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| Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes (1849-1911) Author of Nos Hommes et Notre Histoire |
| "There is no State in the Union, hardly any spot of like size on the globe, where the man of color has lived so intensely, made so much progress, been of such historical importance and yet about whom so comparitively little is known. His history is like the Mardi Gras of the city of New Orleans, beautiful and mysterious and wonderful, but with a serious thought uderlying it all. May it be better known to the world some day." Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar Nelson, 1916 |
| Visit the Louisiana Creole Research Association online! www.LACreole.org |
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| Join the CreoleGen Online Group! Correspond with members about your brick-walls and successes. Plus great research tips! |
| PIERRE CALISTE LANDRY First Mayor of Color in United States Donaldsonville, La. |
| Mother Henriette Delille (1812-1862) was the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family, an order dedicated to educating and ministering to people of color. They founded St. Mary's Academy for Girls in New Orleans and staffed several dozen schools throughout the South. Mother Delille's cause for canonization is well under way! Click here for more information. |
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| For more information or to inquire about speaking engagements contact: Jari C. Honora, 3620 Danneel Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 jch@creolegen.com |
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| BENEDICT PIERCE (1857-1926) My Great-Great-Grandfather Born a slave on Gold Point Plantation in Bossier Parish, La. Brickmason, Landscaper, Sawmill worker, Police Officer in Jefferson Parish. He was also a skilled violinist like his father. Died at 221 Pine Street, New Orleans in 1926. |
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| One of my many research interests, is the Ross-Zion Cemetery in Shrewsbury, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Known graves in this cemetery date back to the 1880s, although it has been used as a cemetery since the Civil War. (Shown here the graves of Paul Brown, Company F, 9th Regiment, Spanish American War and Johnny Brown, World War II. See information above for more details on this cemetery. |
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| LOUISIANA ~HISTORY & GENEALOGY~ |
| BAYOU ROOTS The link above is to the site created to document findings about families of color along the Bayou LaFourche in Ascension and Assumption Parishes. Klotzville, Bertrandville, Ewellville, Dorseyville, Franklinville, Napoleonville, Paincourtville, Plattenville, Belle Rose, Belle Alliance, Donaldsonville, Tigerville. This link also includes the BayouRoots Yahoo Group, where researchers can swap stories and compare information. |
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