here is what I wrote about our current courthouse's construction and the events surrounding that construction. Hopefully, you, and the other tour guides, will be able to use this information in the presentation of your tours of this magnificent building. Ken This courthouse [the one razed in 1951] with its 1930-two-story addition, served the people of Vermilion Parish faithfully for 60 years and eleven months. Its death knell was sounded in November 1949. In a parish election, 800 voters opted for a new courthouse, while 699 votes were cast against constructing a new one. In the months preceding this election, there had been a concerted effort to renovate this aging structure. While the death knell had been sounded in November 1949, this courthouse, designed by John Hannan, and constructed by Southwell and Stewart, did not go gentle into the night. Indeed, it would be thirteen months before the parish got around to razing it, and more than two years beyond this time period before the new one was completed and was ready to house its tenants. It was not before May 1950 that the building committee looked at the proposed plans for the new courthouse. Some members were not satisfied with the "colonial" style that was proposed. Indeed, the committee was to send a message to the architect, J. Hays Town, and suggest that "a compromise between the old colonial and the modern structure be adopted." The committee also felt that the office of the clerk of court was not allotted enough floor space, and made that concern known to Mr. Town as well. However, by the following week, as noted in the Meridional on June 10, 1950, the committee had accepted the colonial design over the modern one. As much as we take pride in our courthouse's colonial style of architecture today, I wonder what the other plan would have looked like, and if we would have been as satisfied with a more modern structure. A photo of an artist's rendering of the proposed courthouse accompanied this report in the newspaper. It looks just like the building does today. I don't know if the committee's recommendation to increase the area of the office of the clerk of court was heeded or not. This was a most eventful year--1950--both for Abbeville and for the world. Foremost in the news was the Korean War. It began only weeks after the building committee had accepted the plans for the courthouse. The war, and the construction and the occupancy of the new courthouse took about the same amount of time--the war lasted three months longer. In fact, the war delayed the completion of the courthouse. There were some limitations on new structures imposed by the federal government because of the nation's need for supplies to fight this "police action," as this conflict has been euphemistically referred to so often. A similar rationing of and restrictions on construction of buildings was imposed during World War I. If the structure to be built was not directly instrumental in advancing the war effort, the building was not allowed to be built, during World War I. A similar rationing must have occurred during the Korean War, causing certain materials not to be available, at least not at the time they were requested. In Abbeville, in 1950, the parish library was completed and dedicated--a major event for Abbeville. Also, the Bob Theatre was to be reopened after renovation. It had been called the Rex, and still stands, with a mural commemorating Father Megret ornamenting its facade, on Washington Street. Former District Judge W. P. Edwards died that same year. And Abbeville was to get a new courthouse. Returning to the construction of our current courthouse, bids for its construction and for the demolition of Hannan's small, but stately courthouse, were requested in October 1950. In 1949, the voters had approved a $950,000 bond issue for the construction of and for the furnishings for the building. In November 1950, the newspaper reported that the bids were too high, and so yet another delay surfaced. One of those unwanted typos crept into this story about the "old" courthouse. It was reported that it was to be "raised." In late November 1950, the "razing of the present courthouse" was to begin "immediately." The demolition of the jail, located on the southeast corner of the courthouse square, was also included in the $3,170 bid for razing of the courthouse. It was at this time that it was made known to the general public that in the razing of the old courthouse, most of the huge trees gracing the square would have to be sacrificed. If you have seen photos of the courthouse taken in the 1940s, you may remember the number of tall trees on the courthouse square before Mr. Town's courthouse was constructed. We must realize, however, that Hannan's-Southwell's courthouse was about a third of the size of our current one, so space for trees became quite limited. The demolition of the courthouse was delayed because of the need to find temporary housing for all of the offices of the courthouse and the necessity of relocating them before the razing could begin. Initially, the request for $3,000 a year for the use of the Masonic Lodge was considered to be too high. However, by December 16, 1950, the "parish offices" were "scattered" about town, as the "courthouse waits for razing." The resulting housing seems like a déjà vu experience. When fire destroyed the courthouse in 1885, the parish offices had to find temporary housing until another courthouse could be built. Now, as then, the Masonic Temple became the designated site of a temporary courthouse; now, the offices of the clerk of court, the sheriff, and of the assessor were located there. The Masonic Temple, in 1950, wasn't the same structure as the one built following the fire in 1885, but it was and is located on the same site as the one in 1885. Abbeville's new parish library, completed earlier in 1950, served as an office for the veterans' service office and the courtroom. Boy, the floor plans surely must have been different then than they are today! The "old Abbeville Elementary school building"--where the parish School Board office is today--served to house the police jury rooms and the office of the registrar. It was not until February 1951 that the governor gave approval for the construction of the courthouse, and it was not until April that a "courthouse work superintendent" was appointed. The foundation of the courthouse was being poured by that time. In July, bids were requested for the courthouse furniture. In the Meridional, I found no further mention of the construction of the new courthouse until an issue in February 1953, when it was reported that a "lack of finishing materials halts completion of the courthouse." Rationing, of sorts, due to the Korean War, was the cause of this shortage of materials. Finally, on March 23, 1953, more than two years after the tenants of the courthouse found temporary housing, "official business in the new courthouse began." The police jury and the building committee had accepted the building only the day before. "Even the parish prisoners in Lafayette returned to the parish jail" on March 23, 1953, only now they were quartered in the upper floor of the courthouse. Someone must have jumped the gun in having the year 1952 chiseled on the "Marble Memorial Tablet" on the south side of the courthouse; it was not until 1953 that the construction of the courthouse was completed, and the dedication ceremonies took place on May 30, 1953,--Memorial Day. From 1953 to the present--the year 2001--Mr. Town's colonial style courthouse has stood sentinel over Abbeville and Vermilion parish. It is alert to the need to maintain law and order, on the site selected and donated for the courthouse by Father Megret, the founder of Abbeville. It realizes the precedent of faithful service set by the previous courthouses on this square, and vows to continue the tradition with continued grace and duty.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/370.2 Message Board Post: Hi David. My husbands mother was Enedia Marie Meaux, her parents were Lessin Meaux and Euzeide Breaux. Enedia married O'neil Joseph Fermental. they were all from Abbeville,Vermilion Parish,La. I would like to join your web,please send me the address. Hope to hear from you soon. Darlene Fermental in California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LeBlanc, Stansbury Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/378 Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone who might have information about my father or ancestors or family of my grandmother and grandfather. Father was Wilmer R. "Tut" LeBlanc, creator of "Little Altar Boy Named Speck" cartoons. Died 1953 in Abbeville. Grandmother was May Stansbury LeBlanc, born in Perry, La., I believe. Died in Abbeville. Sister to Lilly and "Aunt Boo". Grandfather was Albert LeBlanc, no information known. Am just beginning research on family tree and any information would be appreciated. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/360.1.1 Message Board Post: Good Evening Mr. Catalon, I believe that I have exchanged a couple of emails with your father Richard. He lives in VA, and works in the DC area, I think. In addition, I believe that he recently became a grandfather, and was going on about that grandson. I think he said to me that you were the father of the child???????. Any way thank you for answering my post to the message board. I have tried to talk with Fr Labauve, who is currently serving the church in Galveston, TX, but I have had no luck with that. My grandmother Celeste LABAUVE is the daughter of Annociade Catalon, from the the Abbeville and Kaplan area. let me give you my direct email address: wal37lace@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/360.1 Message Board Post: Good Evening, My father was Richard Catalon (son of Severin) of Kaplan La in Vermilion Parish. I seem to remember a great uncle with named Arvilien. Were there siblings and do you know any additional names? The pronunciation would help a lot. There is a priest named Fr. LaBauve that I know you can probably trace effectively and finally my uncle Raymond Hebert in Philadelphia is in his late eighties and may remember some of these folks. Good luck